Kristen Plumley Soprano
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Kristen Plumley Soprano OPERA L’Elisir d’Amore Adina Greensboro Opera 10/08 Rigoletto Gilda Greensboro Opera 10/07 Rigoletto Gilda Dubuque Symphony Orchestra 9/06 Pirates of Penzance Mabel Evansville Symphony Orchestra 4/06 Zaza Floriana Teatro Grattacielo – Alice Tully Hall 11/05 Cosi fan tutte Despina Lyric Opera of Cleveland 7/04 Le Nozze di Figaro Barbarina New York City Opera 10/02 Agrippina Poppea* New York City Opera 4/02 The Student Prince Kathy Treasure Coast Opera 2/02 Orfeo ed Euridice Amor Opera Festival of New Jersey 7/01 Pelerins de la Mecque (Gluck) Sultan of Egypt L’Opéra Français de New York 6/01 Die tote Stadt Juliette* New York City Opera 4/01 Don Giovanni Zerlina Virginia Opera 1-2/01 Le Nozze di Figaro Barbarina (debut) New York City Opera 11/00 The Turn of The Screw Flora* New York City Opera 10/00 Don Pasquale Norina Monadnock Music Festival 8/00 Falstaff Nannetta Opera Festival of New Jersey 6-7/00 H.M.S. Pinafore Josephine Nevada Opera 5/00 Platee Thalie* / Clarine* New York City Opera 4/00 Central Park Girl* / Rich Lady* New York City Opera Dubrovsky Masha Massachusetts Int’l Festival of the Arts Die Fledermaus Adele Boheme Opera, NJ; / Op. Th. Of Ct. Romeo et Juliette Juliette Opera Northeast Don Pasquale Norina Metropolitan Opera Guild Gianni Schicchi Lauretta Metropolitan Opera Guild The Mikado Yum-Yum Opera Memphis Werther Sophie Chautauqua Opera Don Pasquale Norina Virginia Opera / Opera Memphis Le Nozze di Figaro Barbarina / Susanna* Virginia Opera The Mikado Peep-Bo New England Lyric Operetta * = cover artist MUSICAL THEATRE Carousel Carrie Virginia Opera Brigadoon Fiona Center Stage Productions, CT The King and I Tuptim Connecticut’s Broadway Theatre A Little Night Music Anne Nutmeg Theatre, CT Oklahoma! Laurey Nutmeg Theatre, CT West Side Story Maria Jenny Wiley Music Theatre, KY The Vagabond King Katherine College Light Opera Company RECORDINGS Yuletide Celebration, Volume I Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jack Everly conducting Responsoria Books 1, 2, 3 by R. Toensing North/South Consonance Label CONCERTS Music from Sci-Fi Favorites Ottawa Symphony 4/09 Music from Sci-Fi Favorites Edmonton Symphony 1/09 Soprano soloist, Mozart Solemn Vespers DCINY, Carnegie Hall 6/08 Music from Sci-Fi Favorites Seattle and Baltimore Symphonies (Jack Everly) ’07–‘08 SING UNTO GOD (Handel) MidAmerica Prods., Carnegie Hall 2/08 Soprano soloist, The Peace of Wild Things MAP, Carnegie Hall 6/07 Gilbert & Sullivan Gala Little Orchestra Society, Alice Tully Hall 4/05 Opera Gala Toledo Opera 3/05 A Yuletide Celebration Seattle Symphony, Portland Symphony (C. Prince) 12/04 CORONATION MASS (Mozart); MidAmerica Prods., Carnegie Hall 11/04 MASS IN TIME OF WAR (Haydn) (Earl Rivers, Kenneth Sheppard) Music from Sci-Fi Favorites Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Jack Everly) 8/04, 3/06 A Yuletide Celebration Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Jack Everly) 12/03 Night at the Movies Ocean City Pops, NJ (Bill Scheible) 8/03 COFFEE CANTATA (Bach) CUNY Graduate Center (fully-staged with orchestra) 5/03 MASS IN TIME OF WAR (Haydn); Holy Cross College Choir (Worcester, MA) 4/03 MASS IN C MINOR (Mozart); FOR THE FALLEN (Elgar) Basically Bernstein Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (Anton Coppola) 2/02 Improvised Performance Jose Limón Dance Co. at the Joyce Theater 10/00, 11/01 LAUD TO THE NATIVITY (Respighi); Columbia College Choir (Gail Archer) 12/99 CANTATA #1 (Bach) BERNSTEIN - Pops concert Ocean City Pops, NJ (Bill Scheible) 9/99 Classical Quintessence (quintet) Soloist - Cunard Cruise Line Vistafjord 4-7/99 GLAGOLITIC MASS (Janacek) Columbia College Choir (Gail Archer) 12/98 BRIGADOON (Meg) - concert version Ocean City Pops, NJ (Bill Scheible) 9/98 The Three Sopranos Ocean City Pops, NJ (Bill Scheible) 8/98 Scenes - DON PASQUALE ABC World News Tonight 5/98 TOWARD A TIME OF RENEWAL (Wallach) Columbia College Choir (Gail Archer) 4/98 Gala Concert Boheme Opera, NJ 2/98 The Gilded Age of Operetta Sanibel Opera Festival (Neal Goran) 3/98 An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan Richmond Symphony (George Manahan) 95-97 Saint Louis Symphony (Peter Lipari) Sioux City Symphony (Peter Lipari) Rockland Symphony, IL (Peter Lipari) Memphis Symphony (Alan Balter) Minnesota Orchestra (David Wiley) Young People’s Concert Series New York City Chamber Orchestra (Amy Kaiser) 3/96 An Evening of Opera Favorites Chautauqua Symphony (Willie Waters) 8/94 APPRENTICESHIPS Apprentice Artist Program Chautauqua Opera - 1994 Spectrum Resident Artist Program Virginia Opera - 1992, 1991 Studies/Workshops - 20th Century Opera/Music Theatre Banff Center for the Arts - 1992, 1991 EDUCATION Artist Diploma, Opera Hartt School of Music - 1990 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology / Music Holy Cross College - 1987 TRAINING Voice: Mark Oswald, Joanna Levy, Mary Mack, Jack Zei Coaches: Christopher Fecteau, Bill Lewis, David Rebhun, Carol Rausch, Eric Malson Acting: Adelaide Bishop, Brenda Lewis, Ed Herson, Lynn Kramer-Babcock Dance: 10 years tap, 7 years jazz, 3 years ballet AWARDS Finalist - MacAllister Award for Opera Singers - 1998 Winner - Queens Opera Competition - 1997 Recipient - The Richard F. Gold Career Grant (Shoshana Foundation) - 1994 Place Winner - Connecticut Opera Scholarship Competition - 1994, 1992 CONDUCTORS Stewart Robertson, George Manahan, Will Crutchfield, Willie Anthony Waters, Peter Mark, Anton Coppola, David Agler, Jack Everly, Steven Crawford, Charles Prince, Jerome Shannon, Gerold Whisler, Neal Goren, George Skipworth, Thanos Adamopoulos, Stephen Sulich, Roger Ames, Manuel Alvarez, Peter Lipari, Amy Kaiser, Scott Tilley DIRECTORS Mark Lamos, Mark Morris, Darko Tresnjak, David Gately, John Hoomes, John Norris, Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, David Bamberger, Karen Tiller, David Armstrong, Brenda Lewis, Michael McConnell, Stanley Garner, Jonathan Field Wade Artist Management 215 West 83rd St., Suite 9A, NYC, NY 10024 – p/f: 212 877 6483 e-mail: [email protected] www.wademanagement.com Kristen Plumley Critical Acclaim Rigoletto (Greensboro Opera) “The performance Friday was skillfully performed, especially by Todd Thomas as Rigoletto and Kristen Plumley as Gilda. ........Gilda’s coloratura instrument was meticulous and delightfully agile. This was evident in her solo aria, “Caro Nome”. When father and daughter sang together it was magic and contained some of the best singing of the evening, especially in Act II. News and Record, Bob Waters, November 11, 2007 “As Gilda, Kristen Plumley had plenty of vocal power to hold her own in ensembles or to soar evenly to her highest notes. She brought a rich variety of colors and dynamics to Gilda’s lone solo, “Caro Nome”, in Act I, scene 2. In her Act II, scene1, duet with Rigoletto, “Tutte le feste al tempio,” Plumley painted a complex image of Gilda torn between her infatuation with the “poor student” and her ravishment by the Duke. Her final act of idiotic self-sacrifice was almost believable - no mean feat!” William Thomas Walker, November 1, 2007 Così fan Tutte (Lyric Opera of Cleveland) “Despina…as brought to vivid life by Kristen Plumley…by turns comic, feisty and inventive.” MVDaily.com, Kelly Ferjutz, July 31, 2004 Student Prince (Treasure Coast Opera) “Soprano Kristen Plumley presented a believeable, charming Kathie…she had some lovely musical moments.” The News, Robert S. Butler, March 6, 2002 Bernstein Festival (Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) “Soprano Plumley was sensationally note-perfect in the stratospheric showstopper “Glitter and Be Gay.” St. Petersburg Times, John Fleming, February 11, 2002 Les Pèlerins de la Mecque (L’Opéra Français de New York) “Gluck gave the singers with smaller roles plenty to do as well ... and Kristen Plumley made the most of the shapely music Gluck provided.” New York Times, Allan Kozinn, June 29, 2001 Don Giovanni (Virginia Opera) “Kristen Plumley’s sweet timbre and sensitive way with a phrase served Zerlina’s music nicely.” Opera News, Tim Smith, May 2001 “Zerlina is essentially a comic character, with a special warmth added to her robust straight forward peasant mannerisms; Kristen Plumley conveyed these qualities with sparkle and precision.” The Washington Post, Joseph McLellan, February 2001 “Wonderfully coquettish, Kristen Plumley sang Zerlina with a great deal of grace and charm.” Times Dispatch, James Wilson, February 2001 “ ... Kristen Plumley shine(s) as ... the flirtatious Zerlina. Plumley, particularly, has a bright soprano voice that is equal to anything Mozart throws at her, and she endows her pert peasant character with verve and sparkle.” The Free-Lance Star, Lucia Anderson, February 2001 Le Nozze di Figaro (New York City Opera) “Two other Met-worthy singers were ... and Kristen Plumley as Barbarina - the latter giving a telling performance in a subsidiary role.” The Dallas Morning News, Olin Chism, November 2000 Falstaff (Opera Festival of New Jersey) “All these women, also including Kristen Plumley as Alice Ford’s daughter Nannetta, were continuously animated and clean in their ensemble work, which, like that of the men, was often tricky. ... Both of these singers had young and sparkling voices and fit into their scenes well.” Town Topics - Music Review, Nancy Plum, June 28, 2000 “As the young lovers, Nannetta and Fenton, soprano Kristen Plumley and tenor Jonathan Boyd were most appealing. Each had a lovely aria in the final act ... Plumley’s ethereal “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio.” The Times, Donald P. Delany, June 28, 2000 H.M.S. Pinafore (Nevada Opera) “... as dashing as Plumley’s Josephine is fair, making the love interest in “Pinafore” a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.” Jack Neal’s Music Reviews, May 4, 2000 “All the leads were also first rate. In addition to being fine singers - solos, duets and trios were performed with polish - all were excellent actors with the clear diction needed for the intricate lyrics. ... Soprano Kristen Plumley was an enchantingly lustrous Josephine, Ralph’s love and the captain’s daughter.” Reno Gazette-Journal, Naomi Grady, May 6, 2000 Die Fledermaus (Boheme Opera NJ) “The maid Adele was sung by coloratura Kristen Plumley.