Gerello to release Ukrainian CD

NEW YORK - Baritone Vassily Gerello, a member of the Kirov Opera who has been appearing in Metropolitan Opera productions since 1997, will soon release his first solo album - a CD recording of popular Ukrainian songs.

The CD will be brought out in early fall on a major American label, Delos International.

The disc will include such Ukrainian favorites as "Dva Kolory," "Chorni Brovy," "Cheremshyna," "Po Sadochku" and "Yasyny," as well as the nostalgic ode to Ukraine's mighty Dnipro River, "Reve ta Stohne."

Mr. Gerello is also scheduled to record two duets with the Latin tenor Ramon Vargas, to be released by RCA sometime this autumn.

A native of Chernivtsi in Ukraine's colorful Bukovyna region, Mr. Gerello is booked through 2006 for engagements in the United States (Dallas, New York and Washington), Paris, London, Hamburg, Madrid and the Netherlands.

During the past Met season he sang the role of Marcello in "La Boheme." He has previously appeared in Met productions of "Pique Dame" (as Tomsky, opposite Placido Domingo), "Betrothal in a Monastery" (Ferdinand) and "War and Peace" (Napoleon Bonaparte).

Major venues and festivals at which he has appeared include the BBC Proms, Athens Megaron and the Edinburgh Festival. - Helen Smindak.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 27, 2003, No. 30, Vol. LXXI

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