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Don’t Drool On The Rose

Nora — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:58:23 +0000

Amanda Sindel-Keswick and I sang this incredibly lush duet, “The Presentation of the Rose” from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.

Thanks to Longwood Opera for hosting us at their Nov 2013 Scenes Concert.

So fun to sing! (I won’t really blame you if you drool; it’s really pretty music…)

No Drooling Allowed

It’s Mabel

Nora — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:48:17 +0000

Here’s a video of me singing “Poor Wandering One” with MIT’s Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Dec, 2012.

Playing Mabel was a riot, especially alongside Joshua Collier who is a joy to interact with onstage.

It’s Mabel

AMF 2011 Performances

Nora — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:14:48 +0000

Here are two informal videos from the Atlantic Music Festival 2011.

The first is “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” from “St. Matthew’s Passion” by J.S. Bach. I’m joined onstage by Megan Barth on piano and Bianca Garcia on flute.

Aus Liebe

The second is Don Jose and Micaela’s duet from the 1st Act of Bizet’s “Carmen”. Richard Newman (Tenor) sings as Don Jose, and Amaya Dominques has a non-singing part as Carmen that director Nic Muni added to emphasize Don Jose’s new obsession. I apologize for the overexposure!

Carmen

7 Rabbits on a Pole

Nora — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:31:41 +0000

Here is the video of Act 1 of “Seven Rabbits on a Pole”, an as-yet-unfinished opera by Pasquale Tassone, with librettist Elizabeth Searle, based on the play by John Picardi. We performed and recorded it last summer in Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music.

Just to prepare you, I play 22yr old Julia, a girl with special needs somewhere on the autism spectrum, dealing with a lot of family drama on a Depressiona-Era farm run by her Italian immigrant father and brothers.

Seven Rabbits on a Pole, Act 1