| Former resident
artist Deborah Berioli returns to Opera San José
during the 2006 - 2007 season to appear in the title role of Madama
Butterfly. Last season, Ms. Berioli performed the roles of Elizabeth
Proctor (The Crucible), Amelia (A Masked Ball),
Mimì (La bohème), and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). Ms. Berioli
made her company debut during the 2004 - 2005 season performing the
roles of Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in Tosca,
Micaëla (Carmen),
and Senta (Der fliegende Holländer)
Ms. Berioli made her Carnegie Hall
debut in April 2000 with New England Symphonic Ensemble performing the
Requiems of Mozart and Fauré, and returned during the 2001 -
2002 season as a soloist in Poulenc's Gloria. Other
operatic experience includes performances with the Metropolitan Opera
Guild, Sarasota Opera Company, Orchestra of St. Luke's at Lincoln
Center, Minnesota Opera Company and Des Moines Metro Opera Company.
Ms. Berioli's role repetoire includes
Mimì (La bohème), Liu (Turandot),
the title role of Madama Butterfly as well as Marguerite
(Faust), Antonia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Fiordiligi (Così
fan tutte), and The Governess (The Turn of the Screw).
Other concert appearances have
featured Ms. Berioli as soloist with Minnesota Orchestra and St.
Paul's Cathedral Orchestra. Most recently, Ms. Berioli was a
featured soloist with Santa Cruz Symphony in their performance of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and with the Redwood Symphony
in their performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. She is an accomplished recitalist,
having performed art song recitals throughout the New York
Metropolitan area.
Her awards
include third place in the New Jersey State Opera International
Competition (2002), and first place in the Metropolitan National
Council, Upper Mid-Western Auditions.
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