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R e p e r t o i r e

Operatic Roles:

  • Abduction of Figaro (PDQ Bach) - Susanna Susannadanna / Mama Geno  (Jefferson Performing Arts Society) 

  • Albert Herring - Mum (AVA Opera Theater)

  • Amahl and the Night Visitors - Mother (Pima Opera, Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, USM Opera Theater)

  • Ariadne auf Naxos - Dryade / Composer* (Opera Company of Philadelphia) 

  • Carmen - Mercedes (Lyric Opera of Waco)

  • Le Comte Ory - Ragonde (FSU Opera - Faculty Artist)

  • The Consul  - Mother (AVA Opera Theater)

  • Così fan tutte  - Dorabella (USL Opera Theater - Graduate - returning artist)

  • La damnation de Faust - Marguerite* (Opera Company of Philadelphia)                                              

  • Dialogues of the Carmelites - Madame DeCroissy (USL Opera Theater - returning artist)

  • Dido and Aeneas - Sorceress (Loyola University Chorale)

  • L'enfant et les sortilèges - L'enfant (New World Symphony)

  • Eugene Onegin - Olga (Opera Theater of Saint Louis)  

  • Fedora  - Dimitri / Savoyard (Opera Orchestra of New York)

  • The Juniper Tree (Glass/Moran)  - Stepmother* (American Music Theater Festival)

  • Lakmé  - Mistress Benson (Opera Orchestra of New York, New Orleans Opera Association)

  • Little Red Riding Hood  - Mother / Grandma (AVA Opera Theater)

  • Madama Butterfly - Suzuki (Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Performing Arts Society of Acadiana,

              Shreveport Opera, AVA Opera Theater)

  • The Medium - Baba* (Opera Company of Philadelphia) -  Mrs. Nolan (New York Chamber Opera Ensemble Tour)

  • New Moon  - Julie (New England Lyric Operetta )

  • Le nozze di Figaro  - Marcellina (Connecticut Grand Opera, USL Opera Theater)

  • Orfeo and Euridice  - Orfeo (Annapolis Opera)

  • Pelléas et Mélisande  - Geneviève (AVA Opera Theater)

  • Rigoletto  - Giovanna (New Orleans Opera Association) - Maddalena (Loyola University)

  • Sound of Music - Mother Abbess (Performing Arts Society of Acadiana)

  • Suor Angelica - Badessa (Opera Company of Philadelphia) - Principessa (Cover Opera Company of Philadelphia, performed with Louisiana Opera Theater) -Mistress of the Novices (AVA Opera Theater)    

  • La Traviata - Annina (New Orleans Opera Association)

  • I Vespri Siciliani - Ninetta (Opera Orchestra of New York)

  • The Visitors (Swann) - Anna (world premiere, Bala Cynwyd, PA)

  • Die Zauberflöte - Zweiter Dame  (Baltimore Opera)

* Cover for Nadine Denize (Berlioz) for Regine Crespin (Medium), Diane Curry (Suor Angelica)

                                                                                                          

Oratorio/Symphonic Works:

  • Bach, J.C.: Die Kindheit Jesu, Philadelphia

  • Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio . Magnificat . St John Passion . St Matthew Passion .

                   Cantatas: 4, 6, 10, 22, 35, 48, 78, 119, 149, 164, 182 New York, Philadelphia, Tucson

  • Beethoven: 9th Symphony, Lafayette, LA

  • Britten: Canticle II . Ceremony of Carols, Seattle, WA, New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia

  • Bruckner: Te deum, Tallahassee, FL

  • Copland: In the Beginning, Tucson, AZ, Parkersburg and Bridgeport, WV, Budapest and Pécs, Hungary

  • Debussy: La damoiselle elue, New Orleans, LA, Tempe, AZ

  • Duruflé: Requiem, Greenwich, CT, Rye, NY, Stamford, CT

  • Dvorák: Stabat Mater . Mass in D, New York, NY

  • Eberlin: Mass in C, Greenwich, CT

  • Fauré: Ave verum, Stamford, CT

  • Fauré: Requiem, Ethchingham, England

  • Handel: Messiah . Israel in Egypt . Judas Maccabaeus, Tucson, AZ, New 

  •          Orleans, LA

  • Harbison: December 1, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra

  • Haydn: Paukenmesse . Theresienmesse . Lord Nelson Mass . St Nicholas Mass

  • Honegger: King David, Tallahassee, FL

  • Kodaly; Budavardi Te deum, Philadelphia

  • Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Carnegie Hall, FSU Symphony .

  • Mahler: Rückertlieder University of Arizona Orchestra

  • Mendelssohn: Elijah, Tucson, AZ

  • Monteverdi : Mass for Five Voices, Schwetzingen Festival, Germany

  • Mozart: Grand Mass in C Minor . Coronation Mass . Litanae Laurentenae .

                Missa Brevis in G . Missa Brevis in D . Requiem . Messiah Realization .   

                Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore . Regina Coeli

  • Penderecki: Credo, Tallahassee, FL (with Penderecki)

  • Rossini: Stabat Mater, New York, Tucson

  • Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, New York, Tucson

  • Schütz: St Matthew Passion . St John Passion, Philadelphia

  • Vaughan-Williams: Magnificat . Hodie New Orleans, Charleston, WV

  • Verdi: Requiem

  • Vivaldi: Gloria

  • Weber: Mass in G, Greenwich, CT

Substantive Recital Repertoire by:               

Early Italian Masters . Bacon . Barber . Baldwin . Beethoven . Bernstein . Bizet . Brahms . Britten . Caplet . Chausson . Clark . Copland . Cras . Debussy . Dowland . Dring . Duparc . Dvorak . Ewazen . Falla . Fauré .  Foster . Gibbs . Grieg . Hahn . Handel . Hensel . Herbert . Ibert . Knosp . Laitman . Liszt . Mahler . McLarry . Mendelssohn . Mozart . Mudarra . Ockeghem . Pfitzner . Pilkington . Poulenc . Purcell . Rachmaninov. Ravel . Rorem . Rossini . Saint-Saëns . Satie . Schafer . Schubert . Schumann . Shostakovich . Sowash . Spohr . Stenhammar . Strauss . Szulc . Tchaikovsky . Vaughan-Williams . Webern . Weill . Wolf

Additional Repertoire:

Chamber Music

Music for Voice and instruments

Aylward: At the Still Point, for voice, saxophone, percussion, and piano, Tucson, AZ (with the composer)

Beethoven: Scottish Songs for Soprano and piano trio, Schloss Prösels, Italy

Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, Opus 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Vipiteno, Italy, Tallahassee, FL

Caplet: pieces for mezzo-soprano and flute, Tucson, AZ, Valdosta, GA, Atlanta, GA, Tallahassee, FL, Vipiteno, Italy

Clarke: Three Irish Country Songs  for voice and violin, Vipiteno, Italy

Ewazen: ... to cast a shadow again for voice with trumpet and piano, Tucson, AZ (with the composer)

Ibert: Deux steles orientées for voice and flute, Tucson, AZ

Mozart: arias from La clemenza di Tito with clarinet obbligato, Green Valley, AZ, Lafayette, LA, Völs am Schlern, Italy

Ockeghem: Trois chansons, soprano with viola and bassoon, Castelrotto, Italy

Saint-Saëns: Une flute invisible for voice, flute, and piano, Tucson, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, Tallahassee, FL

         Atlanta, GA, Valdosta, GA, Vipiteno, Italy 

Schafer: Minnelieder for Mezzo-soprano and wind quintet, Tucson, AZ

Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for soprano, clarinet, and piano, Völs am Schlern, Italy, Rye, NY

Shostakovich: Romances on Words of Alexander Blok, Soprano with piano trio, Tucson, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, Völs am

         Schlern, Italy

Sowash: Along the River, cycle for mezzo, clarinet, and piano, Völs am Schlern, Italy

Spohr: Six Songs for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano, Houma, LA, Völs am Schlern, Italy

Vivaldi: "Ch'alla colpa fa' traggitto" for mezzo, two bassoons, and double bass, Norman, OK

Wanamaker: "Mid-winter waking," for soprano and clarinet (Recorded)

Music for Mezzo-soprano and Bassoon (Recorded)

Baldwin: Of Thorns and Roses, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Völs am Schlern, Italy, Arlington, TX

Chabrier: L'invitation au voyage, Arlington, TX, Vipiteno, Italy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Birmingham, England (IDRS), Völs am Schlern, Italy, Arlington, TX, Rio de

       Janeiro, Brazil

McLarry: Edgar Allan Poe SongsIthaca, NY (IDRS), Vipiteno, Italy, Rio de Janeiro, Atlanta, Tallahassee, Valdosta


Music for Vocal Quartet

Brahms: Quartets Opuses 31, 64, and 92,

Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer (worldwide), Neuesliebeslieder Walzer

Cui: Vocal Quartets

Haydn: Vocal Quartets, worldwide

Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op.138, Tallahassee

Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, worldwide

Strauss: Waltzes, worldwide

Traveled to: Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Russia,

      Ukraine

Vocal Duets: 
Brahms: Duets for Mezzo and Baritone, Opus 28, Tucson, AZ

Hensel: Duets for Mezzo and Tenor, Fanny Hensel Festival - Tallahassee, FL

Laitman: Duet for Soprano and Mezzo-soprano, Knoxville, TN

Schumann: Duets for Mezzo and Baritone, Opus 78, Mozart on the Square - Philadelphia, PA

Tchaikovsky: Duets for Soprano and Mezzo, Opus 46, Tallahassee, FL, New York, NY (Kosciuszko Foundation - WQXR)

WORLD PREMIERES:

John Aylward: At the Still Point (U of Arizona, Tucson) (with composer)

John Harbison: December 1 (world premiere of orchestrated version) (Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, FL)

Susan Knosp: Three Emily Dickinson Songs (U of Arizona, Tucson) (with composer)

Donald Swann: The Visitors (Anna), Bala Cynwyd, PA (with the composer, musical director)

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