Tenor Antonio Buonauro, gifted with a naturally beautiful lyric instrument, is a bright star on the operatic scene. His operatic debut was in Puccini's "Trittico," under the direction of Maestro Vincent la Selva. With maestro La Selva he first appeared at New York's fabled Carnegie Hall in a gala Verdi concert with the New York Grand Opera. Since that time he has appeared as Pinkerton in "Madama Butterfly," Rodolfo in "La Boheme," Alfredo in "La Traviata," and the Duke in "Rigoletto" Mr. Buonauro has appeared with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Rossini's "La Scala di Seta," and with the New Jersey State Opera in the world premiere of Ulysses Kay's "Fredrick Douglas". He has appeared in the Mannes College of Music performances as Don Josè in "Carmen" and