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The emergence on the world operatic stage of a fresh, intelligent, singing-actress in the French repertoire is noteworthy in itself. In soprano Valérie MacCarthy, these attributes are further coupled with physical beauty, vocal charm, and an effortless elegance. In April 2008, Valerie made make her debut as Renee/Alice in Lost Highway at English National Opera, which was adapted from the movie by David Lynch as an opera by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth with the libretto by Nobel Prize Winner 2004, Elfriede Jelinek. She will do a workshop of Arjunas’s Dilema, a new opera by Douglas Cuomo in April. In August there will be performances at SUNY Purchase in NY and the peiece will be premiered at the BAM Next Wave Festival in November. She recently sang Damigella in Le Couronnement de Poppee at Le Grand Theatre de Geneve. She repeats performances of this production Theatre de Caen and Festspielhaus St. Pollen. In January she performed La Seconde in the world premiere of Jacque Lenot’s J’Etais dans ma maison et j’attendais que la pluie vienne also at Le Grand Theatre de Geneva. Last November she appeared with Opera Francaise in their concert Le Folie de l’Operette at New York’s Florence Guild Hall. She also recently appeared as Marzelline in Fidelio and Clorinda in La Cenerentola with the Florentine Opera. A native New Yorker, Franco-American Valérie demonstrated her attributes in her acclaimed debut at the Tanglewood Festival in Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole under the baton of Seiji Ozawa, and again in as Leila Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles with the Holland Park Festival, London. These successes quickly led to an invitation from the prestigious Ravinia Festival to appear as Juliet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in John de Lancie's Romeo & Juliet Project, which was followed by a return engagement the next season for Le bourgeois Gentilhomme. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pasadena Symphony responded to the glowing reviews by inviting Valérie to re-create her success in de Lancie's Romeo & Juliet Project. Ms. MacCarthy created and performed a one-woman touring show entitled ‘Off The Hook' - where she offers her personal interpretations of Menotti's The Telephone and Poulenc's La Voix Humaine. The show premiered at New York’s Alliance Francais and has since been performed with the Charlemagne Chamber Orchestra in Brussels. She appeared in the brilliant Baz Luhrmann production of La Boheme in the role of Musetta, a role which was the vehicle for her Broadway debut. Other performances include debuts at the Le Grand Theater de Genève (Parsifal) and at Carnegie Hall (Die Fledermaus), and with L'Opera Français de New York (Les Pelerins de la Mecque - Gluck), the Orchestra of St. Luke's (Dr. Miracle - Bizet), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (La Favola d'Orfeo - Monteverdi). In her European recital debut she sang at Amsterdam's renowned Concertgebow de Kleine Zaal. In addition to her extensive musical career, Ms. MacCarthy has a successful international jewelry buisness, and has recently published two books on the art of jewelry design. 4/16/08 |