 With accompanist Jim Rice, Ida and Randy Zinkus perform for a homeless benefit concert. |
Ida
Zecco is an international recording artist and educator. She obtained
her Bachelors of Music in voice/cello at the Mozarteum Academy
of Music, Salzburg, Austria studying with Rudolf Knoll, performing
artist and company member of the Vienna and Berlin Operas. While
in Salzburg, she was also a student of the late Carl Orff in composition
and theory, and completed her Masters in Music Therapy at the Orff
Institute. Ida performed the soprano lead in Carl Orff's Carmina
Burana, under the Maestro's direction and the lead role in Orff's
Die Kluge. She made her European debut at the Salzburg Festival
in the role of Pamina in Mozart's, The Magic Flute, under the direction
of Herbert von Karajan. She later earned her Master of Fine Arts
in acting and direction at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Arts, London, England. She has also studied at the Actor's Studio
and with Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York City, New York. |
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is a professional actress and a member of Actor's Equity Association
(AEA). Her theatrical career includes leading roles in opera, drama,
comedy and musical theater throughout the New England, New York
City and European areas. Locally, Ida is well know for her roles
as Barbara DeMarco, Mrs. Shubert and Sgt. Mikey Thomas in Shear
Madness, at the Charles Playhouse, Boston. She has made several
TV appearances on Fox's, America's Most Wanted, and Spencer for
Hire. Ida has appeared in numerous industrial and commercial videos
and has produced and directed many others for which she has received
several awards, including a special feature for PBS dealing with
anti-Semitism. |
 Homeless benefit concert at Tuckerman Hall, Worcester, Mass. |
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As well as a master-class artist, coach and educator, she has produces a series of one-woman performances marketed for a broad-based, mature, theater-going audience which is an extraordinary mix of music, theater and comedy. These productions have been performed, and are regularly featured in venues throughout the United States and Canada. Ms. Zecco's first , internationally successful CD released in 1999, "A Song for Christmas" was followed by a second CD release in September 2002, "Better to Have Loved." which received international acclaim; both CD's are on the SongKeeper label. Ms.
Zecco has entertained at some of the world's most prestigious venues:
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