Performing as a Pianist and Singer
Besides accompanying numerous well-known and lesser-known singers in concerts, she has played and sung many solo concerts herself of classical Lieder, as well as serving the “lighter Muse,†performing Gershwin, Porter and repertoire from the “great American Musicals†all over Europe.
Recently, Rita undertook a Pacific-Ocean cruise from Honolulu to Melbourne, Australia on the QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2) ocean liner, as musical director and pianist for 6 opera evenings, with the “Randazzo Opera on Tour”