Caroline Selia, soprano ___________________________________________________ caroline@carolineselia.com Operatic Repertoire: Role Opera Company Year Alida Slade Roman Fever Knoxville Opera 2005 Second Lady The Magic Flute Knoxville Opera 2004 Countess Almaviva (cover) Le Nozze di Figaro Knoxville Opera 2004 Rosalinda (cover) Die Fledermaus Knoxville Opera 2004 Lìu (cover) Turandot Knoxville Opera 2003 Lucy The Telephone University of Tennessee 2003 Susannah Susannah University of Tennessee 2003 Mimi (scenes) La Boheme Carnegie Mellon Opera 2003 Donna Elvira (scenes) Don Giovanni Carnegie Mellon Opera 2002 Emmie Albert Herring Bayview Music Festival 2002 Grosser Chor Die Burgschaft Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh 2001 Suggested Operatic Repertoire: Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira, Countessa, Rosalinda, Floyd's Susannah, Mimi, Lìu, Louise, Annina Concert Appearances: Soprano soloist in Strauss Lieder Concert in Graz, Austria (AIMS) 2005 Soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah Soprano soloist in Berstein's Chichester Psalms Soprano soloist in Bach's Magnificat in D minor (BWV 243) Suggested Concert Repertoire: Brahms' Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, Verdi's Requiem 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 2005 Encouragement Award in Nashville Regional Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions 2004 1st Place Winner of NATS Pittsburgh Classical Women/ Musical Theatre Women 1999, 2001 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 2005 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), Summer 2005 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 Voice Teachers Coaches Conductors Stage Directors Gustavo Halley Nathalie Doucet Julius Rudel Dottie Danner Marjorie Bennett Stephens Curt Pajer Edouardo Müller Greg Lehane Mildred Miller Roseanna Irwin Francis Graffeo Carroll Freeman Peter Lightfoot Timothy Cheek Robert Page Ron Luchsinger Beatrice Krebs Thomas Douglas Mark Stringer James Marvel |