| Rebecca Carr |
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| Hailed in the press for singing
“radiantly" and “brilliantly” with her “big, vibrant soprano voice,”
matched with "remarkable" and "touching" portrayals, Rebecca Carr
brings her exuberance for singing and love of performing to the opera
and concert stage. Miss Carr played mandolin, violin and piano before starting the vocal training that led her to Ithaca College (BM), The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MM), and to be granted the Artists' Diploma from Philadelphia's prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts. Miss Carr's repertoire of operatic roles includes the title roles of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Tosca. Verdi roles include Violetta in La Traviata, Luisa Miller, Alice Ford in Falstaff, and Desdemona in Otello. She has performed Mozart’s Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, as well as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte, along with Marie in The Bartered Bride, and Musetta in La Boheme. In the world of operetta, Miss Carr has excelled as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and Anne Elise in Lehar’s Paganini. Always seeking to expand her repertoire, she added the role of Chrysothemis in Elektra as an Alumni Artist at The Academy of Vocal Arts, inspiring her on to other Strauss roles, including Arabella. Critics raved that her portrayal was “shining” and that she “sang radiantly,” highlighting her “virginal blonde beauty.” As a protegée of Renata Scotto, she has studied the early operas of Verdi with the renowned diva. She has performed with Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Harrisburg Opera Association, Mozart & Friends Opera Festival, ArtPark/Greater Buffalo Opera, Ashlawn-Highland Summer Opera Festival, and she sang extensively in France, Germany and Spain with the touring company, Teatro Lirico di Europa. With Aiken Productions, Miss Carr performed Amahl & The Night Visitors in over half the United States under the direction of original cast member, tenor David Aiken. She has appeared in concert with the Ohio Valley Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, the Chautauqua Symphony, Bridgeton Symphony, and the Old York Road Symphony. Miss Carr’s concert repertoire includes the most beautiful of soprano literature: the “Vier Letzte Lieder” of Strauss, Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”, the Fourth Symphony of Mahler and Beethoven’s sole concert aria “Ah, perfido!” Oratorio works, recently performed, include Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Philadelphia’s highly acclaimed Choral Arts Society, the Creation, and Händel’s Messiah, among others. She made her Kimmel Center debut on the Family Concert series. Miss Carr was heard with the Ocean City Pops, and at the Bucks County Performing Arts Center. 2/7/08 |