PAULA RASMUSSEN
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Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-soprano Paula Rasmussen is one of America's rising stars, equally
recognized for her performances in concert as well as opera. She has
performed with Opera National de Paris, Oper Stadt der Koln, Welsh
National Opera, Bayerische Sattsaoper, De Nederlandse Opera, Glyndebourne,
Grand Theatre de Geneve, Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, New York City
Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera as well as the Boston Symphony, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, San Francisco
Symphony, Cincinnati May Festival and the Atlanta Symphony. Conductors she
has collaborated with include Bolton, Conlon, Delfs, von Dohnanyi, Hogwood,
Jenkins, Joel, McGegan, Pido, Salonen and Wolff.
In recent seasons Ms Rassmussen performed the role of
Carmen
with the New York City Opera,
La
Clemenza di Tito in Munich,
Le Nozze di Figaro in
Dallas and the Mozart Requiem in Tanglewood. Most recent and upcoming
engagements include Rosina in
Il
Barbiere di Siviglia with the Pittsburgh Opera,
Hansel
and Gretel (with husband Donald Sherrill as Peter) in
Dallas,
La
Cenerentola in Koln,
Il
Viaggio a Reims in Barcelona and
Aridane
auf Naxos in Palermo as well as the
Bach
Magnificat with Jane Glover and Chicago's Music of the
Baroque.
The 2001 season began with Sesto in
Giulio
Cesare in Los Angeles, followed by Cherubino in
Nozze
di Figaro in Amsterdam, Rosina in
Il
Barbiere di Siviglia for Welsh National Opera and returned
to the Cincinnati May Festival to sing Bach's Mass in b minor and Ullman's
Kaiser vom Atlantis. She also forayed into the soprano repertoire recently
singing Donna Elvira in
Don
Giovanni with the Los Angeles Opera and at the Savonlinna
Festival. In 2000 Paula debuted the role of
Carmen in Koln and
reprised the title role of Xerxes in Montpellier, Ludwigshafen and
Dresden.
Operatic performances in recent seasons include
La Clemenza di Tito
for Opera National de Paris and Glyndebourne,
Werther,
Il
Ritorno D'Ullisse in Patria,
Ariadne
auf Naxos and
Hansel
und Gretel in Los Angeles,
Nabucco for Paris
Opera,
Nozze
di Figaro in Seville,
Il
Viaggio a Reims for New York City Opera,
Xerxes for Geneva,
Koln and Tanglewood. In concert she has recently sung
Bach's
Mass in b minor with the Cleveland Orchestra,
Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien and
La
Manoiselle Elue (recorded and released by SONY) for the LA
Philharmonic and in recital with Benita Valenti at the Ravinnia Festival.
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