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Mezzo
Soprano Minna Edel competition
successes include the Metropolitan Opera Competition
(Regional Finalist), the Rosa Ponselle International
Vocal Competition (Semi-Finalist), and the Léni
Fé Bland Foundation’s 2002 and 2003
annual vocal competitions (Award Recipient). Much-lauded
recent performances include the Verdi Requiem, the
St. John Passion, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass
and Regina Coeli with the St. Alban’s Orchestra
in Los Angeles, and upcoming appearances include
the Bach Magnificat and the Brahms Alto Rhapsody
with St. Alban’s as well as the Duruflé Requiem
and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with the Angeles
Chorale. Ms. Edel has in addition performed concert
solos with the Masterwork Orchestra, the Sarasota
Opera, the OMTI Orchestra at Newark Symphony Hall,
Komische Kammer Oper München, and Dicapo Opera
Theater.
On the operatic stage, Ms. Edel has performed the roles of Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus),
the Mother/Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood) and Spectre (The Nightingale)
with Illinois Opera Theatre, Madama Brillante (L’Italiana in Londra) and
Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segreto) with Komische Kammer Oper München, Echo
(Ariadne auf Naxos) with the dell’Arte Opera Ensemble in New York City,
La Prima Sorella Cercatrice (Suor Angelica) with the Sarasota Opera, and Mrs.Hayes
(Susannah)
and Kate Pinkerton
(Madama Butterfly) with New York City’s Dicapo Opera Theatre.
Ms
Edel performed the Duruflé Requiem
with the Chorale on March 27, 2004.
Note: Biographical information is current as of the last Chorale concert date. Check on line for the latest updates!
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