Alaine Rodin

Alaine Rodin is an American operatic soprano who has sung leading roles both in the United States and internationally.

Biography

A native of Berkeley California, she studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Juilliard School and trained with the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Young Artists programme, appearing in the LOC company premiere of Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles in 1990.[1][2] She went on to sing Woglinde in Das Rheingold (New Orleans Opera), Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann (Opera Lirico de Costa Rica), Liù in Turandot (Guatemala City) and Marguerite in Faust (Augusta Opera). Rodin first came to international attention when appeared in the 1996-1997 Broadway performances of Terrence McNally's Master Class, where she sang "Vieni t'affretta" from Verdi's Macbeth.[3] She made her European début as Micaela in Carmen at the Opéra Comique in Paris in February 1999.[4]

In 2007, she appeared at the Utah Festival Opera as Clara in Porgy and Bess and with West Bay Opera as Liza in The Queen of Spades.[5][6] As a member of the Linz Landestheater opera company during the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, she has sung the title role in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Giulietta in Les contes d'Hoffmann and First Soprano in Philip Glass' opera Kepler, as well as singing with the company for the opera's North American premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[7][8][9]

Her appearances on the concert stage have included those at Sarasota Opera[10] and the Kyoto International Music Festival.

Recordings
  • William Schuman: The Mighty Casey – A Baseball Opera In Three Scenes and A Question of Taste ; Juilliard Orchestra; 1994. Label: Delos Records

References
  1. Bullock, Ken, "A Homecoming For Alaine Rodin", Berkeley Daily Planet, 20 October 2006 (accessed 1 May 2010)
  2. Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cast lists 1990-1999
  3. Marks, Peter "A New Callas More Wounded Than Wounding", New York Times, 1 March 1997 (accessed 1 May 2010)
  4. Opéra national du Rhin, Saison 1998-1999 Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, 1998, Vol. 52 p. 13 (in French, accessed 1 May 2010)
  5. Howard, Rebecca C. "Utah Festival Opera's 4 productions a little uneven", Deseret Morning News, 16 July 2007 (accessed via subscription 1 May 2010)
  6. Kreitman, Keith, "'Queen of Spades' deals strong hand", Oakland Tribune, 22 February 2007 (accessed via subscription 1 May 2010)
  7. Linz Landestheater, Opernensemble Spielzeit 2009/2010 (Opera ensemble, 2009/2010 Season) (in German, accessed 1 May 2010)
  8. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, "Keplers Weltbild erobert New York", 26 March 2010 (in German, accessed 1 May 2010)
  9. Persché, Gerhard , "Karikatur-und-Tragik", Opernwelt, July 2009, p. 48, reprinted on Kultiversum (in German, accessed 1 May 2010)
  10. Hulsking, Charlie, Broadway Visits the Opera, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 3 November 2000, p. 33 (accessed 1 May 2010)
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