Erica Brookhyser     

   mezzo-soprano 

Résumé

Operatic ROles 

Carmen                       Carmen                          Staatstheater Darmstadt      2010*

Cherubino                   Le Nozze di Figaro         Staatstheater Darmstadt      2010*

Mother                         Die Gezeichneten            Los Angeles Opera              2010*

Wellgunde (cover)       Götterdämmerung           Los Angeles Opera              2010*

Brangäne (Act II)         Tristan und Isolde           YMF Debut Orchestra           2010*

Andronico (cover)         Tamerlano                       Los Angeles Opera             2009*

Irene (cover)                 Tamerlano                      Los Angeles Opera             2009*

Annina                           La Traviata                      Los Angeles Opera              2009

Wellgunde (cover)        Das Rheingold                  Los Angeles Opera              2009

Waltraute                     Die Walküre                     Los Angeles Opera              2009

Mercedes                      Carmen                           Los Angeles Opera              2008

Kate Pinkerton            Madama Butterfly            Los Angeles Opera               2008

Donna Elvira (cover)    Don Giovanni                  Utah Opera                           2008

Angelina (cover)            La Cenerentola             Utah Opera                           2008

Tisbe                             La Cenerentola              Utah Opera                           2008

Therese (World Prem.)    The Inman Diaries        Intermezzo Opera                2007

Cendrillon (cover)         Cendrillon (perf. 8/14)    Central City Opera                2007

Flora                             La Traviata                     Central City Opera                2007

Solo Voice                   Moses und Aron              Boston Symphony Orch.         2006

Maria Von Trapp         The Sound of Music         Brevard Music Center             2006

Myrtale                        Thaïs                               Boston Lyric Opera                2006

Dorabella                     Così fan tutte                 New England Conservatory   2006

Meg                              Little Women                  New England Conservatory   2005

Cendrillon                    Cendrillon                      New England Conservatory    2005

   * Up-coming performances

 



Concert and Oratorio Soloist

Sametz: Music's Music                                 Los Angeles Master Chorale       2009

Copland: Old American Songs                      Newport Symphony Orch.          2009

Handel: Messiah                                           Utah Symphony                          2007

Bach: Magnificat                                           Wellesley College                       2007

Bach: Ascension Oratorio                            Marsh Chapel Choir                     2007

Bach: Easter Oratorio                                  Marsh Chapel Choir                     2007

Crawford-Seeger: Three Songs                  NEC Contemporary Ens.              2006

Gubaidulina: Stunde der Seele                   NEC Wind Ensemble                     2005

J.M. Haydn: Missa sub titulo Sti. Leopoli    Eugene Choral Society                 2004

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien                  Univ. of Oregon Collegium             2004

Bach: Mass in b minor                                Univ. of Oregon Collegium             2002

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610                    Universidad de Panamá                2001


AWARDS

Pasadena Opera Guild, Career Grant, Pasadena, CA 2009
Agnes M. Canning Memorial Award, Santa Fe Opera, 2008

E. Atwill Gilman Award, Central City Opera, 2007
Shrestinian Award for Excellence, Boston Lyric Opera, 2007
Finalist, MacAllister Awards, 2005       
National Semi-Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2004
1st Place Winner, Northwest Regional Met. Opera Nat'l Council Auditions, 2004
John Moriarty-Presidential Scholarship, New England Conservatory, 2004-06 
3rd Place Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions, 2003  


Training

Los Angeles Opera Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program 2008-2010
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, 2008
Utah Opera Studio Artist Program, 2007-2008
Central City Opera Apprentice Program, 2007
Master of Music in Voice, New England Conservatory, 2006
Brevard Music Center, 2006
Tanglewood Music Center, 2005
Centro Studi Lirica, 2004
Bachelor of Arts in Music magna cum laude, University of Oregon, 2004