Training & Education
MUSICAL EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN: MFA in Opera Direction
Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria: MM equivalent in Vocal Performance
New England Conservatory of Music: BM in Vocal Performance, Boston, Massachusetts
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN: MFA in Opera Direction
Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria: MM equivalent in Vocal Performance
New England Conservatory of Music: BM in Vocal Performance, Boston, Massachusetts
Complete Package Performer -- Master Class: 2014
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MUSICAL COACHING Nickolaus Harnoncourt: Baroque Interpretation, Salzberg, Austria Maestro Tonini: Milan, Italy Paul Schilhawsky: Lieder, Salzburg, Austria John Moriarty: Boston, Massachusetts |
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SPECIAL TRAINING
ACT - San Francisco: Andrew Hurteau, Gregg Hubbard (2011) Margaret Lee, acting coach (2000-2003) Opera Direction: James Lucas, Indiana University (1990-1992) Mime and Theater: Lecoq School, Paris (1983) Acting: Katherin Sergava, Berkoff Studio (1982) Interpretation and Vocal Technique: Claude Heater, (1998-current) Alexander Technique: Judah Katalan (1982) Sherri Oliver (2001) Vocal Technique: Sara Corti and Valdamiro Badiali, Milan, Italy (1983-1987) Speech Therapy: Lia Gaches, Paris (1983-1987) Conducting: Daniel Canosa, San Francisco (2019) |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
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Complete Package Performer
OLLI at San Francisco State University Opera Institute at Teatro Colon: Buenos Aires, Argentina Occidental Community Choir: Santa Rosa, CA Mayflower Chorus: San Rafael, CA Renaissance Choir: Sacramento, CA Apollo Performing Arts: -----, CA [dissolved] California State University: Sacramento, CA Utah State University: Logan, UT Indiana University: Bloomington, IN Conservatoire le Drancy: Drancy, France |
Stage Director
Lecturer Visiting Master Teacher Visiting Instructor " " Co-Founder, Artist in Residence Lecturer Lecturer, Head of Opera Department Associate Instructor Voice Faculty |
2014
2012 2009-2010 ----- 2000-2010 1995-2003 1992-1995 1990-1992 1980-1987 |
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Master Classes:
Vocal Technique: Apollo Chorus for Beethoven's Ninth Complete Package Performer: San Francisco Teatro Colon: Buenos Aires, Argentina Cal-State Chico; University of California Davis Shanghai Opera: Shanghai, China Emma Troupe Theatre: New York |
2014 2009-2010 2007-2008 2006-2007 1982 |
Staging rehearsal for Venus and Adonis, 2014
Stage Director
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Welcome To All Pleasures, Purcell
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Venus and Adonis, Blow Baroque scenes from Orfeo, Poppea, Dido, L'Orfeo Acis and Galatea, Handel Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Monteverdi Staged Love Scenes [from the music of] Monteverdi AmahI and the Night Visitors, Menotti Nabucco, Verdi (semi-staged) Madame Butterfly, Puccini Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck Aida, Verdi (semi-staged) Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Marriage of Figaro, Mozart Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck Don Pasquale, Donizetti Rigoletto, Verdi Carmen, Bizet Peter Pan, Leigh & Charlap L’incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi Merry Widow, Lehar (Act 1) Medee, Milhaud (televised) Ormindo, Bononcini The Magic Flute, Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart |
Marin Baroque, CA
Marin Baroque, CA " Complete Package Performer, SF Marin Baroque, CA Apollo Opera, CA [dissolved] Marin Baroque, CA Apollo Opera, CA [dissolved] " " " " " " " " " Renaisance Opera, CA Utah State University Opera Apollo Opera [dissolved] Utah Festival Inauguration Bloomington, IN Renaissance Opera, CA " " |
2017
2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2008, 1997 2008, 1989 2007 2005 2004 2003 2000 1995 1994 1992 1991 1988 1987 |
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Staging rehearsals for Orfeo (from Complete Package Performer baroque scenes), 2014
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CONCERTS
China: Shanghai (Solisti Internationali) Italy: Milan, Como, Naples (RAI Italian Radio) France: Paris, Pau, Caen Ireland: Dublin, Cork Austria: Salzberg USA: California, Utah CONCERT REPERTOIRE
300 Songs Brahms, Britten, Berio, Barber, Debussy, Chausson, Faure, Hahn, Handel, Poulenc, Defalla, Glinka, Grieg, Mahler, (Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertoten Lieder, Ruckert Lieder), Menotti, Monteverdi (Lamento d’Arianna), Mozart, Mussorgsky (Songs and Dances of Death), Purcell, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert, Strauss, Stravinsky, Svirdov, Tschaikowsky, Wagner (Wesendank Lieder) |
 Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Rainbow Symphony
CONDUCTORS
Hans Schmidt, Robert Martigioni, Jean Pierre Burton, Jacques Pernou, Napoleane Annovazzi, Maurice Taylor, Marlene Montgomery, Francesco Prestia, Karl Martin, Barbara Silverstein, Michael Goodwin, Daniel Canosa Peter Grunberg Jeffrey Thomas 
Beethoven's 9th, Apollo Chorus and Orchestra
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Opera Performance/Repertoire
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Aida, Verdi
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck Die Walküre, Wagner Götterdämerung, Wagner Pique Dame, Tchaikovsky Khovanshchina, Mussorgsky Das Rheingold, Wagner Aida, Verdi Das Rheingold, Wagner Norma, Bellini Don Giovanni, Mozart Carmen, Bizet L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi The Magic Flute, Mozart Naughty Marietta, Victor Herbert Astarto, Bonocini Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti Mireille, Gounod Cavelleria Rusticana, Mascagni Norma, Bellini Nabucco, Verdi Martha, Flowtow Carmen, Bizet Return of the Prodigal Son, Milhaud Lohengrin, Wagner |
Amneris
Dido Witch Fricka Waltraute Pauline Marfa Fricka Amneris Erda Adalgisa Elvira Carmen Ottavia Second Lady Adah Astarto Nurse Baba the Turk Mother Taven Santuzza Adalgisa Fenena Nancy Carmen Mother Ortrud |
Apollo Opera, CA [dissolved]
" " "Belye Nochi" Tour: Novosibirsk " " Nizhny Novgorod " " Vladivostock " " Odessa San Francisco Lyric Opera, CA "Belye Nochi" Tour: Kiev " " Lvov " " Lvov Apollo Opera, CA [dissolved] Renaissance Opera, CA Renaissance Opera, CA Utah Festival: Logan, UT Utah Festival: Logan, UT Dublin, Ireland Tours -- France Bloomington, IN Bloomington, IN Théâtre de Nimes, France Théâtre de Bordeaux, France Oakland Opera, CA [dissolved] Théâtre de Besançon, France Théâtre de Saint-Étienne, France Tours -- France Dublin, Ireland Théâtre de Bordeaux, France Oakland Opera, CA [dissolved] RAI, Naples Radio (in repertoire) |
2007, 2002
2005 2004 2002 2002 2001 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1997-98 1995-96 1994 1994 1993 1992 1992 1992 1991 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989-1991 1989-1990 1988-1989 1989-1989 1988 1987 - |
