Featured Soloists:
The Singers from Opera at Longy

Opera at Longy is a full scale training company of graduate level singing actors which has produced several American and Boston area premieres. It regularly provides opportunity for singers to work with internationally recognized artists, lecturers and composers, while including workshop performances and recording projects. Opera students perform regularly in oratorio and concert opera productions with orchestras throughout New England.

Donna Roll, Artistic Director of Opera at Longy, is a dramatic soprano and winner of the Kristen-Flagstad Award who made her operatic debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm and recital debuts in London, Copenhagen and New York's Lincoln Center. She has appeared in opera, oratorio and recital in Europe, the former Soviet Union and throughout the United States. She has performed with 20 major U.S. orchestras and recently sang with the Minnesota Symphony where she accepted the Sigma Alpha Iota Award for her dedication to creating opportunities for young singers. She directs her own summer opera touring company, Operafest, and is currently a guest lecturer at the University of Miami.

Thomas Enman, Music Director of Longy's Opera Department, has performed throughout the United States and has prepared world premieres of two American operas. He has made three State Department recital tours of Latin America. Presently he is vice president and program chairman of the Boston Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). An active performer, he recently returned from the Yachats Music Festival in Oregon.

Noriko Yasuda, Principal Coach of Opera at Longy, began her musical career in Osaka, Japan, as accompanist for the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra and the Opera house of Osaka College of Music. She received her Artist Diploma in Harpsichord performance from the Longy School of Music in 1996.

The singers of Opera at Longy sang Salieri's Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole (First the Music, Then the Words) and Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), K.486 Komödie mit Musik on March 12 and 14, 2004.

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