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Opera & Concert Repertoire

       

Opera Repertoire

     
       
Roles in Repertoire      
  Mimi La Bohème   Mathilde Guillaume Tell
  Desdemona Otello   Antonia Les contes d’Hoffmann
  Liù Turandot      

Opera Performances  
  Mimì La Bohème Scott Jackson Wiley, cond.,
  Castel Opera Arts, NY
  Mother Amal and the Night Visitors Scott Ward, cond.,
First Unitarian Church, Wilmington, DE
  Mme. Lidoine Dialogues of the Carmelites Ted Taylor, cond., Opera in the Ozarks
  Despina Così fan tutte Lucy Arner, cond.
  Israel Vocal Arts Institute
  Countess Le nozze di Figaro (concert) Scott Jackson Wiley, cond.,
  Castel Opera Arts, NY
  Fiordiligi Così fan tutte Scott Jackson Wiley, cond.,
  Castel Opera Arts, NY
  Flora La traviata Rohan de Saram, cond.,
  Opera Lanka, Sri Lanka
  Micaëla Carmen Ted Taylor, cond., Opera in the Ozarks
  Contessa Ceprano Rigoletto Hal France, cond., Opera Festival of NJ
  Annina La traviata Rohan de Saram, cond.,
  Opera Lanka, Sri Lanka
  Cousin (Brescia) Madame Butterfly Hal France, cond., Opera Festival of NJ

Opera Gala with Orchestra  
  Gilda, Marzelline Rigoletto, Fidelio Lanka Philharmonic
  Cherubino Carmen Lanka Philharmonic
  Lauretta, Fiordiligi Gianni Schicci, Così fan tutte Petite Philharmonique Orchestra

Opera Gala with Piano  
  Rosina/Barber of Seville, Marsinah/Kismet Jewish Center of Forest Hills West, NY
  Nedda/Pagliacci, Suzel/L'Amico Fritz,
  Violetta/La Traviata, Marsinah/Kismet
NJ Cerebral Palsy Association
  Lisa/Land of Smiles, Fedora/Die Zirkusprinzessin Church of the Ascension Benefit, NYC
  Rosalinda/Die Fledermaus, Suzel/L'Amico Fritz Americas Society, NYC
  Anna/Merry Widow, Amelia/Simon Boccanegra The Firehouse Gallery, NJ
  Cleopatra/Giulio Cesare Friends of Somerset County Library, NJ

     

Concert Repertoire

"Joy transported her audience in the afternoon concert to the romance of lands afar. In songs by Sor, Berlioz, and Ravel, she was able to elicit that dynamic tension between sophistication and playfulness that for centuries has kept people coming back for more romance." Shelly Sanders Zuckerman, Music Director
     
Concert Performances (as soloist)    
  5+1 Wind Quintet Christ & St. Stephens (NYC) 2007
  Voice Faculty Concert Gill Chapel (NJ) 2005
  Benefit for Susan B. Komen Fd. Bristol Chapel (NJ) 2004
  Passion Songs+(Houghton) Greenville College  (IL) 2001
  Music Faculty Concert Bivins Chapel (OK) 1998
  Victory Songs**(Houghton) National Tour 1997
  Exsultate Jubilate Princeton United Methodist Church 1997
  Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saëns) St. John’s RC (NJ) 1997
  Pioneer Songs **(Houghton) National Tour 1996
  Seven Last Words (Dubois) Flemington Presbyterian Church (NJ) 1996
  Gloria (Poulenc) St. John’s RC (NJ) 1996
  Festival of the Atlantic St. Peter’s by the Sea (NJ) 1995
       
  **world premiere musical documentary  +world premiere cantata

 

 
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