Mary Bella, soprano

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OPERA | ORATORIO | ART SONG CYCLES

OPERA:

Britten
Tiny, Paul Bunyan
Governess, Turn Of The Screw *
Burry, Dean
Dortchen, The Brothers Grimm
Chabrier
Aloés, L'étoile
Donizetti
Nina, Il Giovedi Grasso
Handel
Romilda, Xerxes *
Cleopatra, Giulio Cesare *
Massenet
Manon, Manon *
Monteverdi
Poppea, L'incoronazione Di Poppea
Mozart
Susanna, Le Nozze Di Figaro
Serpetta, La Finta Giardiniera
Zerlina, Don Giovanni
1st/2nd Lady, Die Zauberflöte
Despina, Cosi Fan Tutte *
Puccini
Mimi, La Bohème *
Smetana
Marenka, The Bartered Bride

* indicates significant excerpts of role have been performed. All others are full roles.

MAJOR SONG CYCLES:

Ager, Andrew (CAN)
Five James Joyce Songs
Barber
Hermit Songs
Britten
Cabaret Songs (1942)
The Poet's Echo (excerpts)
Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzer
Debussy
Ariettes oubliées
Cinq poèmes de Charles Beaudelaire
De Falla
Siete canciones populares Españolas
Dvorak
Biblical Songs (excerpts)
Gougeon, Denis (CAN)
Prophité II; Apres L'Apocolypse
(for voice and percussion)
Hawkins, John (CAN)
Waves for voice and piano
Kasemets, Udo (CAN)
Canciones: Three songs
(for voice, flute and guitar)
Poulenc
Fiançailles pour rire
La courte paille
Rossini
La Regata Veneziana
Schumann
Liederkreis Opus.39
Szymanowski
Four James Joyce Songs

ORATORIO/ORCHESTRAL:

Berg
Seven Early Songs
Bach
St. John Passion
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
Beethoven
Mass in C
Brahms
Requiem
Canteloube
Chants d'Auvergne (various)
Chabrier
Ode à la musique
Handel
Armida abbandonata (Cantata)
Messiah
Haydn
Lord Nelson Mass
Mass in Time of War
The Creation
The Seasons
Mendelssohn
Elijah
St. Paul
Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, KV. 165
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Requiem
Coronation Mass
Mass in B-flat
Various concert arias
Raminsh
Te Deum
Schubert
Mirjams Seigesgesang
Mass in B-flat
Stravinsky
Cantata for soprano, tenor & quintet


EDUCATION & TRAINING

1996-1999 University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Toronto, Ontario
MMus Performance (1999)
Graduate Opera Diploma with Honours
(1998)
Summer 1998 Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies
Aldeburgh, England
Masterclasses and lessons with Elly Emeling, Diane Forlano, Ruth Drucker and Barbara Pearson
1994-1996 McGill University Faculty of Music
Montreal, Quebec
Canadian University Exchange Consortium
1991-1995 Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Music
St.John's, Newfoundland
Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance with honours
July 1995/97 Orford Music Academy
Orford, Quebec
1995 - Masterclasses with Edith Mathis
1997 - Le nozze di Figaro
Fall 1993 Guildhall School of Music and Drama
London, England
Awarded one semester exchange
Aug 1992/93 Ottawa Summer Vocal Academy
Ottawa, Ontario
Intensive art song study with Alan Fast, Ingemar Korjus, Carolyn Hart and Rosemarie Landry

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AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Toronto:
1998 - 1999 Women's Art Association Luella McCleary Award
Eaton Graduating Scholarship
1997 - 1998 Gladys and Lloyd Fogler Scholarship
Frederick Malcolm Croggon Scholarship
1996 - 1997 Canadian Opera Women's Committee Bursary
Canadian Music Competition:
1997 National Finalist, 1st in Class; Sun Life Scholarship for highest overall mark in Provincial round
McGill University:
1995 - 1996 McGill University Faculty of Music Bursary
Memorial University:
1991 - 1995 School of Music Honours List for four years running
Dame Vera Lynne Renewable Scholarship
1993 & 1994 Karen Kierstead Mills Memorial Scholarship
1992 & 1993 School of Music Bursary
1991 Arthur and Dorothy Noseworthy Entrance Scholarship
Kiwanis Festival:
1994 Rose Bowl Finalist
1st in Senior Operatic Solo, 20 & under
Soprano Solo and Senior Concert Group
1993 1st in Senior Operatic Solo & Senior Concert Group

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