Virginia Mims, Soprano [email protected]
Roles Donna Elvira* Don Giovanni IU Opera Workshop May 2020 Zemfira Aleko (Rachmaninoff) IU Opera Workshop May 2020 Flower Maiden Parsifal IU Opera Theater November 2019 Zdenka* Arabella IU Opera Workshop December 2019 Violetta* La Traviata Fondation Bell’Arte July 2019 Fiordiligi* Così fan tutte Opera Lucca July 2019 Lucia* Lucia di Lammermoor Opera Lucca July 2019 Alice* Falstaff Opera Lucca July 2019 Zelatrice Suor Angelica Opera Lucca July 2019 Cleopatra Giulio Cesare IU Opera Theater February 2019 Rosina* Il Barbiere di Siviglia Fondation Bell’Arte July 2018 Mary Bailey It’s A Wonderful Life IU Opera Theater November 2017 Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro Janiec Opera Company July 2017 Lakme* Lakme Janiec Opera Company June 2017 Marian Paroo The Music Man IU Opera Theater April 2017 *=Partial
Concert Soprano Solo Bach, BWV 105 Bloomington Bach Cantata Project October 2019 Soprano Solo* Brahms, Requiem, V First United Methodist (Indiana) April 2018 Soprano Solo Händel, Messiah Masterworks Chorale December 2017 Soprano Solo Mozart, Exultate Jubilate SAOS Orchestra (Austria) July 2016 Soprano Solo Schubert, Mass in G Masterworks Chorale April 2015 Soprano Solo Mozart, Vesperae solennes Masterworks Chorale April 2015
Awards Associate Instructor IU Jacobs School of Music 2019-2021 Barbara and David Jacobs Scholarship IU Jacobs School of Music 2015-2019 First Place Winner Indianapolis Matinee Musicale 2016 First Place National Winner Classical Singer Highschool 2015 Second Place Winner Voice of The Future, Wales, U.K. 2014 First Place Winner National Society of Arts and Letters- 2013, 2014 Shirley Rabb Winston
Education and training IU Jacobs School of Music Master of Music 2021 IU Jacobs School of Music Bachelor of Music 2019 Opera Lucca Summer Young Artist 2019 Brevard Janiec Opera Company Summer Young Artist 2017 University of Miami at Salzburg Summer Young Artist 2016
Mentors - Conductors, Directors, Teachers Carol Vaness Kevin Murphy Gary Thor Wedow Dean Anthony Eiddwen Harrhy Elvia Pucinelli Marilyn Mims Tyson Deaton Virginia Zeani Alice Hopper Jake Heggie Marcello Cormio