| Daniel Rodriguez, Tenor - Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Celebrate St. Valentine's Day early with the romantic songs of Mario Lanza and more.
He sang in New York City after 9/11. He has performed at the Crystal Cathedral. Now join the Bakersfield Community Concert Association for an unforgettable evening of exceptional music by Daniel Rodriguez , America's Beloved Tenor, "The Singing Policeman" in concert at Rabobank Theater. Daniel performs with piano accompaniment
of Jesse Lynch many favorites including Broadway, Mario Lanza hits, patriotic selections, spiritual, operatic selections and more. He will be joined by his wife, soprano Marla Kavanaugh, and her twin sister, soprano Marissa Dikkenberg. He and the twin sopranos will be singing favorites such as "Just in Love," "Granada," "Stout Hearted Men," and "God Bless America."
Kavanaugh is well known throughout the world, having performed extensively in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Dikkenberg has performed with her twin sister at the 9/11 Commemoration in New York, the Lord of the Rings Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles, the America's Cup in Auckland and the Queenstown Winter Festival. She has also extensively toured Australia in the "Pirates of Penzance," appeared as lead actress and vocalist in the Short & Sweet Festival, and starred in the one-woman play, "The Understudy."
Preview his performance at youtube.com.
Former New York City police officer, Daniel Rodriguez has
experienced a meteoric rise to fame. He was one of his
department's designated anthem singers on September
11, 2001, when fate intervened -- he rendered a capella
performances of "God Bless America" and the National
Anthem that proved far greater than a patriotic gesture.
Ringing, heartfelt and beautiful, his performance stirred
the hearts of the entire nation.
Since then, he has performed at venues ranging from
2002 Winter Olympics, to Disneyland, to The White
House. A pillar of courage and faith, Daniel Rodriguez
is truly an inspiration, who freely shares his deep
appreciation for life, God and country.
Preview his CDs : In the Presence , From My Heart,
The Spirit of America.
and I Believe ;
View the Facebook page of Daniel Rodriguez.
Check out his Google group newsletter.
A moment in history took him from a New York City Police Department patrol car to the opera stage when he sang at a memorial service for colleagues killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11. "Until then I was an opera singer moonlighting as a policeman," he said. He has sung at a Republican national convention in Madison Square, at an earlier inauguration and at several other political occasions in Washington. He has sung at the White House twice - the first time as a serving police officer in his role as ceremonial singer for the NYPD. He has spoken to former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. And he has never forgotten the awe he felt inside the White House. "You say to yourself, 'I'm standing where all the great leaders of the US have stood and worked. I'm standing where Lincoln stood. Jefferson stood here. Roosevelt . . .' It's living history. So few are privileged to go there. It is amazing to stand there and feel the history. It is elating." Security measures were always tight, but after 9/11 they became extreme. By the time he sang at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, each government agency had its own system of access codes, badges and stamps. The former policeman also had to endure an extensive FBI background check. Rodriguez traveled to New Zealand with his opera singer wife soprano Marla Kavanaugh (daughter of Palmerston North singer Kathi Craig) for the birth of their daughter Alexandra. Read the article about the former New York City policeman on wikipedia.com He will tour the United States where he has 117 concerts scheduled up to May 2010. Don't miss his February 11, 2010 concert at the Rabobank Theater presented by the Bakersfield Community Concert Association.
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