Marianna's Resume

OPERATIC/CROSSOVER ENGAGEMENTS

  Soeur Mathilde Dialogues of the Carmelites
by Francis Poulenc
Sur La Blanche Opera,
NYC; May 2008
 Elisabetta di ValoisDon Carlos (scenes) Pelham Bay Festival of Opera, Verdi Marathon,
NY; May 2005
Winston von Vogel, Conductor
 Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT
Anton Coppola, Conductor
 Ida Strauss Titanic The Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT; May 2002
 Carlotta Phantom The Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT, May 2000
 Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Connecticut Opera Cooperative, Stamford, CT, October 1997
 Fiordiligi Cosi Fan Tutte Bel Canto Opera Company, Providence, RI, June 1997
 Georgette The Cloak(IL Tabarro) Connecticut Opera Consortium, November 1996
 Mimi La Boheme Santa Margherita, Ligure Italy, August 1996
 Countess The Marriage of Figaro Connecticut Opera Consortium, May 1996
 Suor Angelica Suor Angelica Crystal Opera, Norwalk, CT, Spring 1993
 Tamiri Il Re Pastore Connecticut Concert Opera
 Lola Cavalleria Rusticana Shubert Opera, New Haven, CT
 Nella Gianni Schicchi Connecticut Concert Opera, Hartford, CT
 Violetta La Traviata Waterbury (CT) Opera Theatre
 Miss Pinkerton The Old Maid & The ThiefWallace Stevens Theatre, Hartford, CT
 
PREPARED ROLES
 SantuzzaCavalleria Rusticana 
 LiuTurandot 
 
ROLES IN PREPARATION
 JenufaJenufa 
 Manon LescautManon Lescaut 
 Cio Cio SanMadama Butterfly 
 
SOLO CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS
  Oratorio/Symphonic  Concert - An Evening of Music Macabre - OperaAmici, NYC
songs by William Bolcom - Eric Trudel, accompanist,
October, 2007;
   Concert - An Evening of Oratorio Arias and Ensembles singing Mendelssohn, Handel and Dvorak - OperaAmici, NYC - Eric Trudel, accompanist, September, 2007;
   Operatic excertps, Altenburg Music Festival, Altenburg, Germany, David Kram, Conductor, July 1999;
Mozart Grand Mass in C minor, Soprano II; Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi Gloria; Mendelssohn's Elijah;
Faure Requiem; Soloist with Waterbury Symphony, 1996, 1997;
Meldelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, 1998; Lief Bjaland, Conductor
 Recital/Chamber Music Mattatuck Museum Guest Artist Series Recitalist, June 2005; Eric Trudel, Accompanist;
Concert performance of Cosi Fan Tutte, Fiordiligi, Dr. Edward Markward, Conductor, Rhode Island College, Providence;
Debussy, Bellini & Puccini, Bachsaal, The Castle in Altenberg, Germany, Rolando Russo, Accompanist, July 1999;
Operatic excerpts CT Chamber Orchestra, Operatic excerpts Wolcott Classics Concert Series 1996 with Rico Serbo, Tenor;
Folk Songs program, Public School #23, Moscow, Russia;
American Musical Selections, Athens Arts Festival, Athens, Greece;
Early Renaissance, Baroque & Commissioned Contemporary Works, Chamber Music Series, Siena, Italy;
Bellini, Faure, Mozart Works, MasterSingers performance, Stamford, CT
 Music Theatre "Bring Back Broadway - A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe", Fiddler on the Roof, Hodel;
The Wiz, Glinda; Three Penny Opera, Mrs. Peachum; My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle, The Phantom, Carlotta
 Recorded "Is There Life on Mars?", Manyee Lam, Composer; World Premiere for Ballet Theatre of Hong Kong, November 1996;
"Our Souls Take Flight," Frank Pisani, Composer/Arranger, Bonny Gilbert Ashe, Lyricist; Compilation of Original/Newly Aarranged Songs of Inspiration, December 2002 - January 2003
 
AWARDS/COMPETITIONS
  Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, Hartford, CT; Semi-Finalist, 1998
  Societa del Concerti di Santa Margherita, Ligure, Italy; Finalist, 1996
  Marian Anderson Competition; Semi-Finalist, 1995
  Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, Hartford, CT; Semi-Finalist, 1988
  Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, New London, CT; Silver Medalist, 1986
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  Professional Women's Singers Association, NYC
  National Association of Teachers of Singing


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