All smiles after my recent audition at The Metropolitan Opera.
First and foremost I want to wish my amazing manager of many years, Nick Netos, a fantastic retirement! Nick was a dream of a manger and am so grateful to him for our wonderful partnership. It is a rare and beautiful thing to be seen and appreciated for the person and artist that you are. Thank you for this and so many other things, Nick.
This month I’m covering the role of Performance Artist in the world premiere of The Seasons. This new opera features music by Vivaldi, a libretto by Sarah Ruhl, and was co-conceived with Anthony Roth Costanzo.
We had a fantastic show of Mark Adamo’s masterpiece Lysistrata with Odyssey Opera and BMOP last night! This is easily one of my favorite operas, and I am so honored to help bring it to life as Xanthe and Aphrodite. Next we go into recording at WGHB! Stay tuned for the album release :)
Aphrodite in Lysistrata
Curtain call with Maestro Gil Rose and Mark Adamo.
The Athenian Women of Lysistrata!
Working with librettist, composer and stage director, Mark Adamo.
I had a fantastic time singing four Mozart songs with Brooklyn Art Song Society in Histories V: The Viennese School.
Franz Joseph Haydn: Selected Songs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Selected Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46, An die Hoffnung, Op.94 An Die Ferne Geliebte Op. 98
Ashley Emerson, Maggie Finnegan soprano
Katherine Lerner mezzo-soprano
Michael Kelly baritone
Mike Brofman, Brent Funderburk, Joel Harder piano
Photo: Catherine Hancock
We were in the New York Times “Fun Things to Do" write-up!
Always a pleasure to sing in one of my favorite cities, and to spend time with my amazing manager and mentor, Nick Netos.
I had the privilege of singing with Boston Lyric Opera last weekend in their Fort Point Open Studios performances. Saturday I joined mezzo soprano Vera Savage, pianist Brendon Shapiro + Roxy Myhrum in bringing the children’s book Opera Cat to life. We had great fun singing some opera classics and acting out this sweet book.
Sunday I performed with Brendon Shapiro + Alexis Peart in a program in the launch of a Rising Waters / Rising Voices , a new community-wide initiative that invites you to join the conversation on climate change through the transformative experience of opera.
I had a great week in NYC playing Queen + First Lady in the Little Orchestra Society’s Familiy Friendly Magic Flute. It’s so amazing to me what can be accomplished in four days when you have such amazing colleagues! Next time this show comes around, no matter what age you are, check it out!
Huge thanks to David Allen Miller and Craig Shemin for welcoming me to the LOS family!
To celebrate our male white cheeked gibbon Kien’s 23rd birthday, I gave a talk on the similarities between gibbon vocal production and the techniques used by opera singers! Huge thanks to Stone Zoo for supporting me through this crazy idea- i had great fun!
The gibbon family making their gorgeous and impressive calls in the morning at Stone Zoo. #zoonewengland
How was my White Cheeked Gibbon impression??
