THE SALOMONE TRIO is a vocal ensemble, based in New York City, composed of sopranos Elissa Weiss, Marie Costanza and Carol Flamm.
Acclaimed for their exquisite blend, their rich, warm, silken voices and their intriguing theatricality, THE SALOMONE TRIO presents exciting, eclectic programs of Renaissance, Medieval and Jewish vocal music. Hailing from diverse yet complementary backgrounds, the trio formed after meeting at the New York Renaissance Festival, where they were selected to sing the music of Salomone Rossi, a 16th century Italian Jew, whom they later took as their namesake.
The three sopranos bring together a wealth of vocal and instrumental
experience from opera, jazz, musical theatre and early music. Their programs are
infused with the spontaneity of improvisation and the drama of story song, tied
together with a rhythmic and joyful musicality. The distinctive combination of
three solo-caliber soprano voices allows the group to explore a wide variety of
rarely performed material. The group's vocal flexibility fills their singing
with a multiplicity of colors and textures, keeping the audience constantly
engaged.
THE SALOMONE TRIO's debut CD, Sacred and Profane, was released in
September 1998 (on the Titanic
label). The program includes Sephardic songs, French chansons, Hebrew
motets, English madrigals, and a unique arrangement of a 13th-century sacred
cantiga about the trials of a pregnant nun. The group's approach to making music
blurs the boundaries between religious and secular music, and opens the heart of
the listener to the celebration of life within each piece.
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