Quazi-Pageant Press: BEL DUETTO TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AT LAKESIDE, OH

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Contact: Maria Jones 330-219-2205

BEL DUETTO TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AT LAKESIDE, OH
ON AUGUST 14 AT 8:15 PM

North Canton, Ohio – July 25, 2006 – Lakeside, the Chautauqua on Lake Erie, is pleased to present duo singing sensation bel Duetto for a spectacular evening of music, wit, style and fun on August 14, 2006 at 8:15 pm.

Bel Duetto will be making their debut at Hoover Auditorium but neither singer in this stunning duo is new to the stage. Amanda Beagle represented the state of Ohio at the 2005 Miss America Pageant, where she was a talent-award winner. She has performed leading soprano roles in several musical comedies and operas including: La Boheme, The Gondoliers, Bye Bye Birdie and The King and I. Most recently she appeared as Della in The Gift of the Magi with Greensburg American Opera. A winner of both the Giorgio Tozzi Scholarship and the Marvin Hamlisch Award, Ms. Beagle has furthered her operatic training in Italy as part of Opera Theatre of Lucca, birthplace of legendary operatic composer, Giacomo Puccini.

In his burgeoning singing career, tenor Craig Raymaley’s engaging on-stage portrayals have garnered him praise by critics from newspapers such as Pittsburgh Post-Gazette which have heralded him as “a burnished force” and “the biggest treat of the evening.” While a member of the Performer Residency Program at prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Raymaley made his professional debut with Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. Mr. Raymaley was chosen to create the buffo role of Tokopoko in the world premier of Leonardo Balada’s opera The Town of Greed, the recording of which has been released internationally on the Naxos label.

bel Duetto’s new website, www.belduetto.com, is being launched in conjunction with the release of their new self-titled CD, which, like their concerts, is a diverse mix of classical, jazz and popular music. “Part of the fun is keeping the audience guessing what is coming next,” Raymaley says. “We follow up operatic arias with songs made popular by artists like Andrea Bocelli and Charlotte Church, then top it off with some Gershwin and Manhattan Transfer.

Bonny Youngblood, Worthy Grand Matron of the Eastern Star’s Ohio Grand Chapter, said she is impressed with the caliber of entertainment that bel Duetto provides. “Amanda and Craig are entertainment at it’s finest,” Youngblood said. “Their performance is universally appealing and their artistic ability is unsurpassed.”

Day passes for Lakeside are $14.50 per adult, $10 for youths age 10-18, children under 10 years of age are free. Automobile passes are $5. For additional ticket information, please visit www.lakesideohio.com or call 1-866-9LAKESIDE.

“bel Duetto – a little glamour, a little Puccini, a whole lot of fun” at Lakeside, the Chautauqua on Lake Erie.

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