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Julia Kierstine,
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During the 2005 - 2006 season, soprano
JULIA KIERSTINE was personally chosen by Maestro Lorin Maazel to
perform the role of Miss Jessel in Britten's The Turn of the
Screw, performances of which took place at his Virginia concert
venue, The Chateauville Foundation, as well as the Kennedy Center,
Washington D.C. The 2006 season also found Miss Kierstine back in
home territory, at San Francisco Opera, where she was engaged
to cover the renowned Finnish soprano, Karita Mattila in the title
role of Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Most recently Julia has
been invited to return to San Francisco Opera, during their Fall
2007 season, to cover the monumental role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi's
Macbeth. Other future engagements for Miss Kierstine include
performances of Desdemona in Verdi's Otello with Opera
Santa Barbara.
During the 2004 - 2005 season, Ms. Kierstine returned to Mendocino Music Festival for appearances as Nedda in Pagliacci, and performed the title role in Tosca for Pacific Repertory Opera in San Luis Obispo. Other recent performances include the monumental role of Minnie in La Fanciulla del West for Mendocino Music Festival, and appearances with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera in their fall 2003 presentation of Fidelio. This was her third invitation to work with CSO, having previously appeared there as Violetta in La traviata (2000), and Mimì in their production of La bohème. Other recent engagements for Miss Kierstine include the title role in Madama Butterfly with Pacific Repertory Opera, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Santa Barbara Grand Opera and the Buffalo Philarmonic, Violetta (La traviata) and Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) with Eugene Opera, and numerous productions of La bohème as Mimì and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. On the concert stage, Miss Kierstine has appeared in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Pensacola and Richmond Symphonies, the Winter Park Bach Festival and Albany Pro-Musica, and with Colorado Symphony in Handel's Messiah. She has appeared with the Buffalo Phillharmonic in Mozart's Great Mass in C and performed the same work with the Santa Cruz Symphony, with whom she also performed the Brahms Requiem and Mahler's Symphony No. 2. She has been heard with Albany Pro-Musica and the Bozeman Symphony in the Verdi Requiem and in all-Verdi Opera Galas with the South Bend Symphony and the Orquesta Filarmonica de Lima. In performances which highlight her active role as a distinguished advocate of contemporary music repertoire, Miss Kierstine has appeared numerous times with Edwin London and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony in the highly acclaimed cycle, Canti Lunatici by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Bernard Rands. She has also appeared as a guest artist performing Canti Lunatici and other works by composers such as Davidovsky, Bohmler and Crumb at the Aspen Music Festival and the Buffalo and Grand Teton Music Festivals. Miss Kierstine is a past National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and has been awarded Metropolitan Opera Study Grants three times. She is a past First Place Winner of The Center for Contemporary Opera International Vocal Competition, and under their sponsorship made her New York Recital Debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Future engagements for Miss Kierstine include performances as Desedemona in Verdi's Otello with Opera Santa Barbara. |