MEZZO-SOPRANO
2020/2021
DON QUICHOTTE AT CAMACHO’S WEDDING
Role: Pedrillo
Opera Saratoga
July 14, 15, 16, 18, 2021
Performances at 11:00AM, 1:00PM, and 6:00PM
Columbia Pavilion
Saratoga Spa State Park
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Opera Saratoga presents DON QUICHOTTE AT CAMACHO’S WEDDING, a one-act comic serenata by Georg Philipp Telemann with a libretto by Daniel Schiebeler, taken from an episode from Part Two of Cervantes' celebrated novel, in which the Knight and his squire Sancho Panza encounter some rather strange wedding celebrations as they roam the world in search of adventure. The al fresco production will be staged by Rebecca Miller Kratzer and will be conducted by Michelle Rofrano in and around the Columbia Pavilion in Saratoga Spa State Park, with the backdrop of the forest creating a natural set for this pastoral adventure. The performances will feature Festival Artists from Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program – the second oldest professional training program for emerging professional singers in the country.
MAN OF LA MANCHA
Ensemble (Housekeeper cover)
Opera Saratoga
July 8, 2021 | 8:00PM
July 9, 2021 | 8:00PM
July 10, 2021 | 8:00PM
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
108 Avenue of the Pines
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
In partnership with Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Opera Saratoga presents MAN OF LA MANCHA, the Tony Award winning musical, featuring Broadway and Opera star Zachary James in the role of Cervantes / Don Quixote; and Opera Saratoga favorite, Kelly Glyptis, returning to Saratoga Springs as Aldonza. The beloved musical was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th Century masterpiece Don Quixote. A universal tale of love, hope, and adventure, Man of La Mancha celebrates the perseverance of one man who refuses to relinquish his ideals, and who is determined to see life not as it is, but as it ought to be. The celebrated score includes “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him,” “Little Bird,” and “To Each His Dulcinea.”
QUIXOTIC OPERA
Role: Dulcinée in a scene from "Don Quichotte" by Massenet
Opera Saratoga
June 24, 2021 | 7:00PM
June 25, 2021 | 7:00PM
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
223 West Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Opera Saratoga opens its 60th Anniversary Season with QUIXOTIC OPERA, a concert of scenes from operas inspired by Cervantes’ iconic novel that takes us on the adventures of a nobleman named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant to revive chivalry and serve his nation under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha! Presented in partnership with Pitney Meadows Community Farm, the program will feature scenes from Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (1743) by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier and Charles Simon Favart; Die Hochzeit des Camacho (1827) by Felix Mendelssohn and Friedrich Voigts; Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (1833) by Gaetano Donizetti and Jacopo Ferretti; Don Quixote (1898) by Wilhelm Kienzl; La Venta de Don Quijote (1902) by Ruperto Chapí and Carlos Fernandez Shaw; Don Quichotte (1910) by Jules Massenet and Henri Caïn; and El retablo de maese Pedro (1923) by Manuel de Falla.
GHOST VARIATIONS
Role: Clara Schumann
Thompson Street Opera Company
June 4 - 6, 2021
Digital Performance
Robert Schumann’s well-known struggle with mental illness takes center stage, depicted by two imagined characters who live inside his head. As he struggles with his own mind, his wife Clara struggles with the reality of his illness, and with the sometimes helpful, sometimes unwanted attention of Johannes Brahms.
BEAUTIFUL VOICES, SING OUT!
Featured Soloist
Kristin Lewis Foundation
October 23, 2020 | 7:00PM
October 24, 2020 | 7:00PM
Digital Performance
“Beautiful Voices, Sing Out!” is a virtual gala that will feature emerging artists headed straight toward the stars! It will be exclusively broadcast on the Kristin Lewis Foundation Facebook and YouTube pages. As the 2017 Grand Prize Winner of the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Scholarship Competition, Naomi will be featured in an interview with Ms. Lewis and a performance of one of her favorite arias, "Cruda sorte!" from L'Italiana in Algeri.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Role: Olga
Opera in the Heights
TBA 2021 (Rescheduled from April 3-11, 2020)
Lambert Hall
1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008
The young and hopelessly romantic Tatyana writes a passionate letter confessing her love to Onegin, who is unwilling to settle down and rejects her. After an unfortunate duel resulting in the death of his best friend, Onegin travels for years alone in his torment. He returns to discover Tatyana happily married, and it becomes Onegin’s turn to write her a letter that leads to the opera’s stunningly emotional conclusion.
Best known for sweeping audiences off their feet with The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky lovingly gave his melodic gifts to his honest and powerful take on the classic Pushkin novel.
PERFORMED IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
DON QUICHOTTE AT CAMACHO’S WEDDING
Role: Pedrillo
Opera Saratoga
July 14, 15, 16, 18, 2021
Performances at 11:00AM, 1:00PM, and 6:00PM
Columbia Pavilion
Saratoga Spa State Park
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Opera Saratoga presents DON QUICHOTTE AT CAMACHO’S WEDDING, a one-act comic serenata by Georg Philipp Telemann with a libretto by Daniel Schiebeler, taken from an episode from Part Two of Cervantes' celebrated novel, in which the Knight and his squire Sancho Panza encounter some rather strange wedding celebrations as they roam the world in search of adventure. The al fresco production will be staged by Rebecca Miller Kratzer and will be conducted by Michelle Rofrano in and around the Columbia Pavilion in Saratoga Spa State Park, with the backdrop of the forest creating a natural set for this pastoral adventure. The performances will feature Festival Artists from Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program – the second oldest professional training program for emerging professional singers in the country.
MAN OF LA MANCHA
Ensemble (Housekeeper cover)
Opera Saratoga
July 8, 2021 | 8:00PM
July 9, 2021 | 8:00PM
July 10, 2021 | 8:00PM
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
108 Avenue of the Pines
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
In partnership with Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Opera Saratoga presents MAN OF LA MANCHA, the Tony Award winning musical, featuring Broadway and Opera star Zachary James in the role of Cervantes / Don Quixote; and Opera Saratoga favorite, Kelly Glyptis, returning to Saratoga Springs as Aldonza. The beloved musical was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th Century masterpiece Don Quixote. A universal tale of love, hope, and adventure, Man of La Mancha celebrates the perseverance of one man who refuses to relinquish his ideals, and who is determined to see life not as it is, but as it ought to be. The celebrated score includes “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him,” “Little Bird,” and “To Each His Dulcinea.”
QUIXOTIC OPERA
Role: Dulcinée in a scene from "Don Quichotte" by Massenet
Opera Saratoga
June 24, 2021 | 7:00PM
June 25, 2021 | 7:00PM
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
223 West Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Opera Saratoga opens its 60th Anniversary Season with QUIXOTIC OPERA, a concert of scenes from operas inspired by Cervantes’ iconic novel that takes us on the adventures of a nobleman named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant to revive chivalry and serve his nation under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha! Presented in partnership with Pitney Meadows Community Farm, the program will feature scenes from Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (1743) by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier and Charles Simon Favart; Die Hochzeit des Camacho (1827) by Felix Mendelssohn and Friedrich Voigts; Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (1833) by Gaetano Donizetti and Jacopo Ferretti; Don Quixote (1898) by Wilhelm Kienzl; La Venta de Don Quijote (1902) by Ruperto Chapí and Carlos Fernandez Shaw; Don Quichotte (1910) by Jules Massenet and Henri Caïn; and El retablo de maese Pedro (1923) by Manuel de Falla.
GHOST VARIATIONS
Role: Clara Schumann
Thompson Street Opera Company
June 4 - 6, 2021
Digital Performance
Robert Schumann’s well-known struggle with mental illness takes center stage, depicted by two imagined characters who live inside his head. As he struggles with his own mind, his wife Clara struggles with the reality of his illness, and with the sometimes helpful, sometimes unwanted attention of Johannes Brahms.
BEAUTIFUL VOICES, SING OUT!
Featured Soloist
Kristin Lewis Foundation
October 23, 2020 | 7:00PM
October 24, 2020 | 7:00PM
Digital Performance
“Beautiful Voices, Sing Out!” is a virtual gala that will feature emerging artists headed straight toward the stars! It will be exclusively broadcast on the Kristin Lewis Foundation Facebook and YouTube pages. As the 2017 Grand Prize Winner of the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Scholarship Competition, Naomi will be featured in an interview with Ms. Lewis and a performance of one of her favorite arias, "Cruda sorte!" from L'Italiana in Algeri.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Role: Olga
Opera in the Heights
TBA 2021 (Rescheduled from April 3-11, 2020)
Lambert Hall
1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008
The young and hopelessly romantic Tatyana writes a passionate letter confessing her love to Onegin, who is unwilling to settle down and rejects her. After an unfortunate duel resulting in the death of his best friend, Onegin travels for years alone in his torment. He returns to discover Tatyana happily married, and it becomes Onegin’s turn to write her a letter that leads to the opera’s stunningly emotional conclusion.
Best known for sweeping audiences off their feet with The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky lovingly gave his melodic gifts to his honest and powerful take on the classic Pushkin novel.
PERFORMED IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
PAST EVENTS
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Role: Kate
*Canceled due to COVID-19
Opera Saratoga
June 19 - July 4, 2020
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Role: La madre
*Canceled due to COVID-19
Opera Saratoga
June 26 - July 3, 2020
PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist (cover)
*Canceled due to COVID 19
Opera Saratoga
July 5, 2020
EDWARD M. MURRAY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF VOICE
Finalist
Opera Ithaca
March 1, 2020
FREEDOM RIDE (WORLD PREMIERE)
Role: Freedom Rider
Chicago Opera Theater
February 8-16, 2020
IMOGEN (WORKSHOP)
Roles: Arviragu and Nola
New Moon Opera
November 22, 2019
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
Role: Hänsel (cover)
Opera Saratoga
July 5-14, 2019
LITTLE RED'S MOST UNUSUAL DAY
Role: Granny
OPERA Iowa - Des Moines Metro Opera
March - April, 2019
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Roles: Third Lady and Papagena
OPERA Iowa - Des Moines Metro Opera
March - April, 2019
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER
Role: Genevieve
Chicago Fringe Opera
November 16 - December 1, 2018
RUSALKA
Role: Third Wood Sprite
Des Moines Metro Opera
June 22 - July 14, 2018
SCENES PROGRAM - DEAD MAN WALKING
Role: Sister Helen Prejean
Des Moines Metro Opera
June 16, 2018
SCENES PROGRAM - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Role: Hermia
Des Moines Metro Opera
June 8, 2018
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Role: Cherubino
Opera Naples
May 10, 2018
HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS AND VIVIALDI GLORIA
Alto Solist
Palm Beach Symphony
March 12, 2018
A CELEBRATION OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Featured Soloist
Opera Naples
March 10, 2018
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
Role: Giannetta
Opera Naples
February 23-24, 2018
MADAME ROSE PALMAI-TENSER SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
First runner-up
Mobile Opera
January 13, 2018
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Role: Dritte Dame
Opera in the Heights
November 10-19, 2017
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI
Role: Zulma (Isabella cover)
Operativo Houston
August 19, 2017
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Role: Sesto
Chicago Summer Opera
June 18, 2017
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Role: Gertrude
Moores Opera Center
April 8-10, 2017
KRISTIN LEWIS FOUNDATION VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
Grand prize winner
March 5, 2017