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Musical Theater for Classical Singers Resources compiled by Peabody LAUNCHPad, Updated Aug. 2018 Sings Broadway, jazz, classical; does voiceovers. Advice Articles Interview: Broadway World Musical Theater Singing for the Classical Voice Neil Semer on how musical theater can help Paulo Szot classically trained singers Tony winner: Emile in a revival of South Pacific; also performs at the Met. Article: Opera News Transitioning from Opera to Broadway Advice on building a musical theater career. Lauren Worsham Published on Backstage.com Tony nominated soprano. Sings theater, opera, rock. Interview: Playbill Differences btwn Opera and Musical Theater By composer/librettist Mark Adamo Kelli O’Hara 5 Tony nominations and a thriving Broadway career. Interview: Broadway World Case Examples: 20th Century Eileen Farrell Dramatic soprano; jazz & pop singer. Her Case Examples: Contemporary advice: “Tell a story in song.” Videos | Bio Kristen Chenoweth “Training is the most important gift you can James Melton give yourself.” Interviews: PhillyMag | Amazon Switched to opera in the 1930s after tenor voices went out of style in pop music. Bio Andriana Chuchman Roles include Magnolia in Show Boat & Adina in Marni Nixon L’elisir d’Amore. Interviews: Camelot | L’Elisir “The Voice of Hollywood.” Overdubbed several movie musicals. Interviews: YouTube | NPR Victoria Clark Performances include Margaret in The Light in Janet Pavek the Piazza & Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. Played Guenevere in Camelot & Musetta in La Interview: Broadway World | WSJ Boheme at the MET. Obituary: Playbill.com Nathan Gunn Frederica von Stade Roles range from Lancelot in Camelot to Billy Originally wanted to sing musical theatre; Budd. Interview: MusicalCriticism.com gained fame for opera. Interview: Opera Lively Audra McDonald From Johnson’s Kids to Lemonade Opera: The Classically trained, Tony winner: Bess in a Porgy American Classical Singer Comes of Age and Bess revival; Billie Holiday in Lady Day. Book by Victoria Etnier Villamil on the 1930s-50s NPR Interviews | Bio Lauren Molina Coloratura, belter, rocker. Interview: NPR Brian Stokes Mitchell .

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PROGRAM: SONDHEIM SONGBOOK MAY 20 / 7:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL ARTISTS PROGRAM Betsy Wolfe, vocals Love Is in the Air (Ted, Betsy, Clarke) Clarke Thorell, vocals Love I Hear (Clarke) Paul Masse, piano What More Do I Need? (Betsy) Ted Sperling, music director and piano Barcelona (Clarke, Betsy) Moments in the Woods (Betsy) What Can You Lose? (Clarke) We gratefully acknowledge the generous support The Girls of Summer (Betsy) of Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum. Honey (Clarke, Betsy) Getting Married Today (Ted, Clarke, Betsy) Pleasant Little Kingdom/Too Many Mornings (Clarke, Betsy) INTERMISSION By the Sea (Betsy, Clarke) Not a Day Goes By (Betsy) Good Thing Going (Ted) Buddy’s Blues (Clarke) Could I Leave You? (Betsy) A Little House for Mama (Clarke) Children Will Listen (Betsy) Finishing the Hat (Clarke) There Won’t Be Trumpets (Betsy) It Takes Two (Betsy, Clarke) PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you. 26 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE 2015 He has gone from cult figure to national with the New York Philharmonic and The icon. His melodies, which have been labeled King and I at the Lincoln Center Theater. “unhummable,” get under your skin and linger for days. He is perhaps the greatest English- In the opera world, Mr. Sperling has language lyricist of any age. Every brilliant conducted The Mikado, Song of Norway, lyric and crystalline melody will be audible and Ricky Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath in Bing Concert Hall when Ted Sperling, at Carnegie Hall; Kurt Weill’s The Firebrand one of Broadway’s most in-demand music of Florence at Alice Tully Hall; and a double directors, is joined at the piano by Betsy bill for the Houston Grand Opera and Wolfe and Clarke Thorell, two of Broadway’s Audra McDonald: La voix humaine by freshest singers.
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Marvin Hamlisch
tHE iRA AND lEONORE gERSHWIN fUND IN THE lIBRARY OF cONGRESS AN EVENING WITH THE MUSIC OF MARVIN HAMLISCH Monday, October 19, 2015 ~ 8 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Fund in the Library of Congress was established in 1992 by a bequest from Mrs. Gershwin to perpetuate the name and works of her husband, Ira, and his brother, George, and to provide support for worthy related music and literary projects. "LIKE" us at facebook.com/libraryofcongressperformingarts loc.gov/concerts Please request ASL and ADA accommodations five days in advance of the concert at 202-707-6362 or [email protected]. Latecomers will be seated at a time determined by the artists for each concert. Children must be at least seven years old for admittance to the concerts. Other events are open to all ages. • Please take note: Unauthorized use of photographic and sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are requested to turn off their cellular phones, alarm watches, and any other noise-making devices that would disrupt the performance. Reserved tickets not claimed by five minutes before the beginning of the event will be distributed to stand-by patrons. Please recycle your programs at the conclusion of the concert. The Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium Monday, October 19, 2015 — 8 pm tHE iRA AND lEONORE gERSHWIN fUND IN THE lIBRARY OF cONGRESS AN EVENING WITH THE mUSIC OF MARVIN hAMLISCH WHITNEY BASHOR, VOCALIST | CAPATHIA JENKINS, VOCALIST LINDSAY MENDEZ, VOCALIST | BRYCE PINKHAM, VOCALIST
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A Season of Thrilling Intrigue and Grand Spectacle – Angel Blue as MimÌ in La bohème Fidelio Rigoletto Love fuels a revolution in Beethoven’s The revenger becomes the revenged in Verdi’s monumental masterpiece. captivating drama. Greetings and welcome to our 2020–2021 season, which we are so excited to present. We always begin our planning process with our dreams, which you might say is a uniquely American Nixon in China Così fan tutte way of thinking. This season, our dreams have come true in Step behind “the week that changed the world” in Fidelity is frivolous—or is it?—in Mozart’s what we’re able to offer: John Adams’s opera ripped from the headlines. rom-com. Fidelio, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Nixon in China by John Adams—the first time WNO is producing an opera by one of America’s foremost composers. A return to Russian music with Musorgsky’s epic, sweeping, spectacular Boris Godunov. Mozart’s gorgeous, complex, and Boris Godunov La bohème spiky view of love with Così fan tutte. Verdi’s masterpiece of The tapestry of Russia's history unfurls in Puccini’s tribute to young love soars with joy a family drama and revenge gone wrong in Rigoletto. And an Musorgsky’s tale of a tsar plagued by guilt. and heartbreak. audience favorite in our lavish production of La bohème, with two tremendous casts. Alongside all of this will continue our American Opera Initiative 20-minute operas in its 9th year. Our lineup of artists includes major stars, some of whom SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS we’re thrilled to bring to Washington for the first time, as well as emerging talents.
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Akhnaten 12:55Pm | November 23
AKHNATEN 12:55PM | NOVEMBER 23 2019-2020 RICHARD HUBERT SMITH / ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA NATIONAL ENGLISH / SMITH HUBERT RICHARD Met Opera AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER The Paramount Theater is pleased to bring the award-winning 2019-2020 Met Opera Live in HD season, in its 14th year, to Charlottesville. This season will feature ten transmissions from the Met’s stage, including three new productions and two Met premieres. Pre-opera lectures will be held again this season and will take place in the auditorium (see website for lecture times and details). Doors to the auditorium will close during the lecture and will re-open for audience seating prior to the start of the broadcast. NEW PRODUCTIONS Wozzeck* • The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess* Der Fliegende Holländer* REVIVALS Turandot • Manon • Madama Butterfly Tosca • Maria Stuarda MET PREMIERES Akhnaten* • Agrippina* *First Time in HD TICKETING & SUBSCRIPTIONS July 11 - On Sale to Met Members July 15 - On Sale to Paramount Star Circle Members July 17 - On Sale to all Paramount Members July 19 - On Sale to General Public Single Event Pricing $25 Adult, $23 Senior, $18 Student Subscription Pricing Reserved seats for all performances. $225 Adult, $207 Senior, $162 Student Box Office 215 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Monday - Friday 10AM - 2PM 434-979-1333 www.theparamount.net All tickets go on sale at 10:00AM on the dates specified above. Subscribers from previous seasons will have their preferred seat locations held throughout the duration of the pre-sale. If not renewed, seat locations will be released at 10:00AM on July 19, 2019.
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Jules Massenet MAnOn Live Broadcast: April 7, 2012 CONDUCTOR Act I Fabio Luisi France, the end of the 19th century. In the courtyard of an inn at Amiens the noblemen de Brétigny and Guillot de Morfontaine are having dinner with three young women, Poussette, Javotte, and Production & Rosette. People gather for the arrival of the coach to Paris, among them Lescaut. He is waiting for COstume DesigNeR his young cousin Manon, who is on her way to enter a convent. The coach arrives and Manon Laurent Pelly expresses her exuberant joy about her first journey away from home. Enchanted by her, Guillot seT DesigNeR offers to take Manon to Paris, but she and his companions laugh at him. Lescaut reproaches Manon Chantal Thomas for her behavior that could shame their family. Manon gazes with envy at the elegant clothes of the other girls. The young Chevalier des Grieux arrives too late to catch the coach, which has already LighTiNg DesigNeR left for Paris. He falls in love with Manon at first sight, and when she tells him that it is her fondness Joël Adam for pleasure that has led her family to send her to a convent, he is determined to rescue her from ChoreOgRaPheR such a fate. They escape together in Guillot’s coach. The returning Lescaut furiously accuses Guillot Lionel Hoche of having kidnapped his cousin, but then learns from the innkeeper that Manon went off with a young man. Guillot, mocked by everyone, swears revenge on the eloping couple. Anna Netrebko manon Act II Piotr Beczala In their apartment in Paris, des Grieux writes to his father for permission to marry Manon.
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[email protected] a BROADWAY ROMANCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2014 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5718; [email protected] A BROADWAY ROMANCE One-Night-Only Valentine’s Day Concert Featuring Vocalists Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana Conducted by Ted Sperling February 14, 2015 Ted Sperling will conduct the New York Philharmonic and vocalists Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana in A Broadway Romance, a one-night-only Valentine’s Day concert, Saturday, February 14, 2015, at 8:00 p.m. The program will feature songs from popular musicals ranging from Bernstein’s West Side Story and Gershwin’s Girl Crazy to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel and Stephen Sondheim’s Company, woven together to tell a unified narrative of a romance from beginning to end, from meeting to first date to falling in love to marriage. Ted Sperling led the Philharmonic in a similar program, Broadway Night with the Philharmonic, during its July 2013 Bravo! Vail residency, with vocalists Betsey Wolfe and Andrew Samonsky. During the following summer’s residency, Mr. Sperling led the Philharmonic with Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana — who starred together on Broadway in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella — as well as Christine Ebersole in Broadway Night with the Philharmonic: The Music of Frank Loesser. Ted Sperling most recently appeared with the Philharmonic conducting and directing its semi-staged production of Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat, in November 2014. Artists Ted Sperling’s recent collaborations with the New York Philharmonic include Show Boat in November 2014; Broadway Night with the Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail in July 2013; An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot, the 2013 Spring Gala; and Anywhere I Wander: The Frank Loesser Songbook, the 2012 Spring Gala.
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Playlist Originating on WMNR Fine Arts Radio [email protected] Program is archived 24-48 hours after broadcast, heard free of charge Broadway Bound with Garrett Stack at Public Radio Exchange, > exchange.prx.org > Broadway Bound Show #: 310 Broadcast Date: August 24, 2019 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 # of Selections: 26 Order Time Writer(s) Title Artist Disc Label Year Position Comment File Number Intro Track Release Date Date Played Date Played Copy 01 2:38 (m)F Lowe (l)A J Lerner Why Can't the English? Rex Harrison; Robert Coote; Julie My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast Recording iTunes/Columbia 1956 3/15/1956 - 9/29/1962. 2717 perf. Six 1957 Tony Awards: Best Musical; Best Actor CDS My Fair Lady 0:09 2 2005 3/4/17 8/24/19 - Rex Harrison; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Conductor; Direction 02 2:01 (m)Fred Lowe(l)Alan Lerner I Wonder What The King Is Doing ARincdhraerwd sBurton Camelot Original Broadway Cast Columbia 1960 12/3/1960 - 1/5/1963. 873 perf. 4 Tony Awards CDS Camelot 3 1998 9/2/06 10/25/088/24/19 03 2:11 Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh HToeyn igLhotok Me Over Lucille Ball Wildcat: Best Of Broadway - The Early '60s: Great Time-Life/Rhino 1960 From B'dwy show: Wildcat CDSV Comp none 6 1996 1/14/06 9/30/06 8/9/08 7/25/09 8/6/11 10/29/117/6/13 8/24/19 Showstoppers From the Stage and Screen 12/14/0960 - 6/3/1961. 171 perf.
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February 23 @ 7Pm Et
VISION RESIDENCY MENASAFIED FEBRUARY 23 @ 7PM ET MENASAFIED FEBRUARY 23 @ 7PM ET FEATURING GEORGE ABUD JONATHAN RAVIV VISHAL VAIDYA SHERZ ALETAHA SHARONE SAYEGH KUHOO VERMA SHOBA NARAYANAN THE TEAM Directed by SHARONE SAYEGH Arranged & Music Directed by MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH Music Produced, Mixed & Mastered by JACKLYN RIHA Videography & Video Editing by BRIAN VINIK VIRTUAL BAND Bansuri SRISHTI BIYANI Bass & Kanun JOHN MURCHISON Clarinet TANO BROCK Piano MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH Violin BENGISU GÖKÇE Tabla, Dolak, Durbuka, Riq, Darbuka, Frame Drum, Talking Drum & Udu MT ADITYA SRINIVASAN Djembe & Doumbek GILBERT MANSOUR Guitar & Oud HARVEY VALDES Curated by Vision Resident RONA SIDDIQUI THE ARTISTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK Rona Siddiqui, Jamshied Sharifi, Lee Poulin & Joe Tannenbaum. Ars Nova operates on the unceded land of the Lenape peoples on the island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) in Lenapehoking, the Lenape Homeland. We acknowledge the brutal history of this stolen land and the displacement and dispossession of its Indigenous people. We also acknowledge that after there were stolen lands, there were stolen people. We honor the generations of displaced and enslaved people that built, and continue to build, the country that we occupy today. We gathered together in virtual space to watch this performance. We encourage you to consider the legacies of colonization embedded within the technology and structures we use and to acknowledge its disproportionate impact on communities of color and Indigenous peoples worldwide. We invite you to join us in acknowledging all of this as well as our shared responsibility: to consider our way forward in reconciliation, decolonization, anti-racism and allyship. We commit ourselves to the daily practice of pursuing this work.
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Original Running Title Genre Year Director/Writer Actor/Actress Keywords Writer Time Katharine Hepburn, Alcoholism, Drama, Tony Richardson; Edward Albee A Delicate Balance 133 min 1973 Paul Scofield, Loss, Play Edward Albee Lee Remick Family Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 53 min 1995 Austen, Andrew Crispin Bonham-Carter, Vol. I Romance Classic, Davies Jennifer Ehle Strong Female Lead, Inheritance Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 54 min 1995 Austen, Andrew Crispin Bonham-Carter, Vol. II Romance Classic, Davies Jennifer Ehle Strong Female Lead, Inheritance Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 53 min 1995 Austen, Andrew Crispin Bonham-Carter, Vol. III Romance Classic, Davies Jennifer Ehle Strong Female Lead, Inheritance Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 53 min 1995 Austen, Andrew Crispin Bonham-Carter, Vol. IV Romance Classic, Davies Jennifer Ehle Strong Female Lead, Inheritance Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 50 min 1995 Austen, Andrew Crispin Bonham-Carter, Vol. V Romance Classic, Davies Jennifer Ehle Strong Female Lead, Inheritance Georgian, Eighteenth Century, Simon Langton; Jane Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice Drama, Romance, Jane Austen 52 min 1995 Austen,
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Shen Shenandoah Conservatory Singing Legit in Musical Theatre Edrie Means Associate Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy, Shenandoah University Musical Theatre Styles Specialist Co-Founder, Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute Advisory Board, NATS National Musical Theatre Competition Advisory Board, The Voice Foundation AEA, AGMA, [email protected] Bridging The Gap Classical Broadway/Commercial Respiration Respiration Phonation Phonation Resonance Resonance Articulation Articulation Artistry Artistry New Musicals Jane Eyre (2000) People in the Picture, The (2011) Beautiful Game, The (2000) Chaplin (2012) Amour (2002) Christmas Story, A (2012) Jerry Springer, the Opera (2003) Cinderella (2012) Dance of the Vampires (2004) Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012) Light in the Piazza, The (2005) A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (2013) Mary Poppins (2005) The Bridges of Madison County (2014) Grey Gardens (2006) Little Dancer (2014) A Catered Affair (2008) Amazing Grace (2015) Adding Machine (2008) An American in Paris (2015) White Christmas (2008) Gigi (2015) Love Never Dies (2010) Doctor Zhivago (2015) Death Takes a Holiday (2011) On the Twentieth Century (2015) Julie Andrews Brent Barrett Judy Kaye Laura Osnes Liz Callaway Danny Burstein Judy Kuhn Brian Stokes Len Cariou Norbert Leo Butz Rebecca LuKer Mitchell Kristin Chenoweth Robert Goulet Audra MacDonald Ron Raines Victoria ClarK Victor Gerber Marin Mazzie Paulo Szot Gavin Creel George Hearn Kelly O’Hara Recent Rivals a. Women - lean towards “mix” and keys are often lowered b. Men – not much change except minor stylistic adjustments. c. Musical Arrangements – Often keys are lowered from original and sometimes have a modern feeling. Copyright © Edrie Means, All Rights Reserved http://edriemeans.wix.com/edriemeans CCMInstitute.com [email protected] 703-470-9443 Shen Shenandoah Conservatory Voice – Requires Classical vocal quality and resonance 1.
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David Dichiera
DAVID DICHIERA 2013 Kresge Eminent Artist THE KRESGE EMINENT ARTIST AWARD HONORS AN EXCEPTIONAL ARTIST IN THE VISUAL, PEFORMING OR LITERARY ARTS FOR LIFELONG PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO METROPOLITAN DETROIT’S CULTURAL COMMUNITY. DAVID DICHIERA IS THE 2013 KRESGE EMINENT ARTIST. THIS MONOGRAPH COMMEMORATES HIS LIFE AND WORK. CONTENTS 3 Foreword 59 The Creation of “Margaret Garner” By Rip Rapson By Sue Levytsky President and CEO The Kresge Foundation 63 Other Voices: Tributes and Reflections 4 Artist’s Statement Betty Brooks Joanne Danto Heidi Ewing The Impresario Herman Frankel Denyce Graves 8 The Grand Vision of Bill Harris David DiChiera Kenny Leon By Sue Levytsky Naomi Long Madgett Nora Moroun 16 Timeline of a Lifetime Vivian R. Pickard Marc Scorca 18 History of Michigan Opera Theatre Bernard Uzan James G. Vella Overture to Opera Years: 1961-1971 Music Hall Years: 1972-1983 R. Jamison Williams, Jr. Fisher/Masonic Years: 1985-1995 Mayor Dave Bing Establishing a New Home: 1990-1995 Governor Rick Snyder The Detroit Opera House:1996 Senator Debbie Stabenow “Cyrano”: 2007 Senator Carol Levin Securing the Future By Timothy Paul Lentz, Ph.D. 75 Biography 24 Setting stories to song in MOTown 80 Musical Works 29 Michigan Opera Theatre Premieres Kresge Arts in Detroit 81 Our Congratulations 37 from Michelle Perron A Constellation of Stars Director, Kresge Arts in Detroit 38 The House Comes to Life: 82 A Note from Richard L. Rogers Facts and Figures President, College for Creative Studies 82 Kresge Arts in Detroit Advisory Council The Composer 41 On “Four Sonnets” 83 About the Award 47 Finding My Timing… 83 Past Eminent Artist Award Winners Opera is an extension of something that By David DiChiera is everywhere in the world – that is, 84 About The Kresge Foundation 51 Philadelphia’s “Cyranoˮ: A Review 84 The Kresge Foundation Board the combination of music and story.
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Musical Theater for Classical Singers Resources Compiled by the Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center, Updated August 2016
Musical Theater for Classical Singers Resources compiled by the Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center, Updated August 2016 Advice Articles Musical Theater Singing for the Classical Voice Brian Stokes Mitchell Neil Semer on how musical theater can help Sings Broadway, jazz, classical; does voiceovers. classically trained singers Interview: Broadway World Transitioning from Opera to Broadway Paulo Szot Advice on building a musical theater career. Tony winner: Emile in a revival of South Pacific; Published on Backstage.com also performs at the Met. Article: Opera News Differences btwn Opera and Musical Theater Lauren Worsham By composer/librettist Mark Adamo Tony nominated soprano. Sings theater, opera, rock. Interview: Playbill Kelli O’Hara 5 Tony nominations and a thriving Broadway career. Interview: Broadway World Case Examples: Contemporary Case Examples: 20th Century Kristen Chenoweth Eileen Farrell “Training is the most important gift you can Dramatic soprano; jazz & pop singer. Her give yourself.” Interviews: PhillyMag | Amazon advice: “Tell a story in song.” Videos | Bio Andriana Chuchman James Melton Roles include Magnolia in Show Boat & Adina in Switched to opera in the 1930s after tenor L’elisir d’Amore. Interviews: Camelot | L’Elisir voices went out of style in pop music. Bio Victoria Clark Marni Nixon Performances include Margaret in The Light in “The Voice of Hollywood.” Overdubbed several the Piazza & Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. movie musicals. Interviews: YouTube | NPR Interview: Broadway World | WSJ Janet Pavek Nathan Gunn Played Guenevere in Camelot & Musetta in La Roles range from Lancelot in Camelot to Billy Boheme at the MET. Obituary: Playbill.com Budd. Interview: MusicalCriticism.com Frederica von Stade Audra McDonald Originally wanted to sing musical theatre; Classically trained, Tony winner: Bess in a Porgy gained fame for opera.
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