| MUSICAL EDUCATION: |
| New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Ohio American Opera Center, The Juilliard School, N.Y. - Professional Studies Program Goldovsky Opera Institute, New York HB Herbert Berghof Acting Studios, New York Internationales Opernstudio, Zürich |
| Teachers: Viviane Mordo, Felix Knight, Frederick Jägel, Jennie Tourel, Luigi Ricci |
| OPERA PERFORMANCES: |
| As member of an opera ensemble: |
| 1994-1997 - Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar as lirico-spinto soprano 1980-1987 - Nationaltheater Mannheim as lyric-coloratura soprano with 22 leading roles 1979-80 Performances with the Zürich Opera as member of the International Opera Studio, Zurich |
| GUEST CONTRACTS: | |
| BELGIUM: Oper voor Vlaanderen FRANCE: Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris Opéra de Marseille Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Théâtre Gabriel Dorziat, Epernay Grand Théâtre de Tours GERMANY: Bremer Theater Staatstheater Cottbus Semperoper Dresden Aalto Theater Essen Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt/Main Städtische Bühnen Freiburg Stadttheater Giessen Theater Hagen Oper der Stadt Heidelberg Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Theater der Stadt Koblenz |
Bühnen der Hansestadt Lübeck |
| CONDUCTORS: |
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Georg Alexander Albrecht, Richard Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Comissiona, Hilary Griffiths, Armin Jordan, Mihail Jurowsky, Bernhard Klee, Christian Kluttig, Ferdinand Leitner, David Levi, James Lockhart, Giuseppe Patané, Wolfgang Rennert, Donald Runnicles, Nello Santi, Peter Schneider, Stefan Soltesz |
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STAGE DIRECTORS: |
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Grischa Asagaroff, André Batisse, Andreas Baumann, Peer Boysen, Nicolas Brieger, Tito Capobianco, Frank Corsaro, Willi Decker, Boris Goldovsky, Eike Gramms, Uwe Jensen, Rolf Lansky, Michael Leinert, David Lloyd, Marco Arturo Marelli, Lofti Mansouri, Joseph McClain, Friedrich Meyer-Oertel, Mathias Oldag, Hans-Peter Lehmann, Christian Pöppelreiter, Peter Rasky, Werner Saladin, Antoine Selva, Roland Velte, Corina van Eijk, Erhard Warnecke. |
| AWARDS AND PRIZES: |
| Metropolitan Opera Auditions - First Place, Eastern Regionals, plus four additional study grants |
| WGN-Illinois Opera Guild's "Auditions of the Air" |
| Concert Artist's Guild of New York - Special Award - recitals & chamber music concerts |
| East/West Artists Competition - Debut Recital in Carnegie Recital Hall, New York |
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CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS: |
| AUSTRIA: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music International Festival for Contemporary Music, Salzburg Konzertverein, Vienna |
| CZECH REPUBLIC: International Mozart Festival, Prague |
| FRANCE: La Philharmonie de Lorraine, Metz Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra de Marseille |
| GERMANY: Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Giessen Händelfestspielorchester Halle Württemburgisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn Jenaer Philharmonie Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz Rheinisches Kammerorchester Köln Kölner Philharmonie Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim Schwetzinger Mozartfestspiele Liederhalle Stuttgart Mozartgesellschaft Wiesbaden Staatskapelle Weimar |
| ITALY: ABC, Acccademia Bartolomeo Cristofori, Florence Festival dei due Mondi, Spoleto Festivale Ottorino Respighi, Assissi La Camerata di Colombaia - creator and artistic director |
| USA: Ravinia Festival, Chicago Lincoln Center Chamber Ensemble, New York SUNY Concert Series, Purchase, New York Orchestral Society of Westchester St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, New York New York Choral Society, Lincoln Center, New York Carnegie Recital Hall, New York West Coast Florida Symphony Pro-Musica, Detroit Amherst Music Festival, Massachusetts Gardiner Museum, Boston |
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RECORDING AND MEDIA WORK
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| CD-RECORDINGS: Mozart Concert Arias - Virtuosi di Praga, Prague, Czech Republic. Click here to order.
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Haydn "Theresien Mass" - Virtuosi di Praga, Prague, Czech Republic (Discover) |
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Ravel "Schéhérazade" - Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie (50th Year Anniversary CD) |
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Haydn "The Creation" - "Classics for Human Rights" (in cooperation with Amnesty International, Casa Alianza and Unesco) Mlàdì Chamber Orchestra Bonn, Germany |
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RADIO AND TELEVISION:
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USA: WQXR Radio, New York, WNYC Radio, New York, WGN-Illinois Radio, Chicago |
| Austria: ORF Tirol |
| France: Radio France, Paris |
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Germany: ARD-TV, RIAS Berlin, SWF Baden-Baden |
