Susan Sevier, mezzo-contralto, recently appeared as Erda in the Washington National Wagner Society’s “Evenings in Bayreuth” series and as The Witch in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with the Maryland Opera Society. Last summer in Italy she made her Roman debut as Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Tuscia Opera Festival.
She appeared [...]
Bass baritone Alvy Powell has won acclaim for his performances in the United States and abroad, both as a soloist with the U.S. Army Chorus and in independent vocal performances.
He has become one of the world’s best-known interpreters of Gershwin’s Porgy and has performed major baritone roles in Le Nozze di Figaro, Madame Butterfly, [...]
The Washington Post commented not long ago: “John Day unleashes a magnificent operatic voice that soars and induces goose bumps.”
A graduate of the University of Colorado, Mr. Day has sung with many musical organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region, performing in opera, oratorio, musicals and recitals. In the D.C. area, he has performed with Prince [...]
Mr. Giuliano applies his amazing voice and discipline to a great range of vocal music — operatic, popular and patriotic — in international engagements, concert halls, colleges, and churches around the country and in Washington, and, because of his day job, a huge number of Washington’s high-ranking ceremonial occasions.
As senior vocalist with the U.S. Army [...]
Ms. Abiyakiy is a former principal artist of the Bolshoi Opera and leading guest artist throughout Europe and now the United States. Her repertoire includes Gilda (Rigoletto), Lucia di Lammermoor, Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia), Violetta (La traviata), Semiramide, Amina (La sonnambula), and her signature role of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), which she [...]
A gifted and versatile actress as well as an accomplished musician, Ms. Palmieri has performed in opera and concert in the Washington, D.C., area, at the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Lisner Auditorium, the Music Center at Strathmore, and many other important venues throughout the United States.
Ms. Palmieri is a specialist in Italian Bel Canto Opera. [...]
Gina Watson Powell, originally from Crockett, Texas, earned her bachelor’s degree from Eastern New Mexico University, and her master’s degree in vocal performance and pedagogy from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Ms. Powell served an apprenticeship with Lyric Opera Cleveland was appointed artist in residence with the Toledo Opera. Her operatic roles include Porgy and [...]
“Alessandra Marc has the most beautiful voice in the world.”
— The Washington Post, March 31, 2001
Dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc has consistently been acclaimed as one of the most outstanding artists of our day. Of her 1992 Paris recital debut, Le Figaro proclaimed “Une Etoile est Nee!” Her voice, of a unique colour, range, and quality, [...]
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