E074: Fernando Del Valle and Arell on April 8 2011 | archived on

Guest: World Famous Opera Star Fernando Del Valle and Rapper/Writer Arell. Born in New Orleans of Hungarian-Spanish origin, tenor Fernando del Valle has sung extensively in the United States, Europe, South America and Canada. He went on to win the ‘Bel Canto Competition of Chicago’ which enabled him to move to Europe and study with legendary Tenor, Carlo Bergonzi. In 1997 his performances included Don José at the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Teatro Carlo Felice di Genoa, Pinkerton in MADAMA BUTTERFLY for Palm Beach Opera and FAUST in Colmar near Strasbourg. Arell (pronounced RL) is a producer/songwriter/singer and Rapper who has been writing and producing R&B and hip hop tracks since the mid 90's. Vocal arrangement is a strong suit for the producer, but he knows how to make tracks and write songs that are relevant to everyday life. Currently, the Cincinnati born and raised producer is working on his second solo project that displays not only his music production and engineering skills, but songwriting skills as well. His production company, Lion King Productions is about making music that is innovative. Although Arell can sing and rap he is always looking for anyone who has talent to help create product that is new, exciting, relevant and profitable in today's industry.