This concert is held on the occasion of the Italian National Day that will be celebrated a few days earlier on 2 June. Come and join us!

Francesca Capetta: Director and Voice
Rony Fortich: Music Director and Piano

Francesca Capetta is an Italian actress and singer now based in NYC. She started performing at the age of 6 and studied acting and voice technique in Milan, Turin and Rome. After winning a scholarship at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Francesca moved to NYC where she graduated in Performing Arts. Right after graduation Francesca was chosen as one of the best Musical Theatre graduates in the State, which allowed her to perform on the historical stage of the Broadway Theatre “Town Hall” in the show “Broadway Rising Stars”.

Since then Francesca has been singing, acting and dancing in Musicals and Cabarets all over the world. In 2016 Francesca performed her cabaret solo show “An Italian In New York” at 54 Below along with Broadway actors-singers Gay Marshall and Brian Charles Rooney. The show was sold out and received rave reviews across the board. Francesca is also the recipient of the “Italian-American Award in the Performing Arts” from Mario Fratti, a Tony Award Winner play-writer. Her recent credits include “Evergreen”, a bi-lingual musical performed in Canada and her recent Asian debut with a solo concert in Hong Kong.

She recently performed in Italy in a concert produced by the Humanitarian Organization Amitié Sans Frontières with the patronage of Monaco. In the summer of 2017 Francesca will be performing her new solo show at the Carnegie Hall alongside Tony Award Winner Liliane Montevecchi.

Rony Fortich is a musical director, arranger, composer and accompanist, driving a musical career in two countries. Although he has lived in Hong Kong the last 11 years, he continues to be involved with Manila's vibrant theatre scene.

In the Philippines he wrote the music for Upstart Productions’ “Breakups and Breakdowns,” Blue Repertory’s “Stages of Love,” Trumpets’ “N.O.A.H.” and the award-winning “The Bluebird of Happiness” which won eight Awards at the 2013 BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards including Best Score, Best Musical Direction, and Best Musical and two Gawad Buhay Awards for Best Musical and Best Musical for Children.

In December 2014 and 2015 “The Bluebird of Happiness” was produced in Hong Kong by MQ Studios and enjoyed a month-long run at the Academy for Performing Arts. For his musical efforts, in 2015 he was awarded as one of the "Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines". He is also currently the Music Director of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.

PROGRAMME

Broadway & Jazz

New York New York – Frank Sinatra
Volare – Domenico Modugno
Bella Notte – Musical: Lady and the Tramp
Somewhere over the rainbow – Judy Garland
When you’re smiling – Louis Armstrong
Smile – Judy Garland
Stand by Me – Ben E. King
Senza Fine – Gino Paoli
Maybe This Time – Musical Cabaret
Splish Splash – Bobby Darin
C’est Magnifique – Musical: Can Can
I Love Paris – Musical: Can Can
La vie en Rose – Edith Piaf
La foule – Edith Piaf
Gold – Musical: Camille Claudel