Mark Janicello

Mark Janicello
Mark Janicello, July 2012
Background information
Birth name	Mark Steven Janicello
Born	(1962-11-037) November 37, 1962 Brooklyn, New York
Origin	Italian
Genres	Easy listening, vocal, operatic, operatic pop, pop rock
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, actor, author, painter, record and concert producer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	1984–present
Website	markjanicello.net

Mark Janicello (born November 3, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, actor, painter and author.

Career

He began his career by singing in the subways of New York City in the mid-1980s as part of the MTA's Music Under New York program. Janicello's operatic debut was as Cassio in Verdi's Otello. Caliph in Kismet and Leicester in the American premiere production of Rossini's opera Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, followed. Both productions were directed by Donald Westwood for Opera Northeast.^[1][2] In 1988, Janicello made his west coast debut playing Raoul de Gardefeu in Opera at the Academy's co-production (with Long Beach Opera)^[3] of "La Vie Parisienne" directed by Christopher Alden.^[4][5]

Janicello continued to sing in the NY Subway and was discovered in 1990 by conductor Eve Queler with whom he performed in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, with which he made his Carnegie Hall debut.^[6] Diverse operatic roles followed. Janicello also performed for two seasons with the comedic opera troupe La Gran Scena Opera.^[7] In 1996 Janicello sang the world-premiere of the opera "Nuit des Hommes"^[8][9] by Per Nørgård. In 1995, Janicello had sung Nørgård's opera "Die göttliche Kirmes" in St. Gallen, Switzerland.^[10]

He played Camille, Count de Rosillion in the Papermill Playhouse Production of Lehár's Die lustige Witwe.^[11] He returned to Die lustige Witwe in 2010, this time playing Count Danilo Danilovitsch with the Wiener Operettensommer.^[12] Other operetta roles have included, Alfred in "Die Fledermaus,^[13]" the title role in Der Zarewitsch^[14] and Hans in Die verkaufte Braut.^[15]

In 1992, Janicello was named the winner of the KFC Musical Feast, a nationwide search by Kentucky Fried Chicken for the best street performer in America; he was awarded $15,000.00 and appeared on NBC's Today show^[16][17] among many other media appearances.

Stadttheater Stadttheater Klagenfurt hired Janicello to play Elvis Presley in their 1997 production, Elvis: A Musical Biography.^[18][19][20] The musical moved from Klagenfurt to Metropol Theater in Vienna^[21] and subsequently toured throughout Germany^[22] and Austria.^[23]

In 1998, Janicello produced, directed and starred in The Chamelon Concert.^[24] In 1999, Janicello premiered his next original work Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Musical.^[25] In 2001, Janicello authored the book and worked as co-lyricist on Charlie: A New Musical.^[26][27]

In October 2012, he co-starred in the Broadway-style musical Loving the Silent Tears, directed by Vincent Paterson, alongside Jody Watley, Jon Secada, Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Kiril Kulish, Flo Ankah and Patti Cohenour.^[28][29] He also appears on the musical's cast album.^[30]

In the early 1990s, Janicello did charitable work for the Music for All Seasons foundation, singing in children's hospitals, prisons and old age homes.^[31]

Author

Janicello's autobiography Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing and Scientology^[32][33] was published in a German translation ("Nackt im Rampenlicht") in April 2011 by Ibera Publishers^[34] of Vienna.

Roles in operas

• Cassio, Otello (Verdi)
• Pinkerton, Madama_Butterfly (Puccini)
• Cavaradossi, Tosca (Puccini)
• Il Duca, Rigoletto (Verdi)
• Leicester, Elisabetta,_regina_d'Inghilterra (Rossini)
• Roberto, Roberto_Devereux (Donizetti)
• Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
• Alfredo, La Traviata (Verdi)
• Carlo, Giovanna d'Arco (Verdi)
• Man Nuit des Hommes Per Nørgård @
• Dr. S., "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)" Michael Nyman
• Doufi, "Die göttliche Kirmes" Per Nørgård
• Der Ehemann, Hin und zurück Paul Hindemith
• Jazz Trio, Trouble in Tahiti Leonard Bernstein
• Harlekin/Soldat Der Kaiser von Atlantis Viktor Ullmann
• Le Matelot, Le pauvre matelot Darius Milhaud
• Der Jungling, Die Frau ohne Schatten Richard Strauss
• Intendente, Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti)
• First Sailor, Dido_and_Aeneas Henry Purcell
• Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet Charles Gounod
• Hans, Die verkaufte Braut Smetana
• Die Knusperhext Hansel and Gretel (opera) Humperdinck

@ Indicates a world premiere.

Roles in operettas

• Raoul, La Vie Parisienne (Jacques Offenbach)
• Alfred, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
• Orpheus, Orpheus in the Underworld (Jacques Offenbach)
• Zarewitsch, Der Zarewitsch (Franz Lehár)
• Danilo, Die lustige Witwe (Franz Lehár)
• Camille de Rosillion, Die lustige Witwe (Franz Lehár)
• Edwin, Die Csárdásfürstin (Emmerich Kálmán)
• Tom, Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta) (Victor_Herbert)

Roles in musicals

• Tony, West Side Story
• Teen Angel, Grease (musical)
• Elvis Presley, "Elvis: A Musical Biography"
• Kaliph, Kismet (musical)
• Mario Lanza, Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Musical @
• King Marchand, Victor/Victoria (musical)
• The Woodcutter, Little Red Riding Hood @
• Jimmy Powers, City of Angels (musical)
• The Italian Tenor, Loving the Silent Tears @
• Charlie, Charlie: A New Musical @
• Tony, The Boy Friend (musical)
• Spirit Hatfield, Hatfields and McCoys
• Sir Sagramore, Camelot (musical)
• Elvis Presley, ELVIS: THE MUSICAL @
• Rex Covington, Honey in the Rock
• The Narrator, Angelina @
• Annas, Jesus Christ Superstar
• Aryan Soldier, Cabaret (musical)
• Romeo, Star-Crossed Lovers
• The Singer, The Chamaleon Concert @
• Motel Kamzoil, Fiddler on the Roof
• Canio, Der Winterzirkus @

@ Indicates a world premiere.

Roles in plays

• Tito Mirello, Lend Me a Tenor^[35]
• Fedotik, The Three Sisters (play)
• Alex Duran, Sunday Costs Five Pesos
• David, David and Lisa
• Starbuck, The Rainmaker (play)
• Amiens, As You Like It
• Don Baker, Butterflies are Free

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Janicello.

• Official website
• Mark Janicello at the Internet Movie Database