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Performing
Areas of Experience of Laura Mann, Soprano
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Three-year
contract as leading Lyric Soprano with the Saarlandisches
Staatstheater, Saarbrucken, Germany; many performances/touring
with international conductor Christof Perick (San Francisco
Symphony, Deutsche 0per Berlin, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra). A total of over 40 opera and operetta roles performed in multiple productions abroad.
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Two-year
contract as leading Lyric Soprano with the Staatstheater
Kassel, Germany; many performances with international conductor
Gerd Albrecht.
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Solo recitals,
guest opera engagements, and chamber music concerts in Germany,
Austria, Czech Republic, and Switzerland; including
appearances at international festivals such as the International
Festival Week in Interlaken, Switzerland. Many of these
broadcast internationally.
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Numerous
performances as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Swiss
Chamber Orchestra, RIAS Symphony Berlin, Prague Chamber Ensemble,
Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonics, Oklahoma City, Richmond,
and Asheville Symphonies, and many others.
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Numerous
oratorio and solo concert appearances throughout the United
States with such performing ensembles as the Paul Hill
Chorale (The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC), Dallas
Baroque Ensemble, Chopin Society of mid-America (Oklahoma City), and many others. Also with various regional opera companies.
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Performances of "In A Woman's Voice" (recital of songs, arias, music theater pieces by women composers), and "The White Cliffs" one-act opera/monodrama by Natalia Raigorodsky on the summer concert series "Soaring Sounds in Sacred Spaces" at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
- Numerous concert appearances as Touring Artist under the auspices of the Virginia Commission for the Arts in Virginia, with four programs: "In A Woman's Voice" (recital), "The White Cliffs" (opera/monodrama), "Operatunity" (opera/music theater program with staging and partial costuming, and "With A Song In My Heart" (traditional recital of solo vocal music by Mozart, R. Strauss, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, and Richard Rodgers, Andrew Lloyd Weber).
- Featured artist for First Night Annapolis (Maryland) and First Night Alexandria (Virginia) in concerts for several of their New Year's Eve celebrations.
- Recital
appearances on series such as the Sumner Museum, Mexican Embassy,
French Embassy in Washington, DC, North Carolina Arts Council
Series, singing repertoire in 8 languages, some of these broadcast
on NPR.
- Solo
cabaret "The Many Faces of Love" with Concord
Jazz recording artist Stefan Scaggiari, Washington, DC,
Baltimore, Annapolis, Maryland.
- Radio broadcast work beginning Fall 2006 for the Christian Science Media Services in Washington, DC, supporting the "Christian Science Sentinel" broadcasts from Boston. Frequent
appearances on radio/TV talk shows as an advocate of the arts,
opera, and vocal training in both the classical and popular fields.
Information/bookings:
(703) 217-8615
or (703) 255-5585
e-mail: Opera_tunity@peoplepc.com |
