Past Schedule

Mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti and soprano Mardi Byers will join Raphael in a Liederabend featuring "Quarantine Camp," "Due Poesie di Tonino Guerra, the world premiere of NONSENSE! and other  works for voice and piano.

Raphael will conduct Opera Lucca in the world premiere of his new cantata La contesa canora on a historic libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini

Raphael will conduct the young artists of Classic Lyric Arts in the world premiere of Le parole dei mesi, a new work for mixed voices and piano on words by Tonino Guerra.

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Raphael will present his most recent artistic research in a lecture recital entitled "Making (Non)Sense: Exploring Phonemes, Neologisms and Extended Vocal Techniques through Composition." The event will conclude with the world premiere of the orchestrated version of NONSENSE!

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A series of exclusive lecture recitals for Tauck River Cruises

Raphael will join the 5th Doctoral Conference on Music and Musicology of the Sorbonne to present his recent study on the overlap of catchiness across popular and classical music

USA premiere of Parole dei mesi at the CLA Fall Gala

The young artists of Classic Lyric Arts will present the USA premiere of Le Parole dei mesi

Raphael will give masterclasses to the talented students of MSM on early music performance practice, bel canto singing, and basso continuo accompaniment

The GRAMMY-AWARD winning Phoenix Boys Choir will give the world premiere of "It's A Long Way" under the direction of Herbert Washington. The piece was awarded 1st prize in the New Works Rising Composition Competition

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The GRAMMY-AWARD winning Phoenix Boys Choir will give the world premiere of "It's A Long Way" under the direction of Herbert Washington. The piece was awarded 1st prize in the New Works Rising Composition Competition

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The world premiere of a new, festive anthem for SATB choir and the grand Mander organ

During this "long night of research" Raphael will present his most recent artistic research findings which explore the expressive potentiality of operatic voices through composition.

An intensive composition program focused on writing for operatic voices and working with texts

Raphael will work with the students of the Conservatoire de Strasbourg to prepare a performance of English art song. The program will include the French premieres of his "Quarantine Camp," "Love Songs from a Third Floor Walk-up" and arias from "An American Requiem" among other works.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools All-County Honor Choir will give the world premiere of "What a Song Can Do" for treble voices, piano and optional body percussion under the direction of Sherry Blevins.

The Phoenix Boys Choir will give the world premiere of "True North" under the direction of Herbert Washington.

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Raphael Fusco will join students of Mardi Byers to perform a Liederabend featuring his songs paired with art songs by the great composers who have influenced him.

As a winner of the 2025 Calliope's Call call for scores, Raphael's song cycle Bird Songs on words by Emily Dickinson will receive its USA premiere with Corey Dalton Hart and Christina Wright-Ivanova

Opera Lucca hosts a two-week composition program focused on writing for operatic voices and text setting. The dates are June 7th (check-in) to 22nd (check-out), 2025. Three-week and four-week options may be available by arrangement. Students will compose new vocal works in consultation with composition faculty and bring any vocal works in progress for refinement. Composers will attend individual composition lessons with Professor Fusco; composition seminars; scene and musical rehearsals, vocal coachings, and masterclasses to learn about the voice.

As a winner of the 2025 Calliope's Call call for scores, Raphael's song cycle Bird Songs on words by Emily Dickinson will receive its USA premiere with Corey Dalton Hart and Christina Wright-Ivanova

Join the Cincinnati Song Initiative as it presents the world premieres of twelve newly commissioned songs, created by the talented composers of the 2023-2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Composer Mentorship Program.

As part of this prestigious program, Raphael has been selected to collaborate with renowned composer Scott Wheeler, culminating in the premiere of "Home" for voice and piano. of a unique, original song written just for this occasion. "Home" is the final song in "Love Songs from a Third Floor Walk-Up" which was awarded 1st prize in the 2025 NATS Art Song Composition Award. Celebrate new music, emerging talent, and the power of mentorship in this extraordinary online performance!

This digital concert will be available to stream for free beginning June 22, 2025 at 3:00pm EST.

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Raphael will conduct the talented young artists of Opera Lucca in Mozart's masterpiece, Le Nozze di Figaro. Staging by Michael Scarola.