​Raffaella Lo Castro
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Mezzo-Soprano
Performance Engagements
2024 Winter/Spring season is here!
Please visit the home page for all
performance hyperlinks.
Prior Performances:
Bach B Minor Mass
March 29, 2024, Vox Amadeus Ensemble, St. Katherines of Sienna, Wayne, PA
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Verdi Requiem - mezzo soloist
March 17, 2024, Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Renaissance Candlemas
Vox Amadeus Consort
February 4 & 5
Chestnut Hill and Wayne, PA
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2023
February 5th, 6:30pm
Renaissance Candlemas
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February 12
Valentine's Day Concert - Private Event, Gladwyne, PA
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April 7, 7pm
Bach & Faure - Ama Deus Ensemble
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April 22 & 23, 7:30pm
Soloist in Beethoven's Mass In C, Wayne Oratorio Society
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June 11, 6:30pm
Mozart Vespers Solemnes, VoxAmaDeus Orchestra
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December 2 & 3, 7:30pm
Soloist in Handel's Messiah, Wayne Oratorio Society
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Dec 7 (Philadelphia) 8pm
Dec 13 & 14 (NYC) 8pm
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December 9&10 - details here
Renaissance Noel, VoxAmaDeus
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Prior Performances
2022
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February and March
Vespers & Lenten Music Concert
Sacred selections by Bach, Dvorak, Haydn @Durufle
Church of the Redeemer, February 20th
Church of the Good Samaritan, March 20th
Free Admission
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April
Mozart & Rossini
VoxAmaDeus
St. Katharine of Siena Church, Wayne PA
April 15th @7pm
Details & tickets at www.voxamadeus.org
June
Vivaldi Festival
VoxAmaDeus
June 3rd @8pm St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia
June 5th @4pm Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, PA
Details & tickets at www.voxamadeus.org
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Bach Festival
VoxAmaDeus
June 17th @7.30pm St. Katharine of Siena, Wayne, PA
Details & tickets at www.voxamadeus.org
July
Dialogues of the Carmelites
*Role debut - Madame de Croissy
Delaware Valley Opera Company
Wed, July 9th and Wed, July 13th @8pm
Sunday, July 17th at 4pm
All performances at Venice Island Performing Arts Center (7 Lock St. Philly)
Details & Tickets at www.dvopera.org
https://dvopera.ticketleap.com
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October
Girondines
*World Premiere - Madame de Staël
Wilmington Concert Opera
October 21st & 22nd
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Wilmington DE
Details & Tickets coming soon
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December
Vox Amadeus Concerts (Philly & Main Line)
Renaissance Noel Dec 9-11
Handel Messiah Dec 2-18
Visit www.VoxAmadeus.org/concerts
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Andrea Bocelli Concert!
December 13th with the Philadelphia Chorale
UBS Arena, Long Island, NY
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Christmas Favorites at Longwood Gardens
(Olde Towne Carolers)
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Lessons & Carols at Church of the Good Samaritan (soloist), Paoli, PA
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Prior Performances
2021
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Christmas at Longwood Gardens
Quartet with Olde Towne Carolers
November - December 2021​
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Christmas Eve Service
Performance of Bach's "Geistliches Wiegenlied" with Viola
Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, PA
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VoxAmaDeus: Handel Messiah Highlights
April 2nd at 7pm.
St. Katherine of Sienna Church, Wayne, PA
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Some performances have been rescheduled or canceled due to the state-mandated restrictions.
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Rescheduled TBD
"Annelies"
First choral setting of the Diary of Anne Frank by James Whitbourn
Date: TBD
Church of the Redeemer,
Bryn Mawr, PA
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Canceled
OperaDelaware 75th Season
The Tales of Hoffman
April 26th-May 3rd
Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE
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Canceled
Featured Alto Soloist:
Beethoven Symphony no. 9
Lower Merion Symphony
June 7th @ 3pm
Lower Merion High School Auditorium, Ardmore, PA
Free to the Public
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Canceled
Music and Mission Tour
American Music Celebration Concert Series
"Three Capitals Tour" to Vienna, Prague and Budapest
Church of the Redeemer Choir
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2019
VoxAmaDeus: Handel's Messiah
Dec, 6, 8, 20 & 22
& Renaissance Noel
Dec 13-15
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Featured Alto Soloist:
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Wayne Oratorio Society
Washington National Cathedral
October 26th, at 7:30pm
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Featured Alto Soloist:
Beethoven Symphony no. 9
Philadelphia, Kimmel Center, Perelman Theatre
November 8th, at 8pm
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June
VoxAmaDeus
Handel's Judas Maccabeus with Orchestra
Friday June 7 (Philadelphia) & June 9 (Paoli)
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March
Brahms' Requiem
Michael Stairs Memorial Concert
Church of the Redeemer Choir with
members of the AVA Orchestra
Sat, March 30 at 7 pm
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April
Opera Delaware: Dead Man Walking
Fully staged opera with orchestra
Sat, April 27 at 7:30 pm
Sat, May 4 at 2 pm
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February
Berks Opera Company - Winter Opera Night
Judy's on Cherry, Reading PA
February 7th at 6:30 pm
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Wilmington Concert Opera - 7 Deadly Sins Gala
Trinity Church, Swarthmore, PA
February 8 at 7:30 pm
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, DE
February 10 at 2:00 pm
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2018
November 30-December 16
Vox Amadeus: Handel's Messiah
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, PA
Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
St. Katharine of Siena Church, Wayne, PA
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October
Opera Lancaster Concert
October 28 at 4 pm
First United Methodist Church
Lancaster, PA
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Summer 2018
Music & Mission Tour to Croatia, Slovenia and Venice -
Singing with Church of the Redeemer Choir
Bryn Mawr, PA
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April
WCO Timeless Love Gala
Trinity Church, Swarthmore, PA
April 13 at 7:30 pm
Cathedral of St. Peter, Wilmington, DE
April 14 at 1 pm
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2017
October
Autumn Opera Night
Judy's on Cherry, Reading PA
October 26
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April
OperaLancaster: Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica
Covenant UMC Lancaster
April 21 -22
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March
Haydn Mass in B "Harmoniemesse"
Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr PA
March 11
2016
November
Wilmington Concert Opera: Suor Angelica
Cathedral of Saint Peter, Wilmington, DE
November 5
May
Vespers at The Redeemers
Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, PA
May 15
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March
Sibelius 150th Anniversary Recital
First Presbyterian Church, Germantown, PA
March 13
2015
June
Capitol Opera Harrisburg: Mascagni's Zanetto
June 13-14
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April
Opera Philadelphia: Verdi's Don Carlo
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA
April 24-May 3rd
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2014
November
The Gondoliers by Gilbert & Sullivan
Rose Valley Chorus & Orchestra
Wallingford, PA
November 8-16
August
Carmen
Delaware Valley Opera Company
Wallingford PA
August 9-16
