Michael Amante is one of America’s top versatile artists.  He is everyone’s hopeful romantic and can sing it all, from Classical to Pop, Operatic Arias to Broadway Show Tunes and Italian favorites to Gospel. Together with his Music Director / Conductor the distinguished songwriter / arranger Herb Bernstein, Michael’s live performances are filled with excitement and variety. Michael defines the term entertainer.  

Michael was born and grew up in Syracuse, New York where he was one of five children.  As a boy, he marveled at how his father could always sweep his mother off her feet simply by singing to her in a lilting light tenor voice.  “I wanted to do that,” he says, “to make people feel that good.”  He now lives in Queens, New York with his wife Seema, daughters, Giana and Grace, and son, Luca.
 
What do others say about Michael:

• Tony Bennett “The next Mario Lanza”
• Regis Philbin “The Fourth Tenor”
• N.Y. Times “swashbuckling…the voice and charisma of a cross over star”
• N.Y. Post “the golden-voiced tenor”
• Philadelphia Exclusive “Amante rewrites the book on anyone’s idea of what a tenor
  can be”
 
Some Recognitions:

• Billboard Magazine 2002 #1 Top Midline Classical Artist
• Billboard Magazine 2002 #5 Top Midline Classical Album
• PBS Special “Michael Amante” Emmy Nomination
 
Some Dignitaries that Michael has performed for:

• Pope John Paul II      
• President Bill Clinton 
• UN Secretary General Kofi Annan   
• Luciano Pavarotti 
• Tony Bennett 
• Regis Philbin
• Don Rickles
• Denzel Washington
• Julia Roberts  
• Rod Steward
• Billy Crystal
• Hugh Grant 
• Bette Midler
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Elizabeth Hurley
• Kevin Costner
• Donald Trump
• Steve Lawrence 
• Rob Riener
• Tom Arnold

 • President George H.W. Bush
• President Gerald Ford
• Henry Kissinger
• Andrea Bocelli
• Sophia Loren
• Susan Lucci
• Anthony Quinn
• Sidney Poitier
• Petula Clark
• Billy Joel
• Bill Murray
• Sharon Stone
• Elizabeth Hurley
• Cindy Crawford
• Steve Baldwin
• Isabella Rosalini
• Stevie Wonder
• Al Roker
• Peter Boyle
• numerous others
Some venues where Michael has performed:
• Stardust Casino / Las Vegas 
• Sands Casino / Atlantic City
• Mohegan Sun Casino / Connecticut
• Town Hall / New York City 
• Tilles Center / Long Island 
• Roy Thompson Hall / Toronto
• Sheldon Concert Hall / St. Louis
• Symphony Hall / Allentown, PA
• Van Wezel PAC / Sarasota, Fl
• Ruth Eckerd Hall / Clearwater, FL     
• Count Basie Theatre / Red Bank, N.J.
• Lyric Opera House / Baltimore, MD  
 		 • Caesar’s Palace / Las Vegas
• Foxwoods Casino / Connecticut
• Lincoln Center / New York City
• Westbury Music Fair / Long Island
• Heinz Hall / Pittsburgh, PA
• Easton State Theatre / Easton, PA
• Mechanics Hall / Worcester,  MA
• PPAC / Providence, R.I.
• Barbara Mann / Fort Myers, FL
• Maxwell Center / Melbourne, Fl
• PNC Banks Arts Center / N.J.

Television Appearances:

• Live With Regis
• ABC’s “The View”
• The Best Dawn Sports Show
• Emeril Live
• PBS Emmy Nominated “Michael Amante”
• Fox 5 – Morning News
• Songwriters Hall of Fame
• Movie “While My Pretty One Sleeps”
• NYC Columbus Day Parade (Five Years)
• Philadelphia Columbus Day Parade (Grand Marshall)
• Atlantic City Columbus Day Parade (Grand Marshall)

 Performances at Major Sporting Events:

• Shea Stadium (numerous) “Voice of the NY Mets”
• Madison Square Garden (NY Knicks & NY Rangers)
• The U.S. Open
• Belmont Park
• Giants Stadium
• Foxboro Field (NE Patriots)
• Camden Yards
• UCONN
• Major Boxing Events (Foxwoods & California)
 

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