Jacqueline Venable Simmons is an American soprano who has performed roles such as Desdemona in Otello, Micaëla in Carmen, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. She has performed with companies such as Winter Opera St. Louis, Atlanta Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and Gotham Chamber Opera. Her training includes programs with the San Francisco Opera Center, Western Opera Theatre, and Sarasota Opera. She has won awards from organizations like the Jenson Foundation, Licia Albanese Foundation, and Dicapo Opera.
Promo Presentation of Moustache Interactive Theatre show "Postmen"MoustacheTheatre
Postmen is an interactive street comedy with active participation of audience. During the performance actors involve the audience into different activities. The spectators jump, dance, kiss and do other funny things.
The Interactive Theatre Moustache (Minsk, Belarus) occupied streets since 2010.
Promo Presentation of Moustache Interactive Theatre show "Postmen"MoustacheTheatre
Postmen is an interactive street comedy with active participation of audience. During the performance actors involve the audience into different activities. The spectators jump, dance, kiss and do other funny things.
The Interactive Theatre Moustache (Minsk, Belarus) occupied streets since 2010.
Immigrants’ Theatre Project will present Staged Readings in English of 6 new plays written by women playwrights who are the leading voices writing for the stage today in Central and Eastern Europe. ITP’s artistic director Marcy Arlin and director Gwynn MacDonald will curate these plays from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovak Republic.
Immigrants’ Theatre Project will present Staged Readings in English of 6 new plays written by women playwrights who are the leading voices writing for the stage today in Central and Eastern Europe. ITP’s artistic director Marcy Arlin and director Gwynn MacDonald will curate these plays from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovak Republic.
Cv europeo in inglese 2016 di Luisa RussoLuisa Russo
Luisa Russo - Direttore d'Orchestra, Compositore, Soprano / CURRICULUM VITAE EUROPEO in Inglese di una carriera insolita, un personaggio, una volontà, entusiasmo e tanto amore
The Ladies of the Camellias at Ross Valley PlayersGregg Le Blanc
What happens when rivals in the Belle Epoque theatre scene meet up and create some drama? Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse both vie for top billing in this comedy - but there is surprising twist!
The Ladies of the Camellias at Ross Valley Players
Resume March 2015
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JACQUELINE VENABLE SIMMONS, SOPRANO
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Desdemona Otello (Verdi) Winter Opera St. Louis 2015
Micaëla Carmen (Bizet) Atlanta Opera 2004
Pamina Die Zauberflöte(Mozart) Hawaii Opera Theatre 2003
The Bride Hlas Lesa (Martinů) Gotham Chamber Opera 2002
Suzel L’amico Fritz (Mascagni) Dicapo Opera 2002
Leonora Il Trovatore (Verdi) Dicapo Opera 2001
Giunone Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Monteverdi) New York City Opera 2001
Pamina Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) Opera Festival of New Jersey 2001
Zuma Alzira (Verdi) Sarasota Opera 2000
Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) Merola Opera Program 1998
ADDITIONAL ROLES PREPARED (*Performed)
*Mimì La Bohème (Puccini) Opera in the Ozarks
*Monica The Medium (Menotti) University of Kansas
*Dido Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) University of Kansas
*Mistress Ford Sir John in Love (Vaughan-Williams) University of Kansas
Marzelline Fidelio (Beethoven)
Musetta La Bohème (Puccini)
Liù Turandot (Puccini)
Ghita Der Zwerg (Zemlinksy)
ROLES IN PREPARATION
Margherita Mefistofele(Boito)
Wally La Wally (Catalani)
Rusalka Rusalka (DvoraK)
Susannah Susannah (Floyd)
Marguerite Faust(Gounod)
Salomé Hérodiade(Massenet)
Fiordiligi Così fan tutte(Mozart)
Manon Lescaut Manon Lescaut(Puccini)
Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier(Strauss)
TRAINING
San Francisco Opera Center – Merola Program
Western Opera Theatre Tour
Sarasota Opera Studio Artist
Voice teachers: Inci Bashar; Mary Schiller; Julia Broxholm
Coaches: Yelena Kurdina; Natalia Rivera
MasterClasses:ReginaResnik,Dame JoanSutherland,LiciaAlbanese,Carol Vaness,LotfiMansouri,WarrenJones,
John Wustman, Patrick Summers, Martin Isepp, Charlie Riecker, and John Norris.
2. JACQUELINE VENABLE SIMMONS, SOPRANO
AWARDS
The Jenson Foundation – 2nd
, 2002
Licia Albanese – 2nd
, 2002
Loren L. Zachary – 2nd
, 2000
Dicapo Opera – 1st
, 2000
Gerda Lissner – Career Grant, 2002
Liederkranz – 7th
, 2000
Palm Beach Opera – 7th
/5th
, 1999/2000
Helen Jepson Dellera Scholarship, 2000
Metropolitan Opera National Council – Regional Finalist, 1995-1997
Metropolitan Opera National Council –“ Most Promising Artist,” 1997
The Richard F. Gold Career Grant (Merola), 1998
The Merola Opera Career Study Grant, 1998