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Fall Performances ∙​​ September 13, 2025 ∙​​ 8:00pm

Divaria Opera: We Are Carmen Somos Carmen

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Carmen's premiere and its inspiration on the music and dance of the Spanish-speaking world. 

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Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Carmen’s premiere and its inspiration on the music and dance of the Spanish-speaking world. A multidisciplinary piece featuring, opera, zarzuela, dance with selections from Carmen supplemented by other works set in the Spanish-speaking world (including zarzuela). Featuring Spanish mezzo-soprano Olivia Gomez, Sol y Sombra Dance Company and New Asia Chamber Orchestra. In We are Carmen all women are one woman, all at the same time. Every role is a small part of the same person forming a whole.

New Asia Chamber Music Society serves as the string quartet for the production. This will be the 6th time they have performed at Bay Street Theater.

Featured Cast

Ashley Galvani Bell

Soprano

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Olivia Gomez

Mezzo Soprano

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Debra Cardonna

Debra Cardona

Narrator

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PALOMA DE VEGA 

PALOMA DE VEGA

Dancer

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Sol y Sombra Spanish Dance Co

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New Asia Chamber Music Society

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Ashley Galvani Bell

Soprano

Soprano Ashley Galvani Bell has performed as a soloist in the US, Italy, Spain, France & Russia. This season, among other things, she was thrilled to make her role debut as Leonora in Il Trovatore with Boheme Opera New Jersey, her debuts in Denmark and Germany and to sing Cio Cio San in Palm Desert, California. Her 2023 appearances alone included her debut with ABAO Bilbao Opera(Spain) as Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte; her debut with Teatro Perez Galdos in Gran Canaria(Spain) as the title role of Klara; Cio Cio San with both Boheme Opera NJ and Daytona Beach Symphony Society; her debut in Milan, Italy, as soprano soloist in Exultate Jubilate with Orchestra UNIMI and Violetta in La Traviata, the title role in the world premiere of Penelope's Dream & soprano soloist in Zemlinsky's Lyrische Symphonie, all with Spain’s Musica en Villafranca. Ashley is a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of Yale and speaks five languages fluently.

Olivia Gomez

Mezzo Soprano

A versatile mezzo-soprano of wide-ranging operatic and symphonic repertoire, in recent seasons Ms. Gomez has performed roles such as: Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Siebel (Faust), Flora y Annina (La Traviata), Carmen (Carmen), Petra (La Regenta), Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Mercedes (Carmen), Luisa Fernanda (Luisa Fernanda), Aurora Beltran (Doña Francisquita), Suor Zelatrice (Suor Angelica) etc. in theatres such as: Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opera of Oviedo, ABAO, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Teatre Principal in Palma, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro Amazonas in Manaus (Brazil) AND Festival of Carcassone. She has shared the stage with some of the most brilliant voices of today including: Elina Garanca, Michel Fabiano, Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, etc., and her performances have been highly praised by reviewers for their excellence both vocally and dramatically, thanks to her initial training as an actress. She been awarded the First Prize of the Concorso Elsa Respighi in Verona (2015), Second Prize in the Concurs de Les Corts de Barcelona (2019), Special Jury Prize in the Concours de chant Canari in France (2017), Premio Ópera de Saõ Paulo in the International Opera Competition of Tenerife (2017), the Best Performer Award for Zarzuela (2016) in the Concurso Internacional Ciudad de Logroño and the scholarship from the International Opera Awards Foundation of London.

Debra Cardona

Narrator

DEBRA CARDONA (Narrator) most recently appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Meeker in Funny Girl, off-Broadway in Morning’s at Seven and The Gardens of Anuncia, and on tour with On Your Feet and Mary Poppins. Regional credits include The Light in the Piazza (Signora Naccarelli), In the Heights (Abuela Claudia), and Ragtime (Emma Goldman). Nominated for a NY Innovative Theater Award for Temple of the Souls. TV credits include Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Hector’s Mom), Scandal, Pose, and Rent: Live. Debra’s voice can be heard in such video games as: South of Midnight (Bunny Flood), Destiny 2 (Riven), Fallout 76 (Mother Charlotte), and Starfield (Amanda Pryce), and at Epcot in Disney World as the narrator of the fireworks/laser show Luminous. Upcoming: Kiss of the Spider Woman film. Web page: debracardona.com. Instagram: @DebraCardona.

PALOMA DE VEGA

Dancer

PALOMA DE VEGA Paloma de Vega is a dancer and choreographer from Madrid, Spain. She has a degree of dance from Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid specialize in Spanish dance and flamenco. She studied choreography at Conservatorio Superior de danza María de Ávila in Madrid. She was awarded a talent scholarship in the flamenco intensive workshop Amalgama Flamenca in Amor de Dios. She performed with the dance company La Real in Festival Ibérica de Danza in México. In Spain she did more than 10 different shows with Compañía Lírica de Zarzuela de Madrid performing as a dancer touring around the country. She has been living in NY for 9 years working as a dancer and choreographer in venues as (Le) Poisson Rouge, Pangea, Smoke, United Nations and as a part of Candlelight concerts at Corpus Christi Church. She participated at Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival with a piece choreographed by Deirdre Towers. In Miami she has worked with Ballet Flamenco La Rosa as part of Daniel De Lewis Dance Sampler with the piece of the flamenco version of Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams, in the flamenco version of Miss Julie by August Strindberg and the world premier production En El Abismo, inspired by Emily Brontë´s novel Wuthering Heights, on the role of Ms Earnshaw and Isabella Linton, also choreographing and directing the kids dances and scenes. With Ballet Flamenco La Rosa she also participated in the world premier of the production Deseo, a flamenco ballet inspired by Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, in the role of the lead, Blanche and the world premier of The Virgin and The Gypsy, playing the lead role of Yvette ( the Virgin) a show inspired by D.H. Lawrence's homonymous novel. She participated at the gala Feria de Coplas y Pasodobles produced by Martí Productions and she performed at the event Feria de Sevilla in Key Biscayne. She was invited to dance with the Asian Cultural Symphony of the US as a guest artist at the Lincoln Center gala Golden Night Concert at Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall and at Bryant Park. She is the dancer and choreographer of a show inspired by the universe of Federico García Lorca, where she conceived a show performing the four styles of Spanish dance with the arrangements Lorca did with the Spanish Songbook.

Sol y Sombra Spanish Dance Co

Sol y Sombra Spanish Dance Co, was established over 35 years ago to promote the exciting art of Hispanic/Latin music & dance. Under founder & artistic director Maria Loreta Celitan, the company presents programs of Flamenco, Spanish Classical & Folk, Mexican, Argentine Tango and Latin Dance styles as well as traditional dances from throughout the Hispanic/Latin world for concert series, arts-in-education programs, colleges, cultural and entertainment centers Sol y Sombra's Principal members are recognized as outstanding professionals in the field of Hispanic music & dance and have performed extensively both nationally and internationally. In recognition of its quality, value, and achievements, Sol y Sombra has been the recipient of numerous grants from NYSCA, the New York State Legislature, the Nassau County Office of Cultural Development, the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs, Dance NYC, the NY State Dance Force and JP Morgan Chase Bank.

New Asia Chamber Music Society

Founded in 2010 by a group of passionate young Asian-American musicians who wanted to create more opportunities for Asian artists and bring fresh energy to chamber music. Since then, NACMS has won the 2016 Huang-Yu-Ting Memorial Award and a New Music USA grant. The members, graduates of prestigious schools like Juilliard and Curtis, have performed around the world and are dedicated to delivering high-quality, memorable concerts. NACMS made its sold-out debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2011 and continues to perform at iconic venues across New York, such as Alice Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They also bring their music to unique spaces like Ellis Island and Queens Museum and have toured internationally, including Paraguay and a memorable trip to Taiwan for performances and master classes.

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