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Christina Major, 1997 - 2000
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2005 - 2006 engagements for CHRISTINA MAJOR include performances as Violetta (La traviata) with Rimrock Opera in Billings, Montana and her debut with Ft. Worth Opera in the role of Mimì (La bohème). On the concert stage, Ms. Major will be the featured soloist with the Fairbanks Symphony in Alaska in their performance of the Brahms Requiem, and will also be a featured soloist in Mozart's C Minor Mass with the Duke University Chorale and Orchestra Pro Cantores. In 2007, Ms. Major will appear as soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony for their performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, and with the Delaware Symphony in their performance of Carmina Burana. Recent performances featured Ms. Major as a soloist in the NEA's Great American Voices Series at Malmstrom Airforce Base. She also appeared as soloist in Carmina Burana with the Phoenix Symphony, as a soloist with George Cleve and the Midsummer Mozart Festival, and as Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Plus in Idaho. After her departure from Opera San José in 2004, Ms. Major was a featured soloist with The Midsummer Mozart Festival, and appeared as a guest artist in University of North Texas Opera Center's fall 2004 production of Madama Butterfly in the title role. Most recently, she was named a winner in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition in 2005.
During her second engagement as a
member of Opera San
José's resident company, Ms. Major appeared as Nedda (Pagliacci),
Léïla (Les Pêcheurs de perles ), and Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus)
during the 2003 - 2004 season. Ms. Major's previous roles with OSJ include
Anne Trulove
(The Rake’s Progress), Juliette ( Roméo et Juliette), Donna
Anna (Don Giovanni), Hanna (The Merry Widow), Rosina (Il
barbiere di Siviglia), Micaëla (Carmen), and Violetta (La
traviata). Ms. Major performed the roles of Violetta (La traviata) with Nevada Opera in February of 2001, the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) with Amarillo Opera in 2002, and Mimì (La bohème) with Knoxville Opera in 2003. Ms. Major also toured with the Santa Fe Opera in spring of 2003 and continued to perform with that company during the summer. Other recent performances include the roles of the Accuser and Victim in the world premiére of Bright Sheng's Madam Mao at Santa Fe Opera. Ms. Major also was a nominee for the prestigious Sarah Tucker Awards. Ms. Major may be contacted at: MIRSHAK ARTISTS MANAGEMENT For Ms. Major's personal website, click here. |