American lyric soprano Kristin Clayton created a sensation when she sang
the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s “At the Statue of
Venus” for the grand opening of Denver’s new Caulkins Opera House,
replacing Renee Fleming for whom the work had been commissioned. Upcoming
and most recent engagements include The Golden Ticket for Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Jake Heggie's Three Decembers with the Houston Grand Opera and
the San Francisco Opera, Street Scene with Opera Theatre of St.
Louis, Don Giovanni for Walnut Creek Opera and a Gala Concert for the re-opening
of the historic Asolo Opera House in Sarasota, Florida opposite Susan
Graham.
Kristin Clayton began the 2003/2004 with the San Francisco Opera singing
her first Nedda in I Pagliacci and returned for Fiordilgi in Cosi fan
tutte. Miss Clayton made her 1994 San Francisco Opera debut singing in the
world premiere of Susa's The Dangerous Liaisons (telecast nationally on
"Great Performances" on PBS), was featured as Wellgunde in the opening
night production of Das Rheingold during the company's 1999 Ring Festival
and in Massenet`s Herodiade with Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming,
(recorded and released by Sony Classical).
In this past seasons she sang Echo in the critically acclaimed production
of Ariadne auf Naxos, Mimi in La Boheme for Chautauqua Opera and sang
Mendelssohn's Lobgesang with the Kalamazoo Symphony. Her most recent roles
include Violetta in La Traviata and Magda in La Rondine with Chautauqua
Opera and Norina in Don Pasquale and Micaela in the adaptation of Bizet's
Carmen: La tragédie de Carmen by Peter Brook with Festival Opera in Walnut
Creek, CA.
While a member of the San Francisco Opera Center and an Adler Fellow, she
performed in Showcase productions of Tippett's King Priam (Andromache) and
Handel's Ezio (Onoria). At Wolftrap Opera, Miss Clayton sang Donna Anna in
Don Giovanni and the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte and as a member of San
Francisco Opera's Merola Program, she sang Rosalinde and Adele in Die Fledermaus with Western Opera Theatre. Additional opera credits include
the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Micaela in Carmen, Virtue in
L'Incoronazione di Poppea, the title roles in Zaïde and Suor Angelica and
a Wood Nymph in Rusalka for the San Francisco Opera.
Her orchestral engagements with the San Francisco Symphony have included a
tribute to Leonard Bernstein and a semi-staged revival of On the Town,
conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. She recently performed the Verdi
Requiem with Modesto Symphony and Poulenc`s Gloria and Orff`s Carmina
Burana with the San Mateo Masterworks Chorale.
Miss Clayton is featured on a recording of songs by American composer Jake
Heggie titled "The Faces of Love" (RCA-Red Seal) and sang the role of
Sister Helen Prejean in the workshop of the new Jake Heggie/Terrence
McNally opera Dead Man Walking. She sang a solo recital on the acclaimed Schwabacher Debut Recital series, performing the world premiere of
Heggie's song cycle, Eve Song, commissioned especially for her. Last
season in San Diego, she sang a solo recital accompanied by Maestro Donald
Runnicles.
Operatic Repertoire:
Bizet
Charpentier
Dvorak
Floyd
Gounod
Handel
Heggie
Mozart
Offenbach
Puccini
Rossini
Strauss, J.
Susa
Tippett
Verdi
Von Weber
Wagner
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Carmen
Louise
Rusalka
Susannah
Faust
Ezio
Dead Man Walking
Cosi Fan tutte
Don Giovanni
I Domeneo
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Die Zauberflote
Entfuhrung
Zaide
Hoffman
La Boheme
La Rondine
Suor Angelica
Cenerentola
Die Fledermaus
Dangerous Liasons
King Priam
Otello
Der Freischutz
Das Rheingold
Gotterdammerung
Die Walkurie
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Micaela
Irma
Rusalka
Susannah
Marguerite
Onoria
Sister Helen
Fiordiligi
Donna Anna
Ilia*
Contessa
Erste Dame
Konstanza*
Zaide
Antonia/Giuletta
Mimi/Musetta
Magda
Angelica
Clorinda
Rosalinde
Mme.de Tourval
Andromache
Desdemona
Agathe*
Wellgunde
Wellgunde
Ortlinde
*in preparation
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