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Ed Di Lello (born 1952) is a former American composer, choreographer, director, dancer, and actor who worked in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in New York City to Vincent and Angela (née Salvatore). He received a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1974. He is currently a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase Bank.

In 1967-1970 Di Lello studied and performed with the Everyman Company and the Chalk Circle Players in Brooklyn, NY, under the tutelage of actress Geraldine Fitzgerald and Bro. Jonathan Ringkamp. In February 1970, the Chalk Circle Players premiered Pieces, a “collage theater” work composed of segments, in which Di Lello wrote, directed and choreographed Mommy/Daddy, played the title role in St. Francis, and composed and performed the songs Pieces, Runnin' Away, Tickle My Soul and Hey Who Are You?.

From 1971 to 1973 Di Lello was a member of the La Mama ETC company, under the direction of Wilford Leach and John Braswel, in which he performed featured roles in Demon (The Damask Drum) and Carmilla. In May 1972 Di Lello directed a production of Next by Terrence McNally which featured Alan Blumenfeld and Gina Barnett.

Di Lello composed, orchestrated, conducted and staged two operas that he adapted from plays by W. B. Yeats — Purgatory and The Cat and the Moon. This double bill was produced by Philip Meister and Maurice Edwards at The Cubiculo in New York City and had its premiere in March 1974. An unreleased recording of Purgatory is found in the Billy Rose Collection of the New York Public Library. In various productions of these operas, Di Lello conducted, sang the Voice of the Old Man in Purgatory and sang and danced the role of the Lame Beggar in The Cat and the Moon. A television version of Purgatory was featured on University Broadcast Lab on WNYC-TV in 1974.

Di Lello's Ann Garner was premiered in 1978 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. This chamber cantata — a setting of the long poem by James Agee — was conducted by Chester Biscardi at various performances in 1978-79. Ann Garner was notable for its mixture of tonal harmony and structured noise, as well as simultaneous combinations of spoken and sung poetry.

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