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OPERATIC ROLES  PERFORMED

reviews Freia Das Rheingold


events
Gaia Gaia Sophia (Ludtke, world premiere)
vinaccesi ens.
Micaela Carmen


athena trio
Mimì La Bohème


news & CDs
Musetta



photo gallery Countess Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro


repertory Fiordiligi
Così Fan Tutte
audio/ video Despina




contact Foreign Woman
The Consul



home
Desdemona (upcoming)
Anna
Lauretta
Nella
First Wood Nymph
Pamina
First Lady
Pertelote
Nino
Otello
Le Villi
Gianni Schicchi


Rusalka
The Magic Flute

Chanticleer (Barab)
Semiramide (Cesti)



Mother
Soprano:Cake Lady
Noah
Sophie
God

Amahl & the Night Visitors
Postcard from Morocco
Sex and the Bible (Alburger, premiere)
The Bloody Chamber (Felsenfeld)
Job: A Masque (Alburger, premiere)



OPERA COMPANIES





Silesian State Opera (Czech Republic)  
West Bay Opera

Opera San Jose (Opera in the Schools)
North Bay Opera

Società dei Concerti di Santa Margherita Ligure (Italy) Oakland Opera

Pocket Opera Lamplighters

Berkeley Opera Cabaret Opera


Verismo Opera
Cinnabar Opera Theater


Mission City Opera
Trinity Lyric Opera

Capitol Opera Sacramento/ Davis


Pacific Repertory Opera (now Opera San Luis Obispo)





CONCERT/ ORATORIO






Chants d'Auvergne (Canteloube)



Symphony #4 (Mahler)



Vesperae solennes (Mozart)



Stabat Mater (Rossini)



Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn)



Ode to St. Cecelia ( Handel)



Ode to St. Cecelia (Purcell)



St. Matthew Passion (highlights, Bach)


Homer (Rorem, West Coast premiere)


Messiah



Solomon (Handel)


Samson (Handel)



Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saens)



Ceremony of Carols (Britten)


Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)


St. François d'Assise, suite (Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano, cond., cover)

Symphony #4

Christmas Suite (Ludtke, San Jose Symphony, Jo Ann Falletta, cond.)


Opera Concerts and Galas in the Czech Republic and U.S.







RECITALS & CHAMBER CONCERTS






Arts Adventures Guest Artist Series (NY) Indiana University (PA)

Gualala Arts Center (CA)
Noe Valley Chamber Music (CA)

Berkeley Chamber Performances (CA)
Crocker Art Museum (CA)

Auburn Pro Musica Concerts (NY) Noontime Concerts (CA)

Eastman House Concerts (NY) CSU, Chico (CA)

SUNY Geneseo (NY)
Biola Univ. (CA)


San Diego Public Library Music Series
Russian River Chamber Concerts

Festival Musica delle Donne (CSU, Hayward, CA)
Allliance Française  of SF

Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Concerts (CA)






CHAMBER ENSEMBLES/ PROJECTS



Jewish Music and Poetry Project (an SFFCM Affiliate)



Vinaccesi Ensemble



Athena Trio






AWARDS & COMPETITIONS







International Opera Singers Competition: Semifinalist



Martinez Opera Competition: 1st Prize



Santa Clara Art Song Festival Competition: 1st Prize



Music Teachers Assoc. of CA, Alameda County: 2nd Prize











EDUCATION







PhD in Music (specializing in musicology), U.C. Berkeley



MM in Vocal Performance, Holy Names University



AB in Music cum laude, Cornell University



Centre International de Formation Musicale, Nice, France



Opera Works (Ann Baltz, Artistic Dir., Los Angeles)



Voice: Jane Randolph, Elizabeth Mannion, Julia Monroe


Vocal Coaches: Kathryn Cathcart, Corey Jamason, Marcie Stapp,


                         Kristin Pankonin, Sara Jobin



Master Classes: Janet Bookspan, Dalton Baldwin, Gianni Raimondi, Gabriella

                         Tucci, Warren Jones, Fiora Contino


Acting: Cornell Univ., A.C.T., Susan Nance, ImprovWorks, Yefim Maizel


Languages Sung: French, Italian, German, Latin, Czech , Spanish, Portuguese, Auvergnat, English


Other instruments played: piano, organ, guitar, recorders, krummhorns






Repertory List


photo by Russ Fischella