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Juliet Petrus – Biography

Whether for her “clear, gorgeous vocal presence,” and “striking technique and range,” “graceful physicality” or “marvelous sense of comic timing,” Juliet Petrus frequently, comfortably and successfully crosses between the worlds of opera, concert and recital, making her a highly versatile performer engaging audiences from Chicago to Shanghai.

2013-14 was an exciting season for Ms. Petrus. Juliet made her debut with the St. Louis Symphony as the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana, one of her favorite pieces to perform. Juliet’s Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall debuts with the “I Sing!” Program received great acclaim, one reviewer noting that she performed with “tremendous clarity and improvisatory zest, with her vocalized laughter a particular treat and an impressive in-the-moment ending.” She recently also completed a tour throughout the US and Paris, also singing Chinese repertoire, as well as making, and solo recital debut in Shanghai, and concert premieres in Suzhou and Hangzhou, China. In addition, Ms. Petrus made her debuts with both the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Tower Chorale and International Chamber Artists in Chicago, where she expanded her repertoire to include the Soprano II solos in Mozart’s C minor Mass. Upcoming engagements include concerts with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series.

2011-2012 was an equally busy and varied musical season for Ms. Petrus. Juliet made her Austin Lyric Opera debut singing Mozart’s epic role the Queen of the Night in . She also made her first appearance with Union Avenue Opera, singing the role of Galatea in Acis and Galatea, as well as covering the soprano solos in Carmina Burana with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Juliet returned to Beijing, China, only one of two second-year participants to do so, for the exciting and highly regarded “I Sing Beijing” Program. She was a Finalist in both the Art Song and Opera Professional Divisions of The American Prize Competition.

In the summer of 2011, Juliet made her first trip to Bejiing as a participant in the inaugural season of “I Sing Beijing”, a program which has subsequently allowed

Juliet Petrus – Biography her concert premieres in Washington, D.C., and Paris, France. While there, she made her debut at both the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and Tianjin Concert Hall in Tianjin. During her five-week long visit in China, Ms. Petrus studied Western and Chinese Opera, and Mandarin working with famed Metropolitan Opera Bass, Hao Jiang Tian. She was one of two participants to be invited back in the summer of 2012, as well. As a result of her two summers in Beijing, Juliet was offered a highly-competitive Confucius Institute scholarship to study Chinese at Tongji University in Shanghai in the spring of 2014.

Recently, Ms. Petrus made her first solo appearance with Music of the Baroque, under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer at the Harris Theatre in Chicago. Also at the Harris, Ms. Petrus appeared as a part of the Kraft Kids’ Family Concert Series with the New Millennium Orchestra and Maestro Francesco Milioto, with whom she frequently collaborates.

Ms. Petrus was invited back to Michigan Opera Theatre to sing the role of Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music, starring Leslie Uggams and Ron Raines, after singing a successful Gianetta in L’elisir d’amore for them in 2009. Juliet returned to Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York as a Young American Artist in 2008, where she also spent the 2007 season. In 2007, she made her Glimmerglass mainstage debut, receiving high acclaim for stepping into the role of Eurydice in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld on opening night of the season. She was likewise applauded for her work as La Musica in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, directed by Christopher Alden. She has sung Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Skokie Valley Symphony, again under Maestro Milioto. With Chicago Folks Operetta, she sang Lona in the American Premiere of Emmerich Kalman’s Arizona Lady. She has been seen as the Queen of the Night in the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera in the Neighborhood’s production of The Magic Flute; Lisaveta in A Month in the Country, and Amy in Little Women with OperaModa. She spent three seasons with Opera for the Young in Wisconsin, being seen as The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Harp in Orpheus Returns, and Mabel in . Other favorite roles include Lucy in The Telephone, and Belinda in . She was an apprentice with Sarasota Opera and a young artist with Opera Carolina. Ms. Petrus was also the

Juliet Petrus – Biography recipient of Bravo Awards from the Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago in both 2006 and 2007, as well as a semi-finalist in 2006.

From plays to chamber music, Ms. Petrus devotes much of her time to the creation and performance of contemporary works. She was recently seen as Violet Beauregard in a workshop of Peter Ash’s The Golden Ticket with the American Lyric Theatre in New York City. She originated the role of Realist in Stephen Rush’s electronic opera, vidGod, as a guest artist at the University of Michigan and would go on to perform the role again at the Landestheatre Tübingen in Germany. She premiered Steven Dembski’s Fool’s Paradise at the Performing Imagination Festival in Evanston, IL. Juliet also served as the vocalist in the multi-disciplinary performance group, Weave Soundpainting Orchestra, in Chicago. She also participates in the readings of new plays and musicals in Chicago.

Juliet is also a frequent recitalist. She enjoys not only standard art song repertoire, but also introducing her audiences to new, or underperformed works. This often results in creating thematic evenings of beautiful, interesting and eclectic musical fare. Because of her background as an instrumentalist, Juliet especially enjoys performing vocal chamber music involving instruments than piano. Her performance of The Juliet Letters (Costello) for voice and string quartet at Glimmerglass Opera were highly praised. This season, Juliet appears in recital with Singers on New Ground (S O N G), the Broadway Performing Arts Series in Chicago, and VOX 3 Collective all in Chicago. Juliet also, however, feels at home in the world of early music, and performs with her sister, Jessica Petrus, an early music specialist, as part of the duo Tu es Petrus, which focuses on both pre-baroque, baroque and contemporary duets for equal voices. She also proudly serves as the Assistant Director of Education and Program for one the newest and most highly-regarded performing arts organizations in Chicago, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC), dedicated to the education and performance of art song and vocal chamber music.

Juliet Petrus – Biography

The Farmington, MI native began her musical education at the piano at age three, adding to that the viola at age ten, winning numerous awards on both instruments. She was accepted as a double major in viola and voice performance for her Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, but completing it only in voice, summa cum laude. She received her Master of Music in voice from Northwestern University, graduating with a 4.0. She has an extensive dance background, beginning as a choreographer and performer in musical theatre as a teenager. Juliet loves her work as a teaching artist, working for the City Colleges of Chicago and Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Juliet Petrus – Reviews

Carmina Burana, St. Louis Symphony, :

“The three soloists this week all have solid opera credentials. So, as you might expect, their performances were acted as well as they were sung—and they were sung quite well indeed. Soprano Juliet Petrus captured all the barely suppressed eroticism of "Amor volat undique" ("Love flies everywhere") and "Stetit puella." That final "ah" is sung to a long, melismatic line suggesting an ecstatic release, and that's exactly the way Ms. Petrus delivered it. She also managed that absurdly difficult upward glissando in "Dulcissime" with ease.” -Chuck Lavazzi, KDHW.org

I Sing Beijing US Premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York:

"Juliet Petrus sang Hu Tingjiang’s arrangement of Mayila Variations with tremendous clarity and improvisatory zest, with her vocalized laughter a particular treat and an impressive in-the-moment ending," -David Pearson, icareifyoulisten.com, Classical Music Blog

“Juliet Petrus, a soprano from Michigan, delighted the audience with the vocal acrobatics of the Kazakh folksong, Mayila.” -Corrie Dosh, Beijing Review

As Galatea in Acis & Galatea, Union Avenue Opera:

It's a tragic little tale of sorts, and Juliet Petrus (Galatea) has a voice like glass, so clear and distinct that the text isn't needed when she's singing. She makes a splendid sea nymph, and she's nicely paired with Marc Schapman, whose splendid tenor is put to the test with this score. -Chris Gibson, Broadwayworld.com, St. Louis

Juliet Petrus – Reviews

As The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Austin Lyric Opera:

On the other end of the spectrum, we have the main event. Lynyrd Skynyrd has “Freebird," Ray Charles had “Georgia," and Frank Sinatra had “New York, New York." That is what sells tickets. In opera, a good example of a ticket seller is “Nessun Dorma” from , which ALO will perform later this season. In this performance, it is the daunting Queen of the Night aria “Hell's vengeance boils in my heart.” Can Juliet Petrus meet expectations that go to the extreme top of the soprano vocal range? Hell yes, and then some! -Patrick Dixon, Austin Post

As Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music, Michigan Opera Theatre:

“Soprano Juliet Petrus exemplified the aesthetic required for the quintet. As Mrs. Nordstrom, Petrus featured a clear, gorgeous, vocal presence, and a graceful physicality perfect for the waltz featured so prominently in this work.” - -Robert Drake, Operaticus.com

As Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, Glimmerglass Opera:

“[The original] Eurydice, was replaced by Juliet Petrus, one of the ‘Young American Artists’ in residence at Glimmerglass during the summer. To have such an accomplished singer as Petrus in reserve, one whose technique and range are striking, speaks volumes about the depth of the talent pool brought to Cooperstown. She carried off the role winningly and with considerable comic flair. -Post-Standard Critics, Syracuse.com

“Excellent musical performances abounded in this production, with extra acclaim for soprano Juliet Petrus, one of the season’s Young American Artists Program members, who stepped in to sing the taxing role of Eurydice with a beautiful command of voice and character.” -Metroland.net

Juliet Petrus – Reviews

"Soprano Juliet Petrus...capably filled the role with mayhem and vocal flourishes. Petrus also showed she can think on her feet, dispatching with an errant wig in one of the final scenes." - Albany Times Union

"Petrus thrilled with Eurydice's torch singer death aria during her descent to the underworld." -Oneida Dispatch, NY

“Juliet Petrus had to fill in with a few hours' notice. Evidently Petrus takes her understudy responsibilities very seriously. Leads do get indisposed, however infrequently, and when they do, you had better know your stuff, and Petrus certainly did. You'd be hard-pressed to tell she was filling in.” -Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY

“On the other hand, Eurydice has some mighty coloratura to carry off. Soprano Juliet Petrus, from the company's Young American Artists Program...performed with great verve and assurance...she sang with full voice and proved to have a marvelous sense of comic timing.” -Ithaca Times, NY

As La Musica in L’Orfeo, Glimmerglass Opera:

“Juliet Petrus (La Musica) displayed a fine instrument and style.” -Opera Magazine, UK

“The spirit of Music (Juliet Petrus) is especially arresting.” -Post-Standard Critics, Syracuse.com

“The La Musica of soprano Juliet Petrus, dressed in a 20th-century bustier and 18th-century, wide-paniered skirt (slit in front to reveal skin-tight pants), sang a formidable prologue.” -The Ithaca Journal, NY

“Soprano Juliet Petrus was excellent as La Musica.” -The Ithaca Times, NY

Juliet Petrus – Performance Links

Juliet Petrus, YouTube Video Guide

Juliet Petrus, soprano Mayila Variations (Folksong with orchestra, sung in Mandarin, Alice Tully Hall) Recorded LIVE 2013 I Sing Beijing US Debut Concert, Maestro Paul Nadler Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p95FvNe8uXQ

Juliet Petrus, soprano with Jennifer Weinstein, Mezzo Soprano and Brian Wahlstrom, Baritone I Sing Bejing: Wo ai ni zhongguo (sung in Mandarin) Recorded LIVE 2011 I Sing Beijing Gala Concert, Maestro Paul Nadler National Center for the Performing Arts Beijing, China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i__DrsIdGU

Audio only:

Handel: "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion", aria from Messiah Juliet Petrus, soprano With orchestra conducted by Tsung Yeh, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COoRMaQaYWw

Mozart: "Laudamus Te" from C minor Mass Juliet Petrus, soprano Recorded LIVE 2013 Tower Chorale and International Chamber Artists Maestro Patrick Godon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S2HfqxdU54

Juliet Petrus – Performance Links

John Adams: "I Am The Wife of Mao Tse-Tung" from Nixon in China Juliet Petrus, soprano Shannon McGinnis, Piano 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4__-yLojjwE

Donizetti: "Quel gardo il cavaliere...so'anchio la virtu" from Don Pasquale Shannon McGinnis, Piano 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nWhhLufi8s

Juliet Petrus – Repertoire

Upcoming Performances Soloist Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Chinese repertoire Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra 2014 Soloist Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams Colorado Symphony and Chorus 30th Anniversary Concert 2014 Soloist Chinese and American Repertoire University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series 2014 Marguerite Lon Chaney’s The Phantom of the Opera (Faust) Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, New Jersey 2014

Concert and Recital ____ Soprano Soloist Carmina Burana St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Missouri 2014 Soloist I Sing International Concert Suzhou and Hangzhou, China 2014 Solo Recital Chinese Repertoire Recital Shanghai, China 2014 Soloist 20th Anniversary Concert: Hao Jiang Tian Carnegie Hall, New York City 2013 Soloist I Sing Beijing US Premiere Concert Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City 2013 Soloist Christmas Concert South Bend Symphony, IN 2013 Marguerite (Faust) Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera Rochester, NY 2013 Soloist Der Hirt auf dem Felsen WFMT Live Radio Broadcast, Chicago, IL 2013 Soloist 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Asian Performing Arts Council, Denver, CO 2013 Soprano Soloist Mozart C minor Mass Tower Chorale and International Chamber Artists, Chicago 2013 Soloist I Sing Beijing Concert Washington, D.C.; Paris, France 2012, 2013 Cover, Soprano Soloist Carmina Burana Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2012 Soloist I Sing Beijing Gala Concert National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China 2011, 2012 Solo Recital Noonday Concert Recital Series Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL 2012 Solo Recital Classical Mondays Series Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2009, 2011 Soprano soloist Vivaldi Gloria; Händel Dixit Dominus Music of the Baroque, Chicago, IL (Mo. Nicholas Kraemer) 2010 Soloist Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Skokie Valley Symphony, IL 2009

Opera Queen of the Night The Magic Flute Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera in the Neighborhoods 2008, 2012 Galatea Acis and Galatea Union Avenue Opera, St. Louis, MO 2012 Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte Austin Lyric Opera, TX 2011 Lona Arizona Lady Chicago Folks Operetta 2010 Mrs. Nordstrom A Little Night Music Michigan Opera Theatre 2009 Gianetta L’Elisir d’Amore Michigan Opera Theatre 2009 Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood (Barab) Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure, NY 2008 Julia Das Liebesverbot Glimmerglass Opera, NY 2008 Queen of the Night/First Lady The Magic Flute Opera for the Young, WI 2008 Niña Ainadamar Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2008 Eurydice Orpheus in the Underworld Glimmerglass Opera 2007 La Musica L’Orfeo Glimmerglass Opera (Dir. Christopher Alden) 2007 Violet Beauregard (workshop) The Golden Ticket (2005, Peter Ash) American Lyric Theatre, NYC 2007 Lisaveta A Month in the Country OperaModa, Chicago 2006 Amy Little Women OperaModa, Chicago 2005 Realist VidGod (2001, Stephen Rush) Landestheatre Tübingen, Germany 2005

Musical Theatre, Theatre, Television ____ Soloist Chinese repertoire Hangzhou TV, Hangzhou, China 2014 Soloist Cultural Bridges Opening Ceremony Hunan TV, Hunan, China 2013 Featured Ensemble Kiss Me Kate Glimmerglass Opera 2008 Michelle Bob & Me: A Musical Writers’ Bloc New Play Festival, Chicago 2006 Featured Ensemble Candide University of Michigan 1999 Featured Ensemble Pippin University of Michigan, MUSKET 1998 Ellie Mae/Co-Choreographer Show Boat Capitol Theatre, Windsor, Canada 1996

Juliet Petrus – Resume

Juliet Petrus Soprano AGMA/AEA 1812 S. Federal St., Unit 36  Chicago, IL 60616  847-757-7689 • [email protected]  www.julietpetrus.com

Honors and Awards The American Prize: 2012, Finalist in Opera and Art Song, Professional Divisions Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago: 2006: Bravo Award, Semi-Finalist; 2007: Bravo Award Nicholas Raimondi Vocal Scholarship Winner: 2004

Education and Training Young Artist Programs MM, Voice, 4.0 GPA: Northwestern University Glimmerglass Opera, 2007, 2008 BM, Voice, summa cum laude: University of Michigan Opera Carolina, 2003-2004 Sarasota Opera, Apprentice, 2003 Acting: Dance: Instruments:

John Green (Act One, Chicago) Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Salsa, Ballroom Viola (professional freelancer) Kim Rubinstein (Northwestern) Rast Ballet (IL) Piano Jerry Schweibert (University of Michigan) Giordano’s Dance Center (IL) Violin Leigh Woods (UM) Lou Conte Dance Studio (IL) Directors: Coaches: Conductors: Christopher Alden Winifred Faix Brown Richard Buckley Lillian Groag Ellen Hargis Stephen Lord E. Loren Meeker Fugen Wei Nicholas Kraemer James Robinson Craig Terry Duaine Wolfe Dona Vaughn Pedro Yanez Carlos Izcaray Peter McClintock Katherine Chu Valery Ryvkin