Join Monica Lu and Nicholas Simpson as they debut on Tuesday, June 11 at 9:30 PM at Feinstein’s/54 Below, performing opera arias and the cabaret standards of the Great American Songbook. The night will feature songs such as “Ben Venga Amore,” “My Romance,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “La Vie En Rose” and more.
Lu is the recipient of the “Oversea Study/Research Grant” of the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, in which she specializes in contemporary music and the development of Taiwanese contemporary music. She has just finished a world tour with MCO Productions on Azamara. Lu also recently performed with Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City Center, opened for singer Helga Davis at National Sawdust, and has appeared at MoMA with Bang On A Can and Ensemble 4’33.’’
Simpson has recently been heard as King Charles II in the New York premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s newest opera, The Prince of Players, with the Little Opera Theatre of New York, and as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Performance Santa Fe, under the baton of Joseph Illick. During the 2017-2018 season, Simpson appeared as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos in Berlin, as Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Maryland Symphony and as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with The Festival of the Atlantic.
Monica Lu & Nicholas Simpson plays Feinstein’s/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on Tuesday, June 11th 2019 at 9:30 PM. There is a $25 – $35 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com.
Feinstein’s/54 Below is located at 254 West 54th St., NYC, 646- 476-3551
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