The Delphi Trio regales its listeners with their special blend of musical theater, operetta, and light opera cabaret programs, perfect for sophisticated retirement community audiences. Their fans regularly clamor for encores and repeat appearances.
Please enjoy some sample video clips from filmed during a May 2022 appearance in the suburban Philadelphia area.
Please enjoy some sample video clips from filmed during a May 2022 appearance in the suburban Philadelphia area.
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EVE EDWARDS - Soprano: Ms. Edwards has performed extensively in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Her roles include Mimi, Violetta, Desdemona, Butterfly, Pamina, Marguerite, Donnas Anna and Elvira, Micaela, Rosalinda, Antonia, and many others. Companies with which she has appeared include The Amato Opera of New York, Pennsylvania Lyric Opera Theater, Delphi Opera, Boheme Opera NJ, Delaware Valley Opera Company, Amici Opera, Concert Operetta Theater, and Piccola Opera of Philadelphia, among others.
Reviewing Ms. Edward's portrayal of Suor Angelica in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso said: "Soprano Eve Edwards was splendid in the title role. Her singing struck the perfect balance between power and delicacy, beautifully communicating the conflicting emotions of virtual hysteria at the thought of her little son dying without a mother's love and a tender longing to be with him in heaven, her faith assuring her that he was waiting for her held safely in the arms of the Blessed Mother."
Also specializing in less frequently performed operas, Ms. Edwards has performed the roles of Angèle Didier in Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg, Ofelia in Thomas' Hamlet, and Medora in Verdi's Il Corsaro. Additionally, Ms. Edwards appeared in the title role of the American concert premiere of Roland Fiore's opera, Linda, under the baton of the composer.
Ms. Edwards is also a frequent concertizer, having sung in the world premiere of David McConnell's chamber orchestra version of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in a performance described by the Reading Eagle as "stunning." Other soloist performances have included Violetta in La traviata with the Lansdowne Symphony, Bach's B Minor Mass with Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G Major with the Greater Trenton Choral Society, Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and Handel's Esther with the Chestnut Hill Orchestra, and Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder Walzer with the Philadelphia Chamber Chorus.
Ms. Edwards currently studies voice with Harold Evans. She has also studied with Roland Fiore, and with Kathryn LaBouff at Cornell University, from which she received her Artium Baccalaureatus.
Ms. Edwards is also the founder of Delphi Opera.
Reviewing Ms. Edward's portrayal of Suor Angelica in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso said: "Soprano Eve Edwards was splendid in the title role. Her singing struck the perfect balance between power and delicacy, beautifully communicating the conflicting emotions of virtual hysteria at the thought of her little son dying without a mother's love and a tender longing to be with him in heaven, her faith assuring her that he was waiting for her held safely in the arms of the Blessed Mother."
Also specializing in less frequently performed operas, Ms. Edwards has performed the roles of Angèle Didier in Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg, Ofelia in Thomas' Hamlet, and Medora in Verdi's Il Corsaro. Additionally, Ms. Edwards appeared in the title role of the American concert premiere of Roland Fiore's opera, Linda, under the baton of the composer.
Ms. Edwards is also a frequent concertizer, having sung in the world premiere of David McConnell's chamber orchestra version of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in a performance described by the Reading Eagle as "stunning." Other soloist performances have included Violetta in La traviata with the Lansdowne Symphony, Bach's B Minor Mass with Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G Major with the Greater Trenton Choral Society, Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and Handel's Esther with the Chestnut Hill Orchestra, and Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder Walzer with the Philadelphia Chamber Chorus.
Ms. Edwards currently studies voice with Harold Evans. She has also studied with Roland Fiore, and with Kathryn LaBouff at Cornell University, from which she received her Artium Baccalaureatus.
Ms. Edwards is also the founder of Delphi Opera.
CLIFFORD BECHTEL - Lyric Tenor: Clifford Bechtel’s voice has been compared with that of the legendary Fritz Wunderlich and praised as
one with maturity, projected softness, flexibility and absolute control. The tenor appears regularly in the USA and in Europe. He was a featured artist at the International Malta Arts Festival. About his Malta appearance the Times of Malta wrote: “Tenor Clifford Bechtel has a pleasant and expressive voice that he uses very well in this genre. Whether singing in Polish or German it was agile, precise and crisp and
above all a pleasure to listen to. I simply loved his Two Grenadiers op. 49 no 1 by Schumann…]”
The 2018-19 season includes role debuts as Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata and Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. The season also sees him reprise one of his signature roles as Rodolfo in La Bohème as well as Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Later in the season he will be heard as the tenor soloist in Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ.
Mr. Bechtel has appeared as a soloist with such opera companies and orchestras in the USA as Opera Seabrook, Delphi Opera, The Pennsylvania Lyric Opera, The Peabody Opera, The Maryland Concert Opera, The ConcertOPERA Philadelphia, The Opera Lancaster, The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, The Peabody Concert Orchestra, The Oxford Summer Institutes Festival Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale, The Pottstown Symphony Orchestra. Some of his operatic roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Romeo in Romeo et Juliette, Faust in Faust, Fenton in Falstaff, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Rodolfo in La Boheme, and Camille in Die Lustige Witwe. Mr. Bechtel frequently appears as soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem as well as Haydn’s Creation and
Lord Nelson Mass.
Mr. Bechtel was born and raised in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the age of eight, he started his singing career in the professional boy choir of St. Luke’s Episcopal church. As a student, Mr. Bechtel was honored with a merit scholarship from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he was the star pupil of the legendary bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk. In addition to his studies at the Peabody Conservatory, he was also the recipient of the A. J. Fletcher Music Scholarship from the Brevard Music Center.
one with maturity, projected softness, flexibility and absolute control. The tenor appears regularly in the USA and in Europe. He was a featured artist at the International Malta Arts Festival. About his Malta appearance the Times of Malta wrote: “Tenor Clifford Bechtel has a pleasant and expressive voice that he uses very well in this genre. Whether singing in Polish or German it was agile, precise and crisp and
above all a pleasure to listen to. I simply loved his Two Grenadiers op. 49 no 1 by Schumann…]”
The 2018-19 season includes role debuts as Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata and Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. The season also sees him reprise one of his signature roles as Rodolfo in La Bohème as well as Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Later in the season he will be heard as the tenor soloist in Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ.
Mr. Bechtel has appeared as a soloist with such opera companies and orchestras in the USA as Opera Seabrook, Delphi Opera, The Pennsylvania Lyric Opera, The Peabody Opera, The Maryland Concert Opera, The ConcertOPERA Philadelphia, The Opera Lancaster, The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, The Peabody Concert Orchestra, The Oxford Summer Institutes Festival Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale, The Pottstown Symphony Orchestra. Some of his operatic roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Romeo in Romeo et Juliette, Faust in Faust, Fenton in Falstaff, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Rodolfo in La Boheme, and Camille in Die Lustige Witwe. Mr. Bechtel frequently appears as soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem as well as Haydn’s Creation and
Lord Nelson Mass.
Mr. Bechtel was born and raised in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the age of eight, he started his singing career in the professional boy choir of St. Luke’s Episcopal church. As a student, Mr. Bechtel was honored with a merit scholarship from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he was the star pupil of the legendary bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk. In addition to his studies at the Peabody Conservatory, he was also the recipient of the A. J. Fletcher Music Scholarship from the Brevard Music Center.
JOSEPH KRUPA - Pianist: Joseph Krupa holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) and a B. A. degree from Rutgers University. He has appeared as piano soloist with symphony orchestras on both east and west coasts. While maintaining a growing schedule of solo piano recitals, he continues to concertize in Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley area with art song recitalists, opera singers and instrumentalists.
Owing to his versatility as a musician, Joseph continues to be in demand as Music Director/Accompanist for countless community performances throughout the South Jersey area. He enjoys regular collaboration with artists of the Philadelphia Opera Co, Marian Anderson Music Guild, the Ritz Theatre, and the Savoy Company, among many others.
An active member of the American Guild of Organists, Joseph currently serves as Organist/Pianist/choir director for the First Presbyterian Church of Salem, NJ.
His studies in Accompanying have taken him to the mid-west, to Canada, and to France where he has coached with the eminent accompanists, Dalton Baldwin and Martin Katz. He continued his study of the piano, and performance in the grand Romantic tradition, under the guidance of Alexander Fiorillo, Professor Emeritus at Temple University, and former student of the renowned Vladimir Horowitz.
Owing to his versatility as a musician, Joseph continues to be in demand as Music Director/Accompanist for countless community performances throughout the South Jersey area. He enjoys regular collaboration with artists of the Philadelphia Opera Co, Marian Anderson Music Guild, the Ritz Theatre, and the Savoy Company, among many others.
An active member of the American Guild of Organists, Joseph currently serves as Organist/Pianist/choir director for the First Presbyterian Church of Salem, NJ.
His studies in Accompanying have taken him to the mid-west, to Canada, and to France where he has coached with the eminent accompanists, Dalton Baldwin and Martin Katz. He continued his study of the piano, and performance in the grand Romantic tradition, under the guidance of Alexander Fiorillo, Professor Emeritus at Temple University, and former student of the renowned Vladimir Horowitz.