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Biography
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| Career highlights have included the title
role of performing Musetta opposite Giuseppe Taddei as Marcello; the title
role in LA TRAVIATA; Fiordiligi in COSI FAN TUTTE; Susannah in LE NOZZE DI
FIGARO; Lauretta in GIANNI SCHICCHI; Gretel in HANSEL AND GRETEL; Rosalinda
in DIE FLEDERMAUS; Goldentrill in IMPRESARIO; and the title role in ELISIR
D’AMORE, a role she debuted at Italy’s Festival di Musica da Camera. Concert
highlights have included Handel’s MESSIAH; Poulenc’s GLORIA; Faure’s
REQUIEM; Vivaldi’s GLORIA and Mozart’s EXULTATE JUBILATE. Ms. Cotroneo
studied with Gianni Raimondi and Giuseppe Taddei; coaches with Isabelle
Aubin; and Maestro Gildo DiNunzio of the Metropolitan Opera. In September
2006 she will star in the world premier of PASSAGIO PROTETTO (Safe Passage),
a monumental work paying tribute to the Italians who rescued the Jews during
the Holocaust. |
Opera roles performed
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| Madame Silberklang |
Impresario |
Empire State Lyric Theatre, 2006 |
| Madame Herz |
Impresario |
Buffalo Opera Unlimited, 2006 |
| Fiordiligi |
Così fan tutte |
Buffalo Opera Unlimited, 2005 |
| Adina |
L’elisir d’amore |
Festival di musica da camera, Italy, 2004 |
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Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, 2004 |
| Violetta |
La Traviata |
Buffalo Opera Unlimited, 2003 |
| Rosalinda |
Die Fledermaus |
Rochester Opera Factory, 2001 |
| Gretel |
Hansel and Gretel |
West Virginia University |
| Susanna |
Le nozze di Figaro |
West Virginia University |
| Lauretta |
Gianni Schicchi |
Ithaca College |
| 1st Spirit |
Die Zauberflöte |
Ithaca College |
Concert Engagements
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| Vespers (Mozart)/Gloria (Vivaldi) |
Orchard Park Chorale, 2006 |
| Messiah (Handel) |
Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, 2005 |
| Messiah (Handel) |
Rochester Oratorio Society, 2004 |
| Requiem (Faure) and Gloria (Poulenc) |
Orchard Park Chorale, 2004 |
| Gloria (Vivaldi) and Gloria (Poulenc) |
Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, 2003 |
| Christmas Cantata (Scarlatti) |
Genesee Symphony, 2003 |
| Casa Italiana |
various benefit concerts, 2003/2004/2005 |
Repertoire
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| Adina |
L’elisir d’amore |
Donizetti |
| Lucia |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Donizetti |
| Norina |
Don Pasquale |
Donizetti |
| Oscar |
Un ballo in Maschera |
Verdi |
| Violetta |
La Traviata |
Verdi |
| Gilda |
Rigoletta |
Verdi |
| Queen of the Night |
Die Zauberflöte |
Mozart |
| Susannah |
Le nozze di Figaro |
Mozart |
| Goldentrill |
Impresario |
Mozart |
| Blonde |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
Mozart |
| Olympia |
Les Contes d’Hoffman |
Offenbach |
| Nedda |
I Pagliacci |
Leoncavallo |
| Lauretta |
Gianni Schicchi |
Puccini |
| Gretel |
Hansel und Gretel |
Humperdinck |
| Zerbinetta |
Ariadne auf Naxoz |
Strauss |
| Baby Doe |
The Ballad of Baby Doe |
Moore |
| Cunegonde |
Candide |
Bernstein |
Training
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Teachers
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Thomas Paul, private study |
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Claudia Pinza, private study |
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Deborah Montgomery, Ithaca College
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Diana Warden-Larson, International School of
Performing Arts |
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Coaches
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Gildo DiNunzio, Metropolitan Opera |
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Isabelle Aubin, Festival di musica da
Camera/private study |
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Robert Thieme, West Virginia University |
Education
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| Festival di musica da Camera, Italy |
| Internation School of Performing Arts, Doylestown, Pa |
| XII Corso Internazionale di Perfezionamento d’Arte Vocale,
Italy |
| MM in Applied Voice, West Virginia University |
| BM in Vocal Performance and Music Education, Ithaca
College |
Miscellaneous
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| National Anthem: Buffalo Bills, Florida Marlins |
| Soloist (opening ceremony): National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children Gala |
| Special Olympics Gala |
| Small Business Council Gala |
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