Sydney Mancasola

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Sydney Mancasola
BornAugust 5, 1987
Shasta, California, U.S.
Genres Opera
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)
Years active2011–present
Website sydneymancasolasoprano.com

Sydney Mancasola (born August 5, 1987) is an American operatic soprano singer.

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Early life and education

Sydney Mancasola was born in Shasta, California on August 5, 1987. [1] She was raised in Redding, California, and began studying violin at the age of 2. She earned an undergraduate degree in vocal performance, under the tutelage of Daune Mahy at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a graduate degree from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied with American baritone, William Stone. [2]

Career

Mancasola began her operatic career at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist in 2011 [3] where she later returned to sing Violetta in La traviata [4] in 2018 and Lisette in La rondine , [3] and was later awarded the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Prize in 2016. [5]

Mancasola was named a winner of the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions [6] and returned to the Metropolitan Opera in 2019 to make her house debut as Pamina in The Magic Flute and Frasquita in Carmen . [7] She subsequently went on to sing the title role in Manon [2] and Countess Adèle in Rossini's Le comte Ory [8] with Des Moines Metro Opera, Marie in La fille du régiment with Palm Beach Opera, and Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles with Florida Grand Opera.

In the fall of 2015 Mancasola made her European debut at Komische Oper Berlin singing Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta in Les contes d'Hoffman , Pamina in Barrie Kosky's production of Die Zauberflöte , and Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare . [9] In 2016 Mancasola joined the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt where she remained for three seasons, singing roles including Roxana in a new production of Król Roger , [10] Gilda in Rigoletto , Pamina in The Magic Flute, Musetta in La bohème , Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro , and the Italian Singer in Capriccio .

Mancasola made her debut at English National Opera in 2017 as Gilda in the Sir Jonathan Miller production of Rigoletto [11] and her debut at Oper Köln as the title role of Manon in 2018. [12]

Mancasola has appeared with several orchestras including San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Sun Valley Symphony, and the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra.

In August 2019, she was awarded a Herald Angel Award for her performance as Bess in Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's opera Breaking the Waves at the Edinburgh International Festival. [13]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Sydney Ellyse Mancasola in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  2. 1 2 Brian Kellow (May 2014). "Sound Bites: Sydney Mancasola". Opera News .
  3. 1 2 Mary Edwards (May 15, 2015). "Opera Theatre of Saint Louis celebrates 40th anniversary season". KWMU . Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Miller, Sarah Bryan (May 20, 2018). "A winning, heartbreaking Traviata from Opera Theatre of St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Miller, Sarah Bryan (February 2, 2016). "OTSL announces 2016 winner of Mabel Dorn Reeder Prize". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Vivien Schweitzer (March 11, 2013). "From Six Victors, Steady Nerves in Bravura Arias". The New York Times . p. C3.
  7. ↑ "Metropolitan Opera Association". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ "La Traviata (7/4/14), Le Comte Ory (7/5/14), Dead Man Walking (7/6/14)". Opera News . Vol. 79, no. 4. October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Not a Dull Moment in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Komische Oper Berlin: Seen and Heard International" . Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ Judith von Sternburg (June 4, 2019). "Oper Frankfurt: Der Gott und die Zaubertricks". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  11. ↑ Ashley, Tim (February 3, 2017). "Rigoletto review – ENO pumps up the volume on Verdi's violent tragedy". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077.
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