
repertory
download CV
OPERATIC ROLES PERFORMED
Freia | Das Rheingold |
Gaia | Gaia Sophia (Ludtke, world premiere) |
Micaela | Carmen |
Mimì | La Bohème |
Musetta | |
Elisa | Tolomeo |
Countess Almaviva | Le Nozze di Figaro |
Desdemona | Otello |
First Lady | The Magic Flute |
Pamina | |
Cleopatra | Giulio Cesare (semi- staged) |
Foreign Woman | The Consul |
Fiordiligi | Così Fan Tutte |
Despina | |
Lauretta | Gianni Schicchi |
Nella | |
Anna | Le Villi |
First Wood Nymph | Rusalka |
Pertelote | Chanticleer (Barab) |
Nino | Semiramide (Cesti) |
Mother | Amahl & the Night Visitors |
Soprano/ Cake Lady | Postcard from Morocco |
Noah | Sex and the Bible (Alburger, premiere) |
Sophie | The Bloody Chamber (Felsenfeld) |
God | Job: A Masque (Alburger, premiere) Elektra |
Fifth Maid |
OPERA COMPANIES
- Silesian State Opera (Czech Republic)
- Opera San Jose (Opera in the Schools)
- Società dei Concerti di Santa Margherita Ligure (Italy)
- Pocket Opera
- Berkeley Opera
- Verismo Opera
- Mission City Opera
- Capitol Opera Sacramento/ Davis
- The Handel Opera Project
- Pacific Repertory Opera (now Opera San Luis Obispo)
- West Bay Opera
- North Bay Opera
- Oakland Opera
- Lamplighters
- Cabaret Opera
- Cinnabar Opera Theater
- Trinity Lyric Opera
CONCERT/ ORATORIO
- Les nuits d'ete (Berlioz, excerpts)
- Scheherezade (Ravel, excerpts)
- Melodies (Duparc)
- Phyllis und Thirsis (C.P.E. Bach)
- E qual cosa (Caldara)
- Star of Bethlehem (Rheinberger)
- Allor ch'io dissi addio (Handel)
- Requiem (Faure)
- Gloria (Vivaldi)
- 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)
- Christmas Suite (Ludtke, San Jose Symphony, Jo Ann Falletta, cond.)
- Opera Concerts and Galas in the Czech Republic and U.S.
- Chamber music concerts and art song recitals in France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Spain
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES/ PROJECTS
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
Photo credits: All photos on this web site except those in the photo gallery, are by Russ Fischella.