Charlotte, NC 

 



Conductors
• James Meena - Opera Carolina

* Willie Anthony Waters – Connecticut Opera
• Ward Holmquist – Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• Victor DeRenzi – Sarasota Opera
• Robert L. Larsen – Des Moines Metro Opera
 

Vocal Studies
• Victoria Livengood - Charlotte, NC - current

* Penelope Bitzas – Boston University, 2006 – 2009
• John Stephens – University of Kansas, 1999 – 2005
• George Gibson – Wichita State University, 1994 – 1998
• C. Jeanne Robison – John Brown University, 1991 – 1994



Coaches

• Arlene Shrut - Juilliard School of Music, UNC-Greenville

* Michelle Alexander – Boston Lyric Opera, Boston University, Florida Grand Opera,

Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera
• Caren Levine – Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Sarasota Opera, Palm Beach Opera
• Lisa Hasson – Sarasota Opera, Kentucky Opera
• Mark Ferrell – University of Kansas, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, New Theatre of Kansas City



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PERFORMANCE HISTORY

 

Opera Carolina - Charlotte, NC

• Carbon; L’Inconnu - Cyrano, November 2017

• Jake Wallace (debut) - La Fanciulla del West, April 2017

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Mosaic Arts (Opera Carolina) - Charlotte, NC

• Guglielmo - Così fan tutte, May 2015

• Il Conte di Almaviva - Le nozze di Figaro, February 27-28, 2015

 

Winston-Salem Symphony - Winston-Salem, NC

• Soloist/Chorus - Messiah (Handel), December 2015

• Soloist - Children’s Discovery Concert: The Mozart Experience, February 15, 2015

 

Davidson Choral Arts Society - Davidson, NC

• Soloist - Messiah (Handel) - November 2014

 

York County Chorale Society - Rock Hill, SC

*   Soloist - Dona Nobis Pacem (R. Vaughan Williams) - May 2014

 

Farmington Valley Chorale – Farmington, CT

• Soloist – Esther (Handel) – May 2013

• Soloist – Weihnactoratorium (Bach) – December 2011

 

Hartford Opera Theater – Hartford, CT

• Tarquinius – The Rape of Lucretia (Britten), October 2012

• Featured Soloist - Annual Gala, April 2012

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Mostly Baroque Players – Hartford, CT

• Soloist – St. Matthew Passion (Bach) - April 2011

• Soloist – Judas Maccabeus (Handel) - December 2010

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University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT

• Eisenstein – Die Fledermaus (guest artist), March 2010

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Riverside Theatre Works - Boston, MA

• Guglielmo - Così fan tutte, February 2010

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Newburyport Choral Society – Newburyport, MA

• Soloist – Carmina Burana, December 2009

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Opera Boston – Boston, MA

• Prince Paul (cover); Ensemble – La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, May 2010

• Ensemble – Tancredi, October 2009; The Bartered Bride, 2009

Commonwealth Opera - Northampton, MA

• Guglielmo (cover) - Così fan tutte, November 2009

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Berklee School of Music – Boston, MA

• Billy Boggs – Holy Ghosts, September 2009​

Original Production: Music by Larry Bell

Libretto by Romulus Linney and Andrea Olmstead
Based on the play by Romulus Linney​

 

Nashua Symphony Chorus – Nashua, NH

• Soloist – Mozart Requiem, August 2009

Boston Opera Collaborative – Boston, MA​

• Escamillo – Carmen, July 2009

OperaHub – Boston, MA

• Ramiro – L’Heure Espagnole, January 2009

Connecticut Opera – Hartford, CT

• Masetto – Don Giovanni, November 2008

• Sciarrone – Tosca, 2007



Connecticut Opera Express, 2007-2008

• Wolf – Little Red Riding Hood  (Barab)

• Dimitri – The Music Shop (Wargo)

Sarasota Opera – Sarasota, FL
(Studio Artist, 2004-2005)

• Masetto – Don Giovanni, 2005

• Frédéric (cover) – Lakmé, 2005

• Fall Outreach Program, 2004

Glens Falls Symphony – Glens Falls, NY

• Germont – La Traviata, 2004

Creede Repertory Theater – Creede, CO

• Town Crier/Mr.Hatch – Harbledown, 2005

Lyric Opera of Kansas City – Kansas City, MO

(Mainstage contracts)

• Pritschitsch – Merry Widow, 2006

• Polonius – Hamlet, 2006

• Custom House Official, La Bohème, 2002

• Il carceriere – Tosca, 2001

• Officer – Il barbiere di Siviglia, 2000

• Pish Tush – The Mikado, 2001

 

(Resident Young Artist, 2002-2004)

• Masetto – Don Giovanni, 2004

• Starveling – A Midsummer Nights Dream, 2004

• Gregorio – Roméo et Juliette, 2003

• Marullo – Rigoletto, 2003

• First Nazarene – Salome, 2002

• Schaunard (cover) – La Bohème, 2002

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University of Kansas Opera – Lawrence, KS

• Son - Strawberry Fields, 2004

• Thomas Putnam – The Crucible, 2003

• Escamillo – La tragédie de Carmen, 2002

• Sam – Trouble in Tahiti, 2001

• Tarquinius – The Rape of Lucretia, 2000

• Guglielmo – Così fan tutte, 2000

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Wichita State Opera Theater – Wichita, KS

• Count Almaviva – The Marriage of Figaro, 1997

• Papageno – Die Zauberflöte, 1996

• Anthony Hope – Sweeney Todd, 1996

• Wolf – Little Red Riding Hood, 1995

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The New Theatre – Overland Park, MO

• Hal – The Scarlet Pimpernel, 2002

• Judah – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 2001

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Kansas City Civic Opera – Kansas City, MO

• Wilfred Shadbolt – The Yeomen of the Guard, 2000

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Quisisana Summer Theater – Center Lovell, ME

• Dr. Falke – Die Fledermaus, 1998

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Rockwell Productions, Inc. - Philadelphia, PA

• Billy Bigelow (cover) – Carousel, 1998

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Music Theatre of Wichita – Wichita, KS      

• Pasquale – The Most Happy Fella, 1997

• Ensemble – 1997, 1999 season

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Wichita Center of the Arts – Wichita, KS

• Mr. Lindquist – A Little Night Music, 1996

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Kansas Opera – Wichita, KS

• Bob – The Old Maid and the Thief, 1996

• Marco – Gianni Schicchi, 1995

• The Page – Amahl and the Night Visitors, 1995

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John Brown University – Siloam Springs, AR

• Figaro – The Marriage of Figaro

• Pirate King – The Pirates of Penzance

• Reginald Bunthorne – Patience

Resumé