Carley DeFranco, soprano

carleydefranco@gmail.com / www.carleydefranco.com
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OPERA
Yvette * La Rondine: Remix Boston Opera Collaborative 2017
Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (english) Greater Worcester Opera 2016
Ellen 1 Always (Jonathan Bailey Holland) Boston Opera Collaborative 2016
Molly Two-Step (Rhiannon Randle) Boston Opera Collaborative 2016
Lucy Again (Jake Heggie) Boston Opera Collaborative 2015
Female Wilde Epigrams (Marjorie Merryman) Boston Opera Collaborative 2015
Lauretta Gianni Schicchi Longy School of Music 2015
Belinda Dido and Aeneas Polymnia Choral Society 2015
Nannetta , Chorus Falstaff (english) Emerald City Opera 2014
Lamica, Chorus Amelia al Ballo Longy School of Music 2014
Second Woman, Chorus Dido and Aeneas Longy School of Music 2013

CONCERT SOLOIST
Was willst du dich betrben BWV 107 Emmanuel Music 2017
Nun danket, alle Gott (Schtz) Cantata Singers 2016
Oratorio de Nol (Saint-Sans) Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra 2016
rgre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a Emmanuel Music 2016
Alexanders Feast HWV 75 (Handel) North Carolina Master Chorale 2016
Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber - selections) Geneseo Symphony Orchestra 2016
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 Emmanuel Music 2016
Mass in G Major (Schubert) Polymnia Choral Society 2015
The Side-by-Side Gala (stand-in for Frederica von Stade) Sistema Side by Side Orchestra 2015
Mass in C Minor (Mozart) American University Chorus and Orchestra 2014
Dixit Dominus (Handel) American University Chamber Singers 2013
Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV 4 American University Chamber Singers 2012
Budavri Te Deum (Kodly) American University Chorus and Orchestra 2012
Fern Hill (Corigliano) American University Chorus and Orchestra 2011

NEW MUSIC PREMIERES

Im Sorry, an improvised opera (Jewell) * The Democracy Center, Cambridge MA 2017
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck (Jewell) Modern American Music Series at Longy 2016
Four Shakespeare Songs for soprano, cello and piano (Heap) Alumni Music Series at American University 2016
Snow for soprano solo and chorus (Keefe) New Music Series at Longy 2014
Rush Hour from The Diurnal Cycle (Heap) The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 2013
Kushnakoo for four players (West) The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 2013
I Hear Your Voice (Payson) Troy Davis Memorial Ceremony, DC 2013
Three Words for the Sacred Harp (Mulholland) Glasgow University Madrigirls 2011

AWARDS AND HONORS

Finalist, Professional Art Song/Oratorio Division The American Prize 2016
2nd Place, Young Artist Vocal Competition Celestial Opera Company 2016
The Legacy Prize Benjamin Franklin Creativity Foundation 2014
Janet Irving Scholarship for Vocal Studies Longy School of Music of Bard College 2014
Evelyn Swarthout Hayes Award American University 2013

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Master of Music (Vocal Performance) Longy School of Music of Bard College 2015
Emerging Artist Program OperaWorks 2014
Opera Artist Institute Emerald City Opera 2014
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude (Vocal Performance) American University 2013
Study Abroad (Aesthetics, historical performance practice) University of Glasgow, UK 2011

TEACHERS: Carol Mastrodomenico, Linda Allison

COACHES: Pamela Dellal, Brian Moll
DIRECTORS: Glynis Leyshon, Greg Smucker, Patricia Weinmann, Jean Anderson-Collier (Music Director)
CONDUCTORS: Ryan Turner, David Hoose, Daniel Abraham, Murray Kidd, Al Sturgis, Orlando Cela
ENSEMBLES: Emmanuel Music, Boston Opera Collaborative, Cantata Singers, American University Alumni Music Ensemble

* Upcoming Performances Cover