The document provides a resume for soprano Justine Aronson listing her opera and solo concert performances from 2009 to 2015, including roles in world premieres and with companies such as Opera Philadelphia, as well as her education including a Master's degree from Westminster Choir College. It also lists some of her voice instructors, coaches, directors, and conductors from her training and career.
Artist Resume of Kara Laus, Dramatic Mezzo-SopranoKara Laus
Dramatic mezzo-soprano Kara Laus is a budding artist and Pittsburgh native who makes her professional debut upon receiving her B.M. of Performance in Voice from Duquesne University.
In her five years of opera performance, Ms. Laus has appeared at Duquesne as la Zelatrice and la Badessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and covered la Principessa; in her early career she performed the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas, Baba in Menotti’s The Medium, Constance in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, and Gertrude in Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel, and covered Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Laus has appeared frequently in Pittsburgh and internationally with the studio of her teacher, Guenko Guechev, most recently presenting concerts in Rome and Florence, Italy. A prolific concert singer and recitalist, she has performed such works as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, de Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Misterium, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, and De Falla’s 7 Canciones Populares Españoles.
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Artist Resume of Kara Laus, Dramatic Mezzo-SopranoKara Laus
Dramatic mezzo-soprano Kara Laus is a budding artist and Pittsburgh native who makes her professional debut upon receiving her B.M. of Performance in Voice from Duquesne University.
In her five years of opera performance, Ms. Laus has appeared at Duquesne as la Zelatrice and la Badessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and covered la Principessa; in her early career she performed the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas, Baba in Menotti’s The Medium, Constance in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, and Gertrude in Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel, and covered Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Laus has appeared frequently in Pittsburgh and internationally with the studio of her teacher, Guenko Guechev, most recently presenting concerts in Rome and Florence, Italy. A prolific concert singer and recitalist, she has performed such works as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, de Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Misterium, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, and De Falla’s 7 Canciones Populares Españoles.
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1. justine aronson, soprano
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Opera/Operetta
Erica The After Time (Johnson) The Industry (LA) 2015
Bonnie (scene) Bonnie and Clyde (McIntosh) The Industry (LA) [world premiere] 2015
L’Amour Pygmalion (Rameau) On Site Opera (NYC) 2014
Solo Niña Ainadamar (Golijov) Opera Philadelphia 2014
Oscar Un ballo in maschera Concert Opera Philadelphia 2013
Yum-Yum The Mikado The Savoy Company of Philadelphia 2012
Monica The Medium Opera MODO 2012
Laurey Williams Oklahoma (selections) Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra 2010
Morgana (scene) Alcina Westminster Choir College 2010
Giunia (scene) Lucio Silla Westminster Choir College 2010
Ensemble Proserpina (Rihm) The Spoleto Festival USA 2010
Yniold Pelléas et Mélisande Westminster Choir College 2010
Mabel (scene) The Pirates of Penzance Westminster Choir College 2010
Zdenka (scene) Arabella Westminster Choir College 2010
Frasquita (scene) Carmen American Institute of Musical Studies 2009
Despina Così fan tutte Western Michigan University 2008
Papagena (scene) Die Zauberflöte Chautauqua, Malas Program 2007
Amor L’incoronazione di Poppea Chautauqua, Malas Program 2007
Solo Concert
Magnificat Bach Princeton Pro Musica 2014
Coro Berio The Lucerne Festival 2014
Lord Nelson Mass Haydn Tower Hill Church of Red Bank 2014
Messiah Handel The Monmouth Civic Chorus 2013
Harmoniemesse Haydn Mount Holyoke College 2013
Gloria Vivaldi Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia 2012
Salve Regina Haydn Reno Kantorei 2012
Requiem Mozart Princeton Pro Musica 2012
Mass in B Minor Bach Westminster Summer Festival 2012
Magnificat Vivaldi The Masterwork Chorus 2012
Beatus Vir Vivaldi The Masterwork Chorus 2012
Laud to the Nativity Respighi The Masterwork Chorus 2011
Missa Sancti Hieronymi M. Haydn The Masterwork Chorus 2011
Mass in C Minor Mozart Westminster Choir College 2011
Cantata 51, Jauchzet Gott… Bach Westminster Choir College 2011
Education/Programs
OperaWorks Winter Intensive Program 2015
Lucerne Festival Academy 2014
SongFest 2013
CoOPERAtive 2012
MM - Westminster Choir College 2011
BM - Western Michigan University 2009
Voice Instructors Coaches Directors Conductors
Deborah Birnbaum JJ Penna Marc Verzatt Daniel Beckwith
Margaret Lattimore Susan Ashbaker Eric Einhorn Joe Miller
Margaret Cusack Rachelle Jonck Stephen Zegree
Kenneth Prewitt