| William
Beeman, who maintains his web page through Classical
Singer, has joined Longwood for nearly a dozen roles in
the course of his international career, including the role
of Leporello in Don Giovanni in 1999. He performed
the role of Sarastro in our Fall 2002 production of The
Magic Flute.
Jeffrey
Brody currently serves as Music Director of Longwood
Opera. Read an interview
with Jeffrey at the Boston
Singers Resource web site.
J.
Scott Brumit, General Director/Stage Director of
Longwood Opera, performed the role of Olin Blitch in Longwood's
2003 production of Carlyle Floyd's Susanna.
Read an interview
with Scotty at the Boston
Singers Resource web site.
Marion Leeds Carroll performed small roles in small companies
and large roles in totally invisible companies in NYC, before
moving to Massachusetts, where she's mostly been directing:
Gilbert and Sullivan for various companies, opera
workshops, and recently, Shakespeare for the MIT
Community Players. (Check out the outrageously
flattering interview at Boston
Singers' Resource.) She has performed in and organized
Summer Concerts for Longwood, and played "Mum" in
Longwood's June 2002 Albert
Herring. She rates a spot on this page because - hey!
- I'm the webmistress here! My fall 2004 project: organizing
a second benefit
concert for the Boston
Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis. (Want to help out
with the third, next year? - let me know! bostoncure
at leedscarroll.com)
Evan
Denmark, tenor, made his Longwood Opera debut in the fall
of 2004 as Rodolfo in La Boheme
and is grateful to Scott and Jeffrey for the opportunity to
be part of a warm company with such a long and storied history.
Returning to singing after a long hiatus, he is quickly establishing
himself as a performer in demand for his rich vocal tone,
musicianship and elegant stage presentation. He has appeared
with Opera Providence,
Longwood Opera, Lowell Opera,
Heartwood Regional
Theatre and New
England Light Opera. Roles sung include Rodolfo (La Boheme),
Sam (Susannah), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Beppe (Pagliacci),
Tom Rakewell (The Rake s Progress) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni).
He was a finalist in the New Jersey Performing Artists 2004
Vocal Competition and a 3rd place winner in the 1st Annual
Classical Singer Vocal Competition. Evan currently resides
in the Boston area and studies with renowned soprano Maria
Spacagna.
Craig
Hanson is heard widely in recital, oratorio, musical theater,
opera and contemporary music programs and has performed regularly
throughout New England. His roles with Longwood have included
David in the world premiere of Jeffrey Brody's The
Measure of Love and the title role in Benjamin Britten's
Albert Herring. In the
spring of 2003 he performed the role of Little Bat in Carlyle
Floyd's Susannah
Robert
McNamara has been noted for his "exceptional comic
and vocal gift" in performances of the title role of
Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring, Rossini's The
Barber of Seville as Almaviva, Mozart's Don Giovanni
as Don Ottavio, Puccini's Gianni Schicchi as Rinuccio,
H.M.S. Pinafore as Ralph Rackstraw, and Marco in The
Gondoliers, among other roles. He is equally at home on
the concert stage, recently singing performances of Bach's
Matthäus-Passion and Magnificat as tenor
soloist. Robert was Tamino in our Fall 2002 production of
The Magic Flute, and performed
the title role in the fall 2003 Tales
of Hoffmann.
Perri
Montané performed her first Cherubino and Rosina
with Longwood Opera (as Perri Wagner). She thanks Scott Brumit
for the opportunity and for providing such a wonderful, professional
experience. Since then, her other roles have included the
title role in Carmen, Tisbe in La
Cenerentola, Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare,
Phoebe in The Yeoman of the Guard, and Maddalena
in Rigoletto. A district winner in the Met
competition, she has toured with Lyric Opera of Chicago and
performed with Opera Roanoke, Tacoma Opera, Hudson Opera Theatre,
Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Capital City Opera, and Cartersville
Opera.
Shanel
K. Nand was selected recently to participate in Placido
Domingo's Operalia World Opera Contest in Paris, France. With
Longwood Opera, she has performed the roles of Lucy in The
Telephone, Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro,
Gretel in Hansel & Gretel, Pamina in
our Fall 2002 production of The
Magic Flute, and created the role of Ann in Longwood Opera's
2001 premiere of Jeffrey Brody's opera, The
Measure of Love. She won a rave in Boston Herald.com's
review of that production, and is on her way to further successes,
both with Longwood and internationally. She has already won
critical acclaim for the title role in our spring 2003 production,
Susannah .
Vanessa
Schukis has performed Mistress Page in The Merry Wives
of Windsor, Mrs. McLean in Susannah, and for years
has dazzled people during Summer Concerts with her rendition
of "Flaming Agnes" from the musical I Do I
Do!
Jean-Pierre
Trevisani sang Rodolfo in Longwood's 1994 production of
La Boheme. He went on to win the National Metropolitan
Opera Auditions, was hired to sing Rodolfo again in Europe
and has been at the Paris Opera ever since. He thanks Longwood
for helping him get there.
Paul
Turner studied acting privately and at Manhattan's High
School of Performing Arts. Mr. Turner made his operatic debut
in 1999 in the role of Ruiz, in Verdi's Il Trovatore with
Boston Bel Canto Opera (BBCO). In December 2001, Mr. Turner
sang Eisenstein in a German-language production of Strauss'
Die Fledermaus, presented by New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble.
In November 2002 he sang Monostatos in Longwood's production
of Mozart's The Magic Flute.
In May 2003, Mr. Turner sang Gastone in a Raylynmor Opera
production of Verdi s La Traviata. Also in 2003, three of
Mr. Turner s poems were accepted by several publications,
including the Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and
Parnassus Literary Journal.
Antony
Zwerdling has sung with opera companies across the country,
including Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Lake George Opera,
Ash Lawn Opera, Salisbury Lyric Opera, Longwood Opera, S.F.
Pocket Opera, and Berkeley Opera. His Longwood roles have
included Escamillo in Carmen and Sid in Albert
Herring. He appeared this past season as Dapertutto in
Longwood's Tales of Hoffmann |
