An Afternoon of Art
Sunday, November 24th at 2 P.M.
Lovell Room
Free and Open to the Public
“Opera & Writing for an Afternoon of Art” is a special event featuring Italian opera singer and poet Stefano Russo and friends. Russo wowed library audiences last April during “National Poetry Month” with a special opera performance.
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.
Russo will perform various opera selections, accompanied by acclaimed pianist Jacob Wang. Friend Joe Naylor will read and discuss selections from “The Prisoner”. Autographed copies of “The Prisoner” will be available for purchase after the performance.
For further information call the Library at 203.385.4162 or visit: www.stratfordlibrary.org.
