Caroline Selia, soprano

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          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