Wine. Dinner. A Vineyard. Music.
It doesn’t get any better than this:
Picnicking at a beautiful North Fork, Long Island vineyard. Enjoying award winning wines. Listening to Broadway and opera favorites sung by the enchanting Cristina Fontanelli, known for her incredible voice and lovely personality.
Picked as “the best event on the North Fork all year” by Newsday, “Cristina Fontanelli and Her Fabulous Friends” takes place Saturday, July 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Duck Walk Vineyard North, 44535 Main Rd., Southold, NY This annual concert will feature famous arias/duets from opera including La Boheme and Madame Butterfly and Broadway showstoppers from West Side Story, Hamilton, and My Fair Lady, among other shows, plus famous Italian and Neapolitan songs and Spanish favorites. Starring and hosted by the award-winning singer, actress and host, Cristina will be joined by baritone Suchan Kim, as well as talented young performers carefully chosen from high schools and colleges.
If you go to the vineyard before the show, you can enjoy their wines and a picnic dinner on their patio. The concert takes place in the Duck Walk tasting room.
To learn about the charitable efforts put forth from this concert go to: https://www.thecristinafontanellifoundation.org/
For tickets: www.purplepass.com/OBHDuckWalk or call (800) 316-8559
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
