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Kara Cornell, Mezzo-soprano

 

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Roles

Cherubino”/Le nozze di Figaro/Capital Opera, NY/2009

Dorabella”/Cosi fan tutte/Hubbard Hall Opera Theater, NY/2008

Zweite Dame”/Die Zauberflöte/Union Avenue Opera, MO/2007

“Jo”/Little Women/Center City Opera, PA/2007

Pastore”/L’Orfeo (Monteverdi)/Stony Brook Opera (guest artist), NY/2007

Orfeo”/Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)/California Music Festival/2006

“Mercedes”/Carmen/Brooklyn Queens Conservatory/2006

Marcellina”/Le nozze di Figaro/Stony Brook Opera (guest artist)/2006

Pedrillo”/Don Quichotte (Telemann)/Stony Brook Opera (guest artist)/2006

“The Fox” (cover)/The Cunning Little Vixen/Aspen Opera Theater, CO/2005

“Miss Jessel”/The Turn of the Screw/Stony Brook Opera (guest artist)/2005

“Eliza Doolittle”/My Fair Lady/Smithtown Center for the Perf.Arts, NY/2004

Narciso”/Agrippina/Stony Brook Opera/2004

“May”/Footfalls/Stony Brook Opera/2004

“Mother Abbess”/The Sound of Music/Smithtown Center for the Perf.Arts/2003

Dorabella”/Cosi fan tutte/Bay View Music Festival, MI/2003

“Eliza Doolittle”/My Fair Lady/Creative Ministries of New York/2003

Zita”/Gianni Schicchi/Carnegie Mellon University, PA/2002

“Marie”/Most Happy Fella/Carnegie Mellon University/2002

Yar” (World Premiere)/Heliopause (Azar)/Beanstalk Entertainment, PA/2002

Sesto” (cover)/La Clemenza di Tito/Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, PA/2001

Cherubino”/Le nozze di Figaro/Bay View Music Festival/2000

“Drunkard” (World Premiere)/The Little Prince (Azar)/Carnegie Mellon University/2000

“Mother Jeanne”/Dialogues of the Carmelites/Carnegie Mellon University/2000

Cherubino” (cover)/Le nozze di Figaro/Opera Theater of Lucca, Italy/2000

 

Partial Roles

“Suzuki”/Madama Butterfly/Lake George Opera, NY/2008

“Carmen”/Carmen/International Band “Venus”, MD/2008

Rosina”/The Barber of Seville/Aspen Opera, The Northport Opera Company, NY/2007

Hänsel”/Hänsel und Gretel/The Northport Opera Company, Pacific Opera, NY/2007

“Romeo”/I Capuleti e i Montecchi/The Northport Opera Company/2006

Nerone”/La Coronazione di Poppea/The Northport Opera Company/2006

Sesto”/La Clemenza di Tito/ The Northport Opera Company/2006

Cherubino” and artistic coordinator/Le nozze di Figaro/Smithtown PAC, NY 2006

“Stefano”/Romèo et Juliette/The Northport Opera Company/2006

“Dido”/Dido and Aeneas/Aspen Opera, CO/2005

 

Solo Oratorio Experience

St John’s Passion/Albany Pro Musica, NY/2009

Fern Hill/Albany Pro Musica/2009

Elijah/Octavo Singers, NY/2008

The Creation/ Troy Music Hall, NY/2008

Sacred Song & Interludes (Galbrith world premiere and recording)/The Pittsburgh Camerata, PA /2007

Janáček Festival/ Sembrich Opera Museum, NY/ 2007

Honegger’s King David /SUNY Albany Music (guest artist), NY/2007

Musikalische Exequien (Schütz)/Williamstown Early Music, MA/2007

The Utrecht Te Deum (Handel) Cold Spring Harbor Choral Society, NY/2006

Judas Maccabaeus/The Brooklyn Philharmonic, NY/2006

The Messiah/Hood College/US Naval Academy, MD/2005

Liebeslieder Waltzes (with Gilbert Kalish)/Stony Brook University faculty concert/2005

Judas Maccabaeus/Stony Brook University/2003

Messiah/Stony Brook University/2003

St. John’s Passion/Carnegie Mellon University/2002

 

Professional Recitals

Solo vocal recital/University of Albany, NY/2009

Solo vocal recital/Bethlehem Public Library, NY/2009

Lake George Opera Fundraiser Gala/Albany, NY/2008

Dickinson in December/Northport Arts Coalition, NY/2008

Opera Gala/Meadowbrook County Club, NJ/2008

An Afternoon of Opera/Sunday Musicale, NJ/2008

Venus in concert/Rockville Civic Center, MD/2008

Hand in Hand, Heart in Heart/Cole Field House, MD/2008

Northport Opera Fundraiser/Mills Pond House, NY/2008

Venus performs “Songs of Love”/Mulan Foundation, MD/2008

Ways of Love/Unitarian Congregation of Glenmont, NY/2008

Solo vocal recital/Mills Pond House, NY/2006

 

Teachers

Irene Gubrud (present), Elaine Bonazzi, Mimi Lerner, Peter Lightfoot, Mildred Miller

 

Coaches/Conductors

Michael Clement (present), Steven Finch, Arthur Haas, David Griggs-Janower,

Andrew Kurtz, David Lawton, Timothy Long, George Moross, Timothy Mount, Robert Page, Scott Schoonover

 

Recent Stage Directors

Jeremy Black, Andrew Frank, Jennifer Griesbach, Jonathan Loy, Mark Meier, Christopher Trakas

 

Recent Awards

Winner of Civic Morning Musicals Scholarship Competition (Syracuse, NY)/2007

Winner of 5 Towns Music Scholarship Competition (Long Island, NY)/2006