Suzan Hanson
(Lady Macbeth)
Soprano. Roseau, Minnesota
. A multi-
faceted artist, Suzan combines work in Opera, Music Theater and
Theater. Last seen at COT as Giovanna in
Giovanna d’Arco
, Suzan’s
impressive list of operatic heroines include Cherubini’s Medea (in
Suzan’s new adaptation), Lady Macbeth, Cio-Cio San, Rosalinda,
Tatiana, Pat Nixon, Floyd’s Susannah, Olympia-Antonia-Giulietta,
Magda, Fiordiligi, Donna Anna, Countess Almaviva, Marilyn
Klinghoffer, as well as Poulenc’s La Voix Humane (“Hanson’s
singing was fresh and forceful...blazing dramatic fervor...” San Francisco Chronicle).
Suzan has performed with Arena di Verona, Arizona Opera, Carnegie Hall, Edinburgh,
Long Beach Opera, Maggio Musicale (Florence), New Israeli Opera, Pittsburgh Opera
Theater, Sacramento Opera, San Francisco Opera, Spoleto Festivals, and Virginia Opera.
Frequently sought for new works, Suzan has originated many roles, including Eurydice
in
Orpheus X
by Rinde Eckert, Hanako in
Sound of a Voice
and Raven in
White Raven
both
by Philip Glass, to name but a few. Theater roles include Maria in
Wintertime
, Lily in
The
Secret Garden
, Sharon on the National Tour of
Master Class
, opposite Fate Dunaway’s Maria
Callas... Recordings: THE TENDER LAND (Koch), COYOTE TALES (Newport Classics)
Paul Scholten
(Macduff, AMurderer)
Baritone
.
Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Scholten has been hailed as “an excellent baritone with notable
intelligence and trenchant musicality” (Opera News). This spring he
made his FortWorth Opera debut, where, as Guglielmo inMozart’s
Così fan Tutte
, he was praised for his “even and creamy” baritone
(Theater Jones). Mr. Scholten is a recent alumnus of the prestigious
Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center, where he appeared in
twelve productions over two seasons including Dancaïro in
Carmen
,
TheWigmaker in
Ariadne auf Naxos
, Happy in
La Fanciulla del West
as well as many others.
Other recent engagements include Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly
with DuPage Opera
Theatre, Baburov in Shostakovich’s
Moscow Cheryomushki
with Chicago Opera Theater, Der
Vater in
Hänsel und Gretel
with theMacon Symphony Orchestra, the title role in Tchaikovsky’s
Eugene Onegin
with the Opera Company of Middlebury and the role of the General in a
Metropolitan OperaWorkshop of ScottWheeler’s new opera
The Sorrows of Frederick
.
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