NEW YORK, New York – On the evening of Saturday, April 13th, The Box hosted a completely sold out and incredible night full of entertainment including a live art performance by NOISE client and renowned artist and architect, Michel Abboud, who painted to the operatic sounds from Verdi’s La Traviata by the stars of the Metropolitan Opera National Council. The venue hosted over 350 attendees with all proceeds from the night benefiting The Sing For Hope Foundation, an organization activating creativity in schools, hospitals, refugee camps, and public spaces for millions of people worldwide.
The benefit event was presented by Michel Abboud, Anna Zarro, and FAYMOUS productions, as well as associate produced by NOISE. Michel Abboud’s effortless live art performance took the gaze of every single guest from the beginning of the night until the very end. Michel’s blank canvas developed into a beautiful abstract masterpiece, with vibrant hues of blue, yellow, and red. Later in the night, his piece was auctioned off for over $15,000; an anonymous donor doubled the offer to $30,000, which all benefited the Sing For Hope Foundation.
The magnificent opera singers from the night featured Inna Dukach as Violetta, Roy Hage as Alfredo, and Paul La Rosa as Germont. Other cast members included Emily Misch, Terrance Chin-Joy, Jessica Fishenfeld, Alaysha Fox, Jorell Williams, and Maya Yahav Gour. The stunning sounds of Inna Dukach echoed throughout the space, given only five days time to dominate her role as Violetta in Dumas’ inspired version of ‘The Lady of Camellias.’ Roy Hage and Paul La Rosa’s vocal and artistic talent were also both brilliant and profound.
About Michael Abboud
Founder and CEO of award-winning architectural space, SOMA, Michel Abboud is a lebanese, artist and architect based in New York City. Michel’s designs have attracted critical acclaim for their boundary-pushing nature. Michel’s defiant no compromise stance, in terms of design, continuously raises the bar in the architecture sphere and has gained him respect among a loyal client base and fellow design professionals. He is known for designing the Park 51 Islamic Cultural Center a few blocks from Ground Zero in New York City, which dubbed him ‘the most controversial architect the US has known’, by The New York Times. Today, he is known for being one of the youngest architects to design a skyscraper in New York, as well as a groundbreaking tower in Dubai. Michel earned his Masters in Architecture from the University of Columbia subsequent to graduating from the American University of Beirut. For more information, visit https://www.michelabboud.com.
About Sing for Hope
Sing for Hope harnesses the power of the arts to create a better world. Through dynamic education, healthcare, and global initiatives, Sing for Hope activates creativity in schools, hospitals, refugee camps, and public spaces for millions of people worldwide. Founded in New York City in 2006, Sing for Hope currently partners with 300+ community-based organizations, involves 5,000+ artists in creative service, and has placed 450+ artist- created Sing for Hope Pianos in parks and public spaces for anyone and everyone to enjoy. We champion art for all because we believe the arts have an unmatched capacity to uplift, unite, and heal. For more information, visit www.singforhope.org
About NOISE
NOISE is a tech-enabled entertainment, management, and full-service production company, providing creative services (social media strategy, content creation, video production, PR, personal branding, etc.) and general growth initiatives for Fortune 500s, celebrities, influencers, and artists. Some of the people we’ve worked with include YesJulz, What So Not, Ryan Serhant, Extell Development, Gary Vee, Erik Conover, Gerard Adams, NBC, Bravo, Carole Radziwill, Betches, etc. NOISE produced YesJulz’s docu-series on Youtube, created her website, and continue to secure press including her most notable interview on NBC. They also assisted Julz in producing Kanye’s Project Wyoming ‘Ye’ album release parties, by leading PR and content creation. Additionally, NOISE launched Ryan Serhant’s Youtube channel and grew it from 0 – 300K+ subscribers in less than a year. Along with Ryan Serhant, NOISE represents the largest real estate developer in NYC (Extell Development) that built Billionaire’s Row. On the management side, NOISE recently signed daughter of twelve-time GRAMMY award winning artist Paul Simon, Lulu Simon. For more information, visit www.wecreatenoise.com.
