Opera Training and Performances

Adrianna Cecilia Sgarlata

Performing Arts Awards

~ First Place Winner of the prestigious Sue Goetz Ross Memorial Competition conducted by the "Friday Morning Music Club" ~

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~ First Place Winner of the Mid-Atlantic Regional ~ NATS competition ~
NATS is the National Association of Teachers of Singing

~ Two Time First Place State Winner ~ NATS Competition ~

~ Four Time State Finalist ~ NATS Competition ~

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Honors Recital

~ Winner of 2003 Honors Competition, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of Music, George Mason University ~

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Performing Arts Training

Vocal Studies

Ms. Sgarlata has been studying voice for nine years, currently studying with

Professor Patricia Miller
Director of Vocal Studies at George Mason University

Bachelor of Music, Concentration in Vocal Performance
George Mason University
College of Visual & Performing Arts
May 2005 Graduate

Currently pursing

Master of Music, Concentration in Vocal Performance
George Mason University
College of Visual & Performing Arts

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Master Classes & Other Coaching

~ Adrianna has participated in master classes led by ~

Mattiwilda Dobbs ~ Metropolitan Opera

Sylvia Olden Lee ~ Curtis Institute, Metropolitan Opera

Maestro Christoph Sandman ~ Freiberg Stadt Theatre

Moses Hogan ~ world renowned composer, arranger, and conductor

Phyllis Curtain ~ Aspen, Colorado School of Music and the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood

Leonard Slatkin ~ Conductor, Musical Director of the National Symphony Orchestra

Dan Saunders ~ Associate Conductor of Virginia Opera

Peter Mark ~ Artistic Director of Virginia Opera

LtCol Timothy W. Foley ~ Director of "The President’s Own" United States Marine Band

Douglas Webster ~ Jean Valjean in Les Miserables; Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein’s MASS

Mark Morris ~ Mark Morris Dance Group

Muriel von Villas ~ Washington National Opera & International Opera

Patricia Miller ~ Director of Vocal Studies, George Mason University; Berlin Opera

Carla Rae Cook ~ Washington National Opera, International Opera Artist

Michael Temme ~ Opera Director and Professor, Hochschüle für Musik, Vienna, Austria

Huschi Horner ~ Stage Director, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Stan Engebretson ~ National Philharmonic Chorale & Strathmore Performing Arts Center, New York Presbyterian Church

Dr. Katerina Souvorova ~ Bel Cantanti Opera Company

Francis Conlon ~ George Washington University & George Mason University

Michael Crabill ~ Opera Coach ~ University of South Carolina, American University, Howard University, George Mason University

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~ Summer Symposium in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy ~

Presented by Richard Miller

Director, Institute of Vocal Performance Pedagog

Director, Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center

Wheeler Professor of Performance

Oberlin Conservatory

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Performance experience in 7 languages:

~ Italian, German, French, Latin, Spanish, Russian, and English ~

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Opera Roles

Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors

Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi

Mirinda in L’ormindo

Pamina in The Magic Flute

Selected Scenes as Susannah in The Marriage of Figaro

Selected Scenes as Adele in Die Fledermaus

Selected Scenes as Yvette in La Rondine

Selected Scenes as Lakmé in Lakmé

Selected Scenes as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel

Selected Scenes as Clara in Porgy and Bess

Featured soloist and chorus member in Bernstein’s Mass

Selected Scenes as Chorus Member in Cosi Fan Tutte

Chorus Member in La Boheme

Chorus Member in La Traviata

Chorus Member in The Merry Widow

To view photos from some of Adrianna’s performances, please click the link below:

Performance Album

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Oratorio and Recital

~ Soloist in Faure Requiem ~

~ Soloist in selections from Handel’s Messiah ~

~ Soloist in recital ~ Music of the Americas ~ St. Moritz Switzerland ~

~ Guest soloist ~ Good Time Singers of St. Moritz, Switzerland ~

~Soloist in Musicale and Tribute to Professor Patricia Miller, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity & City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts ~

~ Soloist in Command Performance for the George Mason University Board of Visitors ~

~ Soloist representing the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the GMU Accreditation Department Recital for the Board of Visitors ~

~ Soloist in Recital of Operatic Arias and Art Songs at the Arleigh Burke Pavilion ~

~ Featured soloist ~ Mrs. Maryland 2003 Pageant ~

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Choral Performances

~ Performed Verdi’s "Requiem" with the Masterworks Chorus & Orchestra in association with the George Mason University Symphonic Chorus at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. ~

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~ With the George Mason University Chamber Singers, performed "Gloria in D Major" by Antonio Vivaldi for the Mark Morris Dance Group at the George Mason University Concert Hall ~

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~ Performed with "The President’s Own" United States Marine Band

at the University of Maryland ~

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Community Service Performances

~ Many other performances at Church, Community, and Cultural Arts events, matinee performances for magnet schools, special education centers, and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at on George Mason University's Fairfax campus, as well as for senior citizens in nursing homes and churches ~

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