Soprano Juliana Gondek, a native of Pasadena, California, has an international operatic, symphonic, chamber, recital, and recording career, noteworthy for her interpretations of Mozart, Baroque, bel canto, and contemporary repertoire. She has performed with conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Carlos Kleiber, and Robert Shaw, in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, Netherlands Opera, Scottish Opera, San Francisco, Houston, New York City, Dallas, Seattle, Miami, St. Louis, Utah, and Baltimore Operas. She has sung at the Edinburgh Festival, Göttingen and Halle Handel Festivals, Antibe's Bel Canto Festival, Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan), Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Avignon, Marlboro, Caramoor, Newport, Bowdoin, and Bard Festivals.
She has created starring roles in several world-premiere operas, such as: "Ela" in David Carlson's Dreamkeepers, the triple role of "Dianne Feinstein/Harvey's Mama/Hooker" in Stewart Wallace/Michael Korie's Harvey Milk, the title role in Stewart Wallace/Michael Korie's Hopper's Wife, "Sabina" in David Diamond's The Noblest Game, and "Gertrude Stein" in Jonathan Sheffer's Blood on the Dining Room Floor. She has also performed the leading soprano roles in Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place and Bright Sheng's The Song of Majnun, and is a frequent soloist with major North American and European orchestras.
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