The Stratford Library will host a special opera and writing event featuring Italian opera singer and poet Stefano Russo. Russo wowed library audiences last April during “National Poetry Month” with a special opera performance. The program is free and open to the public.

Stefano Russo is an Italian American artist born in Rome, Italy who moved to the United States in 2011. His artistic history began with opera singing and led to a passion for writing, especially poetry. He published his first collection of poems, “Life, a Labyrinth of Thoughts,” in 2017 and another collection entitled “Beyond the Chains of the Mind,” in 2017. In 2024 he wrote a memoir, “The Prisoner”, and currently is working on another collection of poems. The passion that drives him to write and sing is a passion that Russo has always cultivated to make his nature shine and to give life to his identity. At the Library program, Russo will perform various opera selections, accompanied by acclaimed pianist Jacob Wang and friend Joe Naylor will read and discuss selections from “The Prisoner”.

“Opera & Writing for an Afternoon of Art” with Stefano Russo and friends will be held in the Stratford Library Lovell Room starting at 2 pm on November 24. Autographed copies of “The Prisoner” will be available for purchase after the performance.

Date: November 24, 2024

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue:
Stratford Library
2203 Main Street
Stratford, CT 06615

For further information call the Library at 203.385.4162 or visit: https://stratfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/12873038.