Upcoming Engagements              

2008    Caroline Worra - Soprano, Jessica Paul - Pianist - Recital at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota

                    Sunday, August 3 - 4:00 p.m.

2008    Blizzard Voices - Opera Omaha

                    Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 13

2008    Jenny - The Mines of Sulfur - Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland)

                    October 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, and November 1

2008    Caroline Worra - Soprano, Jennifer Peterson - Pianist - Recital at The Zimmerli Art Museum - Princeton, New Jersey

                    Sunday, November 9

2009    Opera Concert - Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Iowa

                    Sunday, January 11

2009    New Britain Symphony Pops Concert - with baritone Rob Weintraub

                    Saturday, February 7

2009    Marguerite - Faust - Opera Memphis

                   Saturday and Tuesday,  April 25 and  28

2009    Fiordiligi - Cosi fan tutte - Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Iowa

                    June

Performance Experience

Opera:

2008    Mrs. Naidoo (cover) - Satyagraha - The Metropolitan Opera  

2007    Constance - Dialogues of the Carmelites - Kentucky Opera

2007    Agrippina (cover) - Agrippina - New York City Opera

2007    Euridice - Orphée (Philip Glass) - Glimmerglass Opera

2007    Adina - Elixir of Love - Cedar Rapids Opera

2007    Micaela - Carmen - Opera Memphis

2007    Lisette - La Rondine - Dallas Opera

2006    Countess - Le nozze di Figaro - Chatanooga Opera

2006    Boule de Suif - The Greater Good - Glimmerglass Opera (Live Naxos Recording)

2006    Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni - New York City Opera

2005    Musetta - La Bohème - Connecticut Grand Opera

2005    Jenny - The Mines of Sulphur - New York City Opera

2005    Countess Madeleine (cover) - Capriccio - New York City Opera

2005    Semele - Semele - Long Beach Opera

2005    Donna Anna - Don Giovanni - Connecticut Grand Opera

2005    Hanna - The Merry Widow - Opera Memphis

2005    Arianna - Arianna in Creta - Gotham Chamber Opera (Manhattan, NY)

2004    Curly's wife - Of Mice and Men - Kansas City Lyric Opera

2004    L'Amour/ La Follie (cover) - Platee - New York City Opera

2004    Daphne (cover) - Daphne - New York City Opera

2004    Jenny - The Mines of Sulphur - Glimmerglass Opera (Live Chandos Recording)

2004    Dama - Macbeth - Connecticut Grand Opera

2003    Norina – Don Pasquale (cover) - New York City Opera

2003     Curley’s Wife – Of Mice and Men (cover) - New York City Opera

2003     Frasquita - Carmen - New York City Opera

2003     Kate – Madama Butterfly - New York City Opera

2003     Emma - The Childhood Miracle - Magic Circle Opera

2003     Katy/Mueller/Kakonyi - The Good Soldier Schweik - Glimmerglass Opera

2003     Emilia - Flavio (cover) - New York City Opera

2003     Amy - Little Women - New York City Opera

2003     Mrs. Anderson - A Little Night Music (cover) - New York City Opera

2003     Elle – La Voix humaine - Maison Française, NY

2002     Dew Fairy - Hansel and Gretel - New York City Opera

2002     Kate Pinkerton - Madama Butterfly - New York City Opera

2002     Soprano Lover - Il Tabarro (cover) - New York City Opera

2002     Suor Genivieve - Suor Angelica (cover) - New York City Opera

2002     Nella - Gianni Schicchi (cover) - New York City Opera

2002     Amy - Little Women - Glimmerglass Opera

2002     Sister Felicity - Dialogues of the Carmelites - Glimmerglass Opera

2002     Agrippina - Agrippina (cover) - New York City Opera

2002     Musetta - La Bohème - Cedar Rapids Opera

2001     Musetta - La Bohème - Opera Idaho

2001     Countess - Le nozze di Figaro (cover) - Glimmerglass Opera

2001     Agrippina - Agrippina (cover) - Glimmerglass Opera

2001     Youcka - L'Etoile - Glimmerglass Opera

2001     Fury (Giunone, Eternita, Destino) - La Calisto - San Francisco Opera Center

2000     Rosalinda - Die Fledermaus - Merola - WOT Tour

2000     Just Jeanette - Too Many Sopranos (World Premiere) - Cedar Rapids Opera

2000     Anne Trulove - The Rake’s Progress - Teatro Massimo Bellini, Sicily

2000     Violetta - La Traviata (Student Matinee Performance) - Pittsburgh Opera

2000     Anne Trulove - The Rake’s Progress - Pittsburgh Opera Center

1999     Gulnara - Il Corsaro (American Crit. Ed. Premiere) - Pittsburgh Opera Center

1999     Mélisande - Pelléas et Mélisande - Pittsburgh Opera Center

1998     Violetta - La Traviata - Merola Opera Program and WOT Tour

1998     Pamina - The Magic Flute (cover) - Merola Opera Program

1998     Alice Ford - Falstaff - Indiana University

1997     Governess - The Turn of the Screw - Waldron Arts Center, IN

1996     Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni - Indiana University

1996     Hanna - The Merry Widow - Muncie Civic Theatre

1995     Agrippina - Agrippina - Indiana University

1994     Marenka - The Bartered Bride - Indiana University

1994     Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni - Quad Cities Mozart Festival

Solo Appearances with Orchestra:

2007     UNICEF Benefit Concert - Mahler's Symphony IV - Louisville, KY

2007    VOX - New York City Opera Orchestra

2006    Showcase of American Composers - VOX - New York City Opera Orchestra

2006    Mendelssohn- Elijah - The University of Missouri

2005    Mozart, Don Giovanni (Act I Finale) - Opera For All Concert - NYCO Orchestra

2005    Pops Concert - LaCrosse Symphony Orchestra - Wisconsin

2004    Showcase of American Composers - NYCO Orchestra

2004    Verdi, Act I Traviata and Rossini, "Una voce poco fa" - Columbia, MO

2003    Wagner, Parsifal - Act II - Flowermaiden - Los Angeles Philharmonic (Pierre Boulez)

2003     Showcase of American Composers - NYCO Orchestra

2003    Thank You Beverly! Gala Concert - Mikado (trio) - Orchestra of St. Luke's  

2002     Showcase of American Composers - NYCO Orchestra

2002     Mozart, Scene IX - Act I finale from Le nozze di Figaro - Buffalo Phil.

2002     Mozart, "Farewell Trio" from Cosi fan tutte - Buffalo Philharmonic

2000     Leoncavallo, “Nedda, Silvio…” from I Pagliacci (duet) - Merola

1999     Handel, Messiah - Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

1998     Mozart, “Se viver non degg’ io” from Mitridate (duet) - Merola

1997     Brahms, German Requiem - Masterworks Chorale, IN

1997     Schubert, Mass in A flat - Columbia, Missouri

1996     Mozart, “Dove sono” from Le nozze di Figaro - Quad Cities

1994     Beethoven, Ninth Symphony (rehearsal soloist) - Indiana University

1993     Stravinsky, Les Noces - Indiana University

1993     Handel, Chandos Anthem #10 - Indiana University

1993     Schubert, “Ave Maria” - LaCrosse Symphony, WI

RECITALS - PERFORMANCES:

2008    Happy 70th Birthday John Corgliano - Compositions for John Corgliano arranged by Mark Adamo

2008    Lecture Recital - "Selected Art Songs of Edwin Penhorwood" -  Indiana University

2008    Rita - Séance on a Wet Afternoon - by Stephen Schwartz - AOP First Glimpse (Brooklyn and Manhattan)

2008    Liz - The Golden Gate - by Conrad Cummings - AOP First Glimpse (Brooklyn and Manhattan)

2008    Three Lost Chords, The Girl I Left Behind Me - The Zipper in Manhattan, NY

2007    American Opera Projects - Composers and the Voice Scenes Concert - AOP (Brooklyn)

2007    Weston Noble Alumni Choir featured soloist - Luther College

2007    American Opera Projects - Composers and the Voice - Concert

2006    Euridice - scenes from Glimmerglass' Orpheus Season - Morgan Library

2006    American Opera Projects Concert - Composers and the Voice - Brooklyn

2006    Featured soloist for the families of the 9-11 Victims

2006    American Opera Projects - Composers and the Voice Concert - AOP (Brooklyn)

2006   Richard F. Gold Recital Series - New York City Opera featured artist

2006   Carnegie Hall Debut Recital - Weill Hall - Sponsored by The University of Missouri

2006    A Prelude to Carnegie Hall Recital - University of Missouri

2006     Desperately Seeking Thaïs - L'Opéra Français de New York - Florence Gould Hall, NYC

2005    AOP, Tobias Picker Celebration - performed Emmeline aria and Miss Hedgehog aria for the composer

2005    Connecticut Grand Opera Gala Concert

2004    German Lieder Recital - Zimmerli Museum, New Jersey

2004    "Canzone di Doretta", "Come Scoglio", "Ain't it a pretty night" - Long Island Opera

2004    "Orest..." from Strauss' Elektra - Oresteia - Theater Faction - Off-Off Broadway

2003     Opera Aria Recital - Zimmerli Museum, New Jersey

2003     La Voix humaine - Hartford, Connecticut

2002     Glimmerglass Opera Program Young Artist Recital

2002     Shoshana Foundation - Richard F. Gold Benefit Recital

2001     Southern Virginia University Guest Artist Recital and Master Class

2001     Glimmerglass Opera Program Young Artist Recital

2001     Doctoral Degree Recital at Indiana University

1995     Professional recital in Brasilia, Brazil - South America

1994     Professional St. Louis debut recital

Awards & HONORS   

2007    Metropolitan Opera Guild - Meet the Artists concert/lecture

2007     Grammy Nomination for Best Opera Recording (The Mines of Sulphur)

2005     Opera News Sound Bites Featured Artist - December

2005     Nomination to perform in the Richard Tucker Competition

2004     Nomination to perform in the Richard Tucker Competition

2002     Nomination to perform in the Richard Tucker Competition

2001     Shoshana Foundation - Richard F. Gold Career Grant

2001     San Francisco Merola Opera Program Career Grant

2000     San Francisco Merola Opera Program Career Grant

1999     San Francisco Merola Opera Program Career Grant

1997     National Society of Arts and Letters Voice Competition Winner - IN

1996     Best Actress of the Year - Muncie Civic Theatre, IN

1993     St. Louis Young Artist Presentation Society Award Winner

EDUCATION

2008    Doctor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance (with Minors in Choral Conducting and Music Education) - Indiana University

2001, 2002    Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program

1998, 2000    Merola Opera Program

1998, 2000    Western Opera Theatre Tour (AGMA)

1999-2000    Pittsburgh Opera Center

1993-1998    Indiana University - DM Voice - coursework completed

1991-1993    University of Missouri - MM Voice

1987-1991    Luther College - BA Voice/Piano

1983-1987    Onalaska High School - Wisconsin

CONSULTANTS

1991-2008    Costanza Cuccaro - voice teacher

1991-2008    Dr. Edwin Penhorwood - vocal coach

1994-2008    Gary Arvin - vocal coach

2001-2008    Nicholas Russell