Lori Decter,
Soprano

*Howard Golub Fellow

In the 2005 - 2006 season, resident artist Lori Decter appears as Amelia (A Masked Ball), Mimì (La bohème) , and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). During the 2004 - 2005 season, Ms. Decter appeared as Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in Tosca, Micaëla (Carmen), and Senta (Der fliegender Holländer). Other roles performed with Opera San Josè include Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus),Clorinda (La cenerentola), Leonora (Il trovatore), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Alice Ford  (Falstaff), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and First Lady (Die Zauberflöte). For West Bay Opera, Ms. Decter sang the role of Donna Elvira for the company's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni in spring 2004.

Ms. Decter is a frequent soloist in concerts and recitals throughout the Bay Area. In spring 2004 she appeared in the SJSU Artist Showcase Concert in honor of retiring professor Dr. Charlene Archibeque.  Her concert repertoire includes Schubert's Mass in G and Magnificat, Mozart's Coronation Mass, and Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio.

Recent awards include Fourth Place in the 2001 Anton Guadagno Vocal Competition sponsored by Palm Beach Opera, National Semi-finalist for the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, International Finalist for the 2001 Gerda Lissner Foundation Auditions in New York City, in which she received an Encouragement Award, as well as First Place in the San José Music Study Club and Henry and Maria Holt Memorial Scholarship competitions in 2000. 

For more information, please visit Ms. Decter's website:  http://www.loridecter.com

*Ms. Decter's artist residency is made possible in part by a Fellowship Grant from Howard Golub.