Caroline Selia
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caroline@carolineselia.com


Operatic Repertoire:



Upcoming in 2010:


Rosalinde                                Die Fledermaus (in German)       Opera Company of Brooklyn
Soloist                                     Musical Theatre/Opera          Musaic Concert Series



Role                                         Opera                               Company                                

Alida Slade                                Roman Fever                      Knoxville Opera                         
Second Lady                            
The Magic Flute                   Knoxville Opera                         
Countess Almaviva
(cover)              Le Nozze di Figaro               Knoxville Opera                         
Rosalinde
(cover)                         Die Fledermaus (in English)     Knoxville Opera                         
Lìu
(cover)                                  Turandot                            Knoxville Opera                         
Lucy                                         
The Telephone                   University of Tennessee             
Susannah                                  S
usannah                          University of Tennessee             
Mimi
(scenes)                                La Boheme                        Carnegie Mellon Opera                
Donna Elvira
(scenes)                   Don Giovanni                     Carnegie Mellon Opera               
Emmie                                      
Albert Herring                     Bayview Music Festival               
Grosser Chor                             Die Burgschaft                   Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh        


Concert Appearances:

Soloist for Musaic Concert Series singing a Will Reynolds song "Meet Me On the Moon"
Soprano soloist in Strauss Lieder Concert in Graz, Austria (AIMS)
Soprano soloist in Handel's
Messiah
Soprano soloist in Berstein's Chichester Psalms
Soprano soloist in Bach's Magnificat in D minor (BWV 243)


Masterclasses:
Gabrielle Lechner - American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS)
Virginia Zeani - Bayview Music Festival
Johanna Levy - Carnegie Mellon University



Awards/Scholarships:
3rd place in the Meistersinger Competition AIMS Graz, Austria
Encouragement Award in South-East Regional Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions
1st Place Winner of NATS Pittsburgh Classical Women/ Musical Theatre Women
Judith Resnik Memorial Scholarship recipient at Carnegie Mellon University
Full Tuition Scholarship/Graduate Assistantship for the Knoxville Opera Studio Apprentice Program
American Institute of Music Studies (AIMS), Graz Austria Scholarship recipient, Summer



Education/Training:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 2003- 2005 M.M.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1999- 2003 B.F.A.
American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS)
Dance Training George ‘Buddy' Thompson, Professor of Dance, Carnegie Mellon University
Speech/Acting Training with Natalie Baker-Shirer, Professor of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University



Language Skills:
German, fluent, diction training
Spanish, fluent, diction training                                         
Italian, semi-fluent, diction training
French, semi-fluent, diction training
English, fluent, diction training


Special Skills:
Sight singing, Piano skills, Early Childhood Education Director, Private Voice Instructor, Public Relations,
Marketing, Comprehensive computer skills/web design


Voice Teachers                     Coaches                          Conductors              Stage Directors
Claudia Catania                       Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens     Julius Rudel                 Dottie Danner
Marjorie Bennett Stephens      Curt Pajer                         Edouardo Müller          Greg Lehane
Mildred Miller                            Roseanna Irwin                 Francis Graffeo            Carroll Freeman
Gustavo Halley                        Timothy Cheek                 Robert Page               Ron Luchsinger
Beatrice Krebs                         Thomas Douglas               Mark Stringer              James Marvel
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