DIIPTI FIRMSTONE Jugendlich-dramatischer Sopran www.diipti.com [email protected] +49(0)176 7079 7599 Sültstr 67, 10409 Berlin, Germany
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Ausbildung
The Opera Studio Melbourne Young Artist 2010 Graduate Diploma in Opera Queensland Conservatorium Music 2008 - 2009 Grad Certificate in Music Queensland Conservatorium Music 2006 - 2007 Bachelor of Music in Honors Queensland Conservatorium Music 2003 - 2006
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Coaches - Meisterkurse - Dirigenten
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Yvonne Kenny Byron Knutson Rupert Dussmann M. Giovanni Reggioli M. Marco Balderi M. Simone Marzialli Cristina Park M. Alessandro Palumbo Gundola Hintz Antony Shelly Alexander Winterson John Dawson Laura Sarti Lisa Gasteen Raymond Lawrence Glenn Winslade Liane Keegan Roxanne Hislop Sharolyn Kimmorley Andrea Katz Linda Thompson Janice Alder Jonathon Alder Norma Marshke Cameron Menzies Trevor Jones Prof Dr R. Lampsatis
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Opern Repertoire - Bühnenerfahrung
Puccini La Boheme Mimi Mozart Don Giovanni Donna Anna Händel Acis and Galatea Galatea Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel Mutter Glass The Juniper Tree Wife Menotti The old maid and the thief Miss Pinkerton Barber A hand of bridge Geraldine Poulenc L’enfant et les sortileges La Chouette Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Diana Gilbert & Sullivan The Gondeliers Gianetta Rossini Figatroll - Childrens Opera Milly
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Partien in Auszügen
Donizetti Lucia di Lamamoor Lucia Verdi Il Trovatore Leonore Puccini Madame Butterfly Cio-Cio-San Bizet Carmen Frasquita Mozart Die Zauberflöte Erste Dame Mozart Die Zauberflöte Pamina Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Suzanna Mozart La Clamenzo di Tito Servilia Mozart Idomeneo Ilia Dvorak Rusalka Rusalka Strauss Die Fledermaus Adele Gounod Romeo & Juliette Juliette Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi Guiliette
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Dvorak Stabat Mater Haydn Die Schöpfung Handel Messiah Vivaldi Gloria Charpentier Messe di Minuet Carissimi Jepthe
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Wettbewerbe & Stipendien
Elizabeth Connell Prize Semi Finalist Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation 2014 Amy Alice McDonald Award recipient International Study Grant 2013 Opus 50 scholarship recipient International Musical Study Grant 2012 More than Opera Semi Finalist German-Australia Opera Grant 2012 More than Opera Semi Finalist German-Australia Opera Grant 2011 Hans Henkell Scholarship Recipient The Opera Studio Melbourne 2010 Senior Operatic Aria First Prize Music Teachers Association Queensland 2009 Shandong China Tour Soprano Soloist Award 2008 Operatic Italian Award Fourth Prize Dr Francesco Castellano Award 2008 Mietta Song Recital Award Semi Finalist Australian Lieder Competition 2008 Senior Operatic Aria First Prize Music Teachers Association Queensland 2007 Operatic Aria Award Second Prize SEQ Aria & Concerto Competition 2007 Operatic Scholarship First Prize Linda Edith Ellen Postgraduate Prize 2007
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TV/Radio Appearances Collingwood Football Anthem: Channel 10 TV Special Melbourne Australia 2010 Radio FM Solo Aria & Ensemble Mimi, Donna Anna & Norina Melbourne Australia 2010 Lord Mayors Carols in the City: 10 Divas Carols Performance Brisbane, Australia 2009 Shandong University’s 50th Gala Concert : Juliette & Giuliette Jinan, China 2008
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Konzerte - Auswahl
Annual Christmas Concerts Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany Gala Concert – Soprano Soloist – Musical Theatre Hamburg, Germany Pierrot Luniere – Schonberg – Cabaret English Theatre Berlin Gala Concert – Soprano Soloist – Musical Theatre Hamburg, Germany Lieder Abend - Hauskonzert series – Wolf solo recital Berlin, Germany Stadtwerkefest - Frasquita - Carmen Potsdam, Germany Arien Abend - Hauskonzert series – Aria recital Berlin, Germany The Opera Studio – Various Solo Performances Melbourne, Australia Shandong University’s 50th Gala Concert - Soloist Jinan, China 10 Divas & Bella diva – Professional Corporate Group Brisbane, Australia Wesley Voices Quartet – Church Quartet Brisbane, Australia Elemental – Early Music Vocal Trio - Soprano Brisbane, Australia Pro Musica Singers – Solo Gala Concert Performances Brisbane, Australia St Lucia Orchestra – Solo Gala Concert Performances Brisbane, Australia
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Lieder Song Cycles: Debussy 5 Poemes de Baudelaire Various: Schubert; Schumann; Wolf; Faure; Debussy; Britten; Rachmaninoff; Strauss; Williams; Quilter; Mozart; Beethoven; Schonberg; Wagner
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Arien
Vivi, ingrato, a lei d’accanto... Quel sangue versato… Elizabeth Roberto Devereux Donizetti Dich teure Halle Elisabeth Tannhäuser Wagner Pace, pace mio Dio Leonora La Forza del destino Verdi Vissi d’arte Tosca Tosca Puccini Sola, perduta abbandonata Manon Manon Lescaut Puccini
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Sprachkenntnisse
Mother tongue: English Fluent: German Good: Italian, French Phonetic: Czech & Russian