Daria Somers: Bio

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

2009

Principal Soprano, OPERA TALES: PUCCINI
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Eli Villanueva, Stage Director

Principal Soprano, OPERA TALES: MOZART
Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program
Eli Villanueva, Stage 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

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

* Young Musicians Foundation Top Scholarship Recipient, 2008

* Young Musicians Foundation Swedlow Family Scholarship (top prize), 2007

* Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards Classical Voice Semifinalist, 1999

TRAINING

* 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
* Completed British American Drama Academy’s 2003 Midsummer in Oxford Classical Acting Program
* 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