Metropolitan Opera Star’s ARIA Wine & Music Set Selected as Top Holiday Gift
December 07, 2007
Dec 07, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ --New York, NY -- December 7thth, 2007 -- New York Metropolitan Opera star Janet Hopkins’ ARIA has been selected by USA Today and the New York Times as a top Holiday gift for 2007.

ARIA is a first-of-its-kind wine and music project. Award winning Tulip Hill Winery and Diva Janet Hopkins collaborated on this hot Holiday item.

ARIA 2005 Cuvee was personally blended by Miss Hopkins at Tulip Hill Winery. Working with celebrated wine maker Ed West to find the ideal balance, it is a rich and sumptuous blend of red varietals. ARIA is a smooth, yet robust red wine sure to please discerning palates.

ARIA the music is a cd of well known Italian love song classics. Recorded by Ms. Hopkins at historic Capitol Records in Hollywood, the music of this cd is as rich as the wine it compliments. Well known standards such as O Sole Mio, Santa Lucia, and Quando Men Vo are but a few of the timeless musical treasures on the cd. Favorites from La Boheme, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly also round out the musical selections.

Ms. Hopkins honors Luciano Pavarotti as she performs Nessun Dorma, the Puccini classic so closely associated with the late tenor.

The music of ARIA features songs that are tales of love, romance and a devotion to homeland, Naples, Italy. Several songs romanticize the joy of being in Naples while others reflect on the sentimentality and longing for being there. Many of the songs of ARIA are traditional pieces sung by males. Ms. Hopkins has uniquely transformed these treasures into the timeless collection that is ARIA.

The ARIA project marks the first time that classical music and fine wine have been teamed together as a special offering, one in which the artist has been so personally involved. A special gift set of ARIA wine and cd will be available just in time for holiday shopping.

“When this project was first proposed to me, it just felt right,” notes Ms. Hopkins. “Blending my own wine and selecting just the right music to compliment it felt like a natural marriage of two halves, finally merging into the final blend that is Aria. The luscious depth of the wine lingers on the palate, as the rich melodies of these timeless classics linger in our hearts. I am thrilled to be a part of the birth of both wine and song. Teaming up with Tulip Hill winery is a luxury. Their wines are world class. Both music and wine are classics.”

Bringing classical music to a broader audience has long been a passion of Janet Hopkins.
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