BARBARA DIVIS
has been engaged by San Diego
Opera to sing the roles of Michaela (Carmen) and First Lady (Die
Zauberflöte) in 2006.
For Hawaii Opera Theatre, Ms. Divis will perform the roles of Georgetta
(Il Tabarro), the title role in Suor Angelica and Lauretta
(Gianni Schicchi) in February of 2006. She is also engaged as
soloist in Gala Concerts with Opera Santa Barbara and the San Diego
Symphony.
Performances during
the 2004 - 2005 season included the title role in Madama Butterfly
for both the Taconic and Augusta Opera companies. Ms. Divis also
appeared as soprano soloist in Opera Pops with the San Diego
Symphony.
Appearances during the 2003 -
2004 season included
a joint recital with Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos under the auspices of West Bay
Opera, concerts with San Diego Chamber Orchestra, and the
role of Liu in Turandot with Austin Lyric Opera. For
Arizona Opera, she made her debut performance in the role of Georgetta in
Il Tabarro in Fall 2004.
Engagements during 2002 - 2003 featured Ms. Divas in the role of Micaela (Carmen)
with Santa Barbara Grand Opera and Violetta in Tacoma Opera's production of
La traviata. Concert performances featured the soprano as
soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Mexico City Symphony Orchestra in
July of 2002, as soloist in San Diego Symphony's Opera
Pops concert, and she appeared with "Singing Cop" Daniel
Rodriguez in Concert
in the Park series in Long Island, New York.
Ms. Divis also appeared in the
role of Amelia in West Bay Opera’s production of Un ballo in
maschera in February of 2003.
After leaving OSJ in 2000, Ms.Divis appeared as the
First Lady in Die Zauberflöte and Lula in Floyds Cold Sassy Tree,
both with San Diego Opera in January of 2001, and sang the role of Nedda in Nevada
Operas production of Pagliacci in November. Ms. Divis also was a soloist with
the Long Island Symphony at the Tilles Center in New York in late 2001.
- For more information, visit Ms. Divis' website @
http://www.barbaradivis.com/ or go to
Pinnacle Arts Management website @
http://www.pinnaclearts.com/artist.php?id=320.
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