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Daria Somers: Bio
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
2010
Cio-Cio San, MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Montana Lyric Opera
Daniel Redfeld, Conductor
Cio-Cio San, MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Nevada Opera Theatre
Frank Fetta, Conductor
Dan Frank, Stage Director
Principal Soprano, GERMAN OPERA TALES
(as part of Ring Festival L.A.)
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Daniel Faltus, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
2009
Susanna/ Sinopa, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGUEROA
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Tali Tadmor, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
Susanna (cover) and Flower Maiden, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Crested Butte Music Festival
David Syrus, Conductor
Sarah Myers, Stage Director
Bergere and The White Cat, L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES
Crested Butte Music Festival
Laurent Phillipe, Musical Director
Justin Johnson, Stage Director
Principal Soprano, OPERA TALES: PUCCINI
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Daniel Faltus, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
La Contessa, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Center Stage Opera
Brian Onderdonk, Conductor
Dylan Thomas, Director
2008
Susanna/ Sinopa, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGUEROA
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Tali Tadmor, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
Gilda, RIGOLETTO
Center Stage Opera
Brian Onderdonk, Conductor
Dylan Thomas, Director
Principal Soprano, OPERA TALES: CELEBRATING PUCCINI'S 150TH BIRTHDAY
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Daniel Faltus, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
Darla/Campesina, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGUEROA
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Tali Tadmor, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
2007
Principal Soprano, SING OUT LOUD
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Daniel Faltus, Music Director
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director
Suor Angelica (Cover), SUOR ANGELICA
California State University, Northridge
David Aks, Conductor
Daniel Helfgot, Director
Gretel, HANSEL AND GRETEL
Red Rock Opera
Marek Rachelski, Conductor
Zeffin Quinn Hollis, Director
Donna Elvira, DON GIOVANNI
Operafestival di Roma
Francesco Carotenuto, Conductor
Richard Harrell, Director
2006
Suor Angelica, SUOR ANGELICA
Opera in the Ozarks
Roger Cantrell, Conductor and Director
Gypsy and Ensemble, LA TRAVIATA
Opera in the Ozarks
Roger Cantrell, Conductor and Director
Ensemble, UN GIORNO DI REGNO
Lyric Opera of Los Angeles
Robert Sage, Conductor
Arthur Freeman, Director
2003
Gina, SURVIVOR, THE MUSICAL
UCLA TheaterFest
Myles Nye, Director
2002
Principal, SENIOR CABARET
UCLA Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program
Nancy Dussault, Director
Jenny, COMPANY
UCLA Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program
John Rubinstein, Director
2000
Principal, 1929 MUSICAL REVUE
UCLA Music Theater Workshop
John Hall, Director
1999
Ensemble, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
Reprise!
Arthur Allan Seidelman, Director
1998
Ensemble, OF THEE I SING
Reprise!
Arthur Allan Seidelman, Director
CONCERT EXPERIENCE
2009
SCENES IN PARADISE
Lady Billows in Act I, Scene 1 of ALBERT HERRING
Nedda in "Nedda!... Silvio!" from PAGLIACCI
Crested Butte Music Festival
ARIAS WITH ALTITUDE
Crested Butte Music Festival
SONGS OF A WAYFARER (G. Mahler, Arranged by A. Schoenberg)
With the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra
Sundays Live at LACMA's Bing Theater
2008
Mimi in Act I of LA BOHEME (G. Puccini)
Valley Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert
2007
Young Musicians Foundation Scholarship Winners Concert
Beverly Hills Library
AWARDS
*Metropolitan Opera National Council Los Angeles District Encouragement Award, 2009
* Young Musicians Foundation Swerdlow Family Scholarship (top prize), 2008
* Young Musicians Foundation Swerdlow Family Scholarship (top prize), 2007
* Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards Classical Voice Semifinalist, 1999
TRAINING
PROGRAMS
* Crested Butte Music Festival Opera Young Artist Program, 2009
* Operafestival di Roma, 2007
* Opera in the Ozarks, 2006
* British American Drama Academy Midsummer in Oxford Classical Acting Program, 2003
EDUCATION
* Study classical singing with Joann Zajac in Los Angeles, California
* Previous singing instruction with Monica Benvenuti in 2004, and David Romano from 1997 - 2004
* Studied French, Italian, and German at UCLA; Italian in Florence, Italy at Istituto Europeo, 2004
* Studied French, Italian, and German diction for singers with Heinz Blankenburg
* Graduate of UCLA’s Acting Continuum, including courses with Mel Shapiro, Salome Jens, and Lindsay Crouse
* Graduate of UCLA's Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program, instructed by Karen Morrow and Nancy Dussault
* Studied ballet, jazz, tap, and musical theater dance with Nicholas Gunn, Peggy Hickey, and Lynn Dally
* Graduated from L.A. County High School for the Arts - Theater Department