Shannon Roberts
Soprano
EU Citizenship & US Citizenship
Opera Experience:
Brünnhilde
Die Walküre
Berlin Wagner Gruppe
Elsa
Lohengrin
Berlin Wagner Gruppe
Floria Tosca
Tosca
Natchez Festival of Music
Turandot
Turandot
Puccini Tribute MS
Agathe
Der Freischütz
Bronx Opera
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
Opera Workshop NYC
Roles in Preparation:
Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
Orchestral and Oratorio Works:
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Requiem
Verdi
Mass in C Minor
Schumann
Wesendonk Leider
Wagner
Teachers:
Uwe Griem, Deborah Polaski, Gerald M. Moore, Gilberto de la Fuente, Dr. Richard Berry, Aldo Verrecchia (Milan), Elizabeth Cole
Conductors; Directors; Coaches:
Lucy Arner, Steven M. Crawford, Eduardo Diazmuñoz, John Mario Di Costanzo, Cornelius Eberhardt (Graz), George Manahan, Jerry Steichen, Jan Wagner, Willie Anthony Waters;
Linda Brovsky, Joy Davidson, Bill Fabris, Wendy Taucher, Marc Verzatt, Francesca Zambello;
David Aronson (Vienna State Opera), Peter Büchi (Milano), John Dawson (DOB), Gabriela Lechner (Vienna), Ellen Rissinger (Semperoper in Dresden), Klaus Sallmann (Staatsoper Berlin), Mathew Toogood (Berlin),
Awards and Competitions:
Opera Idol Riverside Opera Company of Staten Island
Winner
Giulio Gari Foundation Competition
Finalist
Classical Singer Aud-Comps
Semi Finalist
Connecticut Opera Guild Scholarship Competition
Award Recipient
Lee Schaenen Foundation
Study Grant Recipient
Wagner Society of New York
Study Grant Recipient
Liederkranz Foundation Awards for Voice
Winner, Wagner Division
MacAllister Awards for Opera Singers
Winner, Regional Division
Friederich Schorr Memorial Performance Prize
Winner
West Palm Beach Vocal Competition
Finalist
Amici Vocal Competition
Winner
National Association of Teachers of Singing
First Place Regional Winner
New World School of the Arts Concerto Competition
Winner
University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music
Scholarship Recipient
New World School of the Arts
Full Scholarship Recipient
Education:
Natchez Festival of Music
Artist in Residence
AIMS
Artist Participant, Opera Studio
Santa Fe Opera
Apprentice Artist
University of Florida/New World School of Arts
Bachelor of Music, Special Diploma
University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music
Undergraduate Studies
Santuzza
Cavalleria Rusticana
Opera Company of the Highlands
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica
DSM Iowa, Opera Buffs NYC
Rachel
Emmeline (World Premiere)
Santa Fe Opera
Mother
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Chelsea Opera
Mother
Amahl and the Night Visitors
El Dorado Opera
Gertrude & Mother
Hänsel and Gretel
Hat City Music Theater
First Lady
Die Zauberflöte
Lyric Opera of New York