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New: Kathleen writes home from her audition tour of Germany
6/25/01
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Kathleen Haaversen Dramatic soprano |
Dramatic soprano Kathleen Haaversen earned her bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from NAU and her Masters degree in Vocal Performance from USC. Her current repertoire includes Sieglinde from Die Walküre, Elsa from Lohengrin, Ariadne from Ariadne auf Naxos, Leonora from La Forza del Destino, and Salome from Herodiade. Formerly a mezzo-soprano, she performed the title role of Carmen and Charlotte from Werther with the New York Opera Forum. With Golden West Opera, she sang the roles of Eboli from Don Carlo and 2nd Lady from Die Zauberflöte. While working on her Masters degree at USC, she portrayed Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte, Marcellina from Le Nozze di Figaro, and Giovanna in Anna Bolena. She has performed with the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Opera Pacific and with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, for such conductors as Placido Domingo, Steven Mercurio, John Mauceri, Randall Behr, and Charles Dutoit. She also performed as soloist in numerous concerts in the Los Angeles area. In New York, she formed a concert group called Colla Voce which presented the concerts "Friends and Rivals" and "Music for a New Century." With the summer opera program at Dicapo Opera, she performed the roles of Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Leonore in Fidelio. Recently, she organized and performed a concert entitled "Sounds of Science," which consisted of mostly new music, including world premieres of song cycles by Denise Broadhurst ("Looking Up at Night") and Keith Snyder ("Five Feynman Songs") Kathleen's rendition of the Habanera from Carmen reached #1 at MP3.com's Top-40 for opera. She is also the classical vocalist in the "opera electronica" recording group Flow of Soul Her recordings of both classical and modern music can be heard here. Ms. Haaversen resides in New York City with her husband, the novelist and composer Keith Snyder. Please email to add your name to her mailing list. |
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