Micaele Sparacino General Director and Conductor 

“I am an American soldier. As an American soldier/musician my mission is to serve as a musical ambassador of the American combat soldier, instilling pride in our troops, promoting a spirit of patriotism within our Nation, and sharing a universal vision of peace and freedom through music.” — Antonio Giuliano

U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Giuliano, who performs Alfredo Germont in Opera Bel Canto's La Traviata, has performed in opera, concerts and recitals throughout the United States and Europe.

Mr. Giuliano received his musical education from the College of Music at PJC in Pensacola, Fla., and the School of Music at Loyola University in New Orleans.

He has appeared in opera, concerts and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. As a member of the U.S. Army Chorus since 1988, SFC Giuliano has represented his country as a soloist to packed houses and standing ovations worldwide.

During the 1992-93 season, when he had his Italian recital debut in Como, Italy, he was invited to study with the great postwar Italian tenor Franco Corelli at his home in Milano.

Mr. Giuliano has sung the leading operatic tenor roles such as Rodolfo in La Bohème, Il Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La Traviata, Manrico in Il Trovatore, Alfred in Die Fledermaus and Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. In New York he has sung Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the National Lyric Opera, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the New York Repertory Opera, Rodolfo in Verdi’s Luisa Miller with Opera Nova.

In 1995 Mr. Giuliano sang the lead tenor role of Giovanni in the European operatic premiere of La Contessa Dei Vampiri by American composer David Clenny and under the musical direction of Maestro Stephen Simon, founder and conductor of the Washington Chamber Symphony. He repeated the role in the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and at the Conservatorio De Musica in Puerto Rico.

On the concert stage, Mr. Giuliano has performed recitals with piano and orchestra throughout the U.S. including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, a children’s benefit recital in Washington, D.C., a gala concert with orchestra in Atlanta, and as featured tenor soloist in an opera gala concert with the Paul Madore Chorale & Orchestra in Salem, Mass. He has sung the tenor solos in productions of the Verdi Requiem, the Mozart Requiem and Handel’s Messiah under the direction of Maestro J. Reilly Lewis. He has also sung the tenor solos in Mozart’s Mass in C and Bach’s Magnificat.

In the Washington area he has appeared with the Fairfax Symphony, the Arlington Symphony, the McLean Symphony and the McLean Orchestra under the direction of Col. Arnald Gabriel. In the 2000-01 season, he performed the Shylock, Op. 57, by Gabriel Fauré for Orchestra and Tenor Solo with the National Gallery of Arts Orchestra and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Alexandria Symphony.

In 1999, CBS Evening News featured Sgt. 1st Class Giuliano in a feature story about an opera singer in the Army. He has sung private recitals for the former Secretary of State Madaleine Albright and her guest of honor Archbishop Dimitrius of Greece. During 2000 he was the personal soloist to the Secretary of Defense William Cohen and his wife Janet. On Valentine’s Day in 2001, Secretary Cohen asked him to perform a private recital of serenades and arias as a surprise gift to Mrs. Cohen for their fifth wedding anniversary. On their request he performed numerous private recitals for distinguished guests, including Ministers of Defense from Italy and Chile and the King of Morocco Mohammed VI on his first U.S. visit.

In October of 2000, Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Giuliano received accolades for his a cappella rendition of the National Anthem on ABC's Monday Night Football, performed on the request of the Washington Redskins for 85,000 spectators. He performed the national anthem again for the Redskins game on January 6, 2002.

And for his latest conquest in his Military Dress Blues, per the request of Secretary and Mrs. Cohen, Sgt. 1st Class Giuliano was a featured soloist in a USO Salute to Bob Hope and Jack Valenti at the Beverly Hills Hilton for their Hollywood guests, including Steven Spielberg, Mickey Rooney, Kirk and Michael Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Connie Stevens.

Sgt. 1st Class Giuliano was featured as guest solo artist with the U.S. Coast Guard Concert Band, commemorating Columbus Day in 2001in New London, Conn., singing famous Italian arias and Italian love songs. Mr. Giuliano presented a live concert entitled “Ave Maria: A Sacred Recital in Memory of September Eleventh” to help raise funds for the Pentagon Relief Fund. (The recital is now available on CD. To obtain a CD, you may contact Mr. Giuliano at 703-979-2222.)

Mr. Giuliano began his 2001-02 season with a Tribute to Mario Lanza Concert Tour. He began the tour in Florida at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium in Pensacola singing Italian arias and love songs and returned to the Washington, D.C., area where the City of Fairfax Band and Fairfax Symphony Orchestra accompanied him. He completed his Washington-area Lanza concerts with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra in the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va.

In March 2002, Mr. Giuliano made his Romanian National Opera debut in Bucharest, singing the leading tenor roles of Il Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. Before leaving Romania, he sang a private recital at a dinner in his honor hosted by U.S. Ambassador Michael Guest at the embassy in Bucharest. Though he was on personal leave from military duty, he sang a highly successful recital in his Army dress blue uniform Mr. Giuliano proudly accepted the invitation and although he was away on personal leave to highly represent the nation and the Army in the presence of the Ambassador’s VIP guests.

After returning to the United States, Mr. Giuliano’s April 2002 schedule included the tenor solo in Verdi’s Requiem at the National Cathedral in Washington DC with the National Cathedral Choral Society and a Recital for the Dedication and Grand opening of the Blair Arts Center at the Bullis School in Potomac, Md. In the same month he sang in a U.S. Army Band-sponsored recital for the student body and faculty of the Heights Boys Catholic School in Potomac, Md., and a concert celebrating the Neapolitan love song presented by the Band at Ft. Myer, Va. In May 2002 he was the featured guest soloist with the Georgetown Chorale and Orchestra, singing love songs and arias to benefit the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Washington, D.C. In November 2002, the U.S. Army Band featured SFC Giuliano’s singing “O Sole Mio” at Lincoln Center in New York City. In December he sang the tenor solos in Händel’s Messiah and Bach’s Cantata, BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” with the McLean Symphony. In 2003, he traveled to Houston, New Orleans and Washington state for opera and concert engagements.

On the request of the U.S. Tennis Association, SFC Giuliano represented the US Army by singing the Star Spangled Banner at Federation Cup in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York, June and August 2003.

Recently SFC Giuliano was featured singing the National Anthem for the rededication of the “Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom” at the National Archvies, where the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights are on now on permanent display together for the first time. President George W. Bush gave the address.

In November 2003 SFC Giuliano will sing the tenor solo in Puccini’s La Messa Di Gloria with the New Dominion Chorale and Orchestra at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, Va. The U.S. Army Band Recital Series will feature SFC Giuliano in an evening of love duets and arias with Mary McCarthy, soprano, on Tuesday November 25, 2003 at the Post Chapel, Ft. Myer, Va.

Mr. Giuliano takes private voice lessons with Dr. Donald G. Wiggins in New York City.

In addition to his passion for opera, Mr. Giuliano’s interests are community service for children, bodybuilding, fishing, and raising and training German Shepherd dogs. SFC Giuliano resides in the Washington area with his lovely wife Isabella and their dogs Nino and Gucci.