| Caroline Selia soprano originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated with Honors from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University. She completed her Masters of Music degree at the University of Tennessee where she was a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio Apprenticeship Program. Based in New York City, Ms. Selia is a currently building the music education department for the impressive and well established, early childhood education center of 74th St. MAGIC on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Caroline is also involved with various children's programs throughout New York City and has appeared on television as a part of the 'Wednesday's Child Adoption Program' as both singer and teacher to six year old Eligahes. The Wednesday's Child is a weekly televised feature that helps recruit adoptive families who can provide permanent and loving homes for New York City foster children. She is also breaking ground with her acting and vocal workshops for her well respected private voice studio where she has been teaching for over 8 years. Along with that, she is a well connected member of the artistic community, having co- created the Musaic Concert Series which features talented musicians and performers from rock n' roll, musical theatre, opera, and pop/jazz. She has also joined forces with the fashion industry in taking part of 'Night at the Opera', a breakthrough concept created by up and coming fashion designer, Heather Rama for her Fall 2007 line. She appeared in the Knoxville Opera's world renowned Rossini Festival as Alida Slade in Robert Ward's Roman Fever. As reviewed by Knoxville New Sentinel's Harold Duckett, "Based on Edith Wharton's short story of two women who return to Rome with their daughters, "Roman Fever" is basically a restrained catfight. As the conniving mother Alida Slade, Caroline Selia was beyond excellent." She also appeared with Knoxville Opera in 2004, where she made her professional debut, as the Second Lady in The Magic Flute . In the 2003- 2004 opera season she covered the roles of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Liù in Turandot, and Countessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro for Knoxville Opera. Moreover, she will be making her debut with the Opera Company of Brooklyn this winter in February 2010, in Die Fledermaus as Rosalinde. Her past production credits include, Susannah in a production of the University of Tennessee's Susannah where she worked with Mr. Floyd. "In helping her prepare the role of Susannah, I saw that Caroline was born to be on stage, her delivery of this vocally and dramatically demanding role was both beautiful and moving," Coach/Collaborative artist/Rehearsal pianist, Nathalie Doucet- Lalkens. Other productions include the Grosser Chor in the Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh’s production of Kurt Weill’s Die Bürgschaft, a Pittsburgh premiere, Nella in Michael Ching's Buoso’s Ghost, Cricket in The Cunning Little Vixen, and Emmie in Albert Herring. She has won many competitions including place 3rd in the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria. She won the Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in Nashville, and won 1st place in both Musical Theatre and Classical for Women at the NATS Tri-State Pennsylvania competition. She has worked under the baton of many of today's leading conductors most notably, Julius Rudel, Francis Graffeo, James Fellenbaum, Mark Stringer, and Edouardo Müller. Furthermore, Ms. Selia is no stranger to the concert repertoire, while living in Europe some of concert highlights include, Strauss' "Zueignung" with the AIMS Orchestra in Graz, Austria. Other concert repertoire include soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah, Berstein's Chichester Psalms, and Bach's Magnificat in D minor. Her voice teachers and vocal coaches include, Claudia Catania, Elizabeth Hastings, Roseanna Irwin, Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens, Curt Pajer, Mildred Miller, Marjorie Bennett Stephens, and Gustavo Halley. |
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Caroline Selia working with Eligahes on his music skills for the Adoption
Program Wednesday's Child for NBC- New York City.
Program Wednesday's Child for NBC- New York City.
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