Since her European debut with Opera National de Paris-Bastille in 1997, soprano Paula Delligatti has been a regular guest of leading opera houses and symphonies throughout Europe and the United States. She has appeared with Teatro Comunale Firenze, Deutsche Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Pittsburgh Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, and Opera Pacific as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) and the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as Amalia in I Masnadieri and the title role in Bellini’s Norma in Sicily.

In addition, she has appeared at the Opera National de Paris-Bastille and Teatro Comunale Firenze as Ghita in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg, Opera Pacific as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Atlanta Opera as Magda in La Rondine, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Nanetta in Falstaff, Madison Opera and Seoul Metropolitan Opera as Leonora in Il Trovatore, Mimi in La Boheme, and Alice Ford in Falstaff and the Shanghai Opera as Violetta in La Traviata, and in Boston as Odabella in Attila.

Last season, Ms. Delligatti returned to London to sing the title role in Tosca at the Royal Albert Hall and sang Mariella in Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat with Teatro Gratticielo at Alice Tully Hall, both to critical and popular acclaim.

Ms. Delligatti has also appeared with leading symphony orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony (Charles Dutoit), Israel Philharmonic (Yoel Levi), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Robert Spano) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra (Bernard Haitink), and Cleveland Orchestra for the Verdi Requiem, Boston Symphony (Seiji Ozawa) for Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and concert performances of Madama Butterfly (Ozawa), Cincinnati May Festival (James Conlon) for Act 3 of Turandot, Avery Fisher Hall as Ghita in Der Zwerg. She has also performed Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Guangzhou Symphony in China.

A native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Ms. Delligatti made her professional debut as Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte with Connecticut Opera. She returned in subsequent seasons as Cio-Cio-San and Donna Anna. She was also a regular guest with Sarasota Opera, appearing as Cio-Cio-San with Sarasota Opera, three heroines in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and all three heroines in Il Trittico (Giorgetta, Suor, and Lauretta). She has also performed Cio-Cio-San with the Knoxville Opera, The Art and Music Organization of Manila, the Philippines, and Pamiro Opera Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Arthur Satyan - one of the most important and influential jazz musicians in the region. Coming in 1996 to open the biggest in the area Casino du Liban with Three Wheel Drive band he sets the beginning of serious jazz scene in Lebanon. Dean of Jazz Department and Professor of Classical Piano at the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music since 1998, he taught, influenced and inspired almost every jazz musician. Performed with many international stars and jazz giants like Larry Coryell, Charles Davis, Ray Vega, Ed Cherry, Joe Lee Wilson, just to name few. The quality of Arthur's arrangements, compositions and piano-playing has raised eyebrows among visiting stars Ahmad Jamal, Zakir Hussain, Steve Potts, etc...He is first to seriously introduce, spread the word and keep alive the teachings of great beboppers Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Monk, Barry Harris in the region, where oriental music and so called 'oriental jazz' are still dominating. 'Arthur Satyan Trio' was starting base/school for many young musicians. ------ 

'He is the pianist that Jazz stars like Larry Coryell, John Hicks and Sonny Fortune came to Beirut eager to hear and play with. Recently listening to him were smiling, approving and applauding Ahmad Jamal and Zakir Hussain.' - by Jack Gregg

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