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SANFORD — The Fortunato Ensemble performs Saturday at the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum.

D’Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano, will sing arias and songs by Handel, Saint-Saens, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert, accompanied by Mary Jane Rupert on the piano and Peter H. Bloom, on the flute. The Mozart arias are from “The Marriage of Figaro.” In addition, Rupert and Bloom will perform flute and piano works by Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Fortunato has performed as soloist with the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa in a performance of Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Fortunato has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the National Symphony, and at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood and the Lincoln Center.

Acclaimed as “a Handelian of crisp accomplishment” by The New Yorker, she has sung leading roles in recorded performances of eight Handel operas. She serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music.

Rupert has appeared as solo pianist in concert halls across the globe, including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Beijing’s Concert Hall. She is a harpist as well as a concert pianist, and has performed with chamber ensembles, choral groups and orchestras throughout the United States.

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She holds a doctorate in piano performance from Indiana University, and serves on the faculties of Tufts University and Boston College. She previously taught harp at Wellesley College for 20 years.

Bloom has performed at the National Gallery in London, the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada, and in concert halls in Australia, Portugal and Thailand. He is featured in more than 40 recordings on the Sony Classical, Dorian, Leo Records and other labels.

He is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award. He holds a master’s degree with distinction in flute performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.

The Historical Museum is located at 505 Main St., Springvale. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for adults and seniors are $20. There is no charge for ages 18 and younger.

Tickets may be purchased at the museum or reserved by calling 324-2797. The museum is handicapped accessible.


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