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ALICE BAKER, MEZZO SOPRANO

O P E R A

Bizet
CARMEN
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sacramento Opera, Long Beach Opera, Florentine Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre,
National Grand Opera, Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Maribor Opera,
John Anson Ford Theatre, Hollywood; Slovenian National Opera


Puccini

MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Suzuki)
Vancouver Opera, LA Opera, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Edmonton Opera,
Winnipeg Opera, Music at Bear Valley (Festival) USA, Sacramento Opera


Verdi

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
(Preziosilla)
The Washington Opera, Budapest Opera, Opera Mantova
OTELLO (Emilia)
LA Opera, The St. Louis Symphony, LA Opera
RIGOLETTO (Maddalena)
Seattle Opera
AIDA (Amneris)
Greenville Opera (USA)
MANZONI REQUIEM
Festival Valentiniano Italy, International Festival of Lubiana (Slovenia), International Festival of Santa Margherita Ligure, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Symphony,
Orchestra Hall Detroit, Santa Ana Symphony, Orange County Performing Arts Center
FALSTAFF (Meg Page)
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Los Angeles Philharmonic
FALSTAFF(Quickly)
Encylopedia Brittanica CD Rom
NABUCCO (Fenena)
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana


Donizetti

MARIA STUARDA
(Elisabetta I)
Teatro Regio di Torino (as Cover)
LA FAVORITA (Leonora)
Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice
ANNA BOLENA (Smeton)



Rossini
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI
(Isabella)
Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, Ventura Opera, Festival di Rieti, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
IL BARBIERE DI SIVLIGLIA (Rosina)
Oper Frankfurt, Long Beach Opera, LA Opera, Sarasota Opera, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Center Theatre, Long Beach, Shrine Auditorioum, Los Angeles
LA CENERENTOLA (title role)
Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, Gran Theatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
SEMIRAMIDE (Arsace)



Handel
GIULIO CESARE
Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
GIULIO CESARE (Cornelia)
Edmonton Opera
ALCINA(Ruggiero)
Opera Theatre of St. Louis


Bernstein

CANDIDE (The Old Lady)
Teatro Regio di Torino


Brittain

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
(Hermia)
LA Opera



Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL
(title role)
Ventura Opera


Gounod
FAUST
(Siebel)
Teatro dell' Opera di Roma


Mozart
COSI FAN TUTTE
(Dorabella)
Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (2nd Lady, III Spirit)
Productions in Los Angeles on touring basis with Guild Opera Company


Flotow
Martha
(Nancy)
Michigan Opera Theatre



Prokovief
THE FIERY ANGEL(Mother Superior)
LA Opera


Shostakovich
LADY MACBETH VON MZENSK
(Sonyetka)
Lyric Opera of Chicago


Wagner

PARSIFAL (Flowermaiden)
Carnegie Hall, American Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl

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O P E R E T T A

Bernstein
CANDIDE(The Old Lady )
Teatro Regio di Torino


Flotow

MARTHA(Nancy)
Michigan Opera Theatre


Smetana

THE BARTERED BRIDE(Ludmilla)
Chicago Symphony, Grant Park


Gilbert and Sullivan

THE MIKADO (Pitty-Sing, Peep-Bo)
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music Center Opera Los Angeles, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Master Chorale
IOLANTHE (Title Role)
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Ruth)
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


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C O N C E R T and O R A T O R I O



Verdi
MANZONI REQUIEM
Festival Valentiniano Italy, International Festival of Lubiana, International Festival of Santa Margherita Ligure, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Orchestra Hall Detroit, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Santa Ana Symphony, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, LA Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Music Center Opera
FALSTAFF(Quickly)
Recording for Encyclopedia Brittanica
(Meg Page)
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Los Angeles Philharmonic
OTELLO (Emilia)
LA Opera, St. Louis Symphony


Mahler
DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN
Ventura Symphony; in recital at the German Embassy, Rome
KINDTERTOTENLIEDER
III SYMPHONY
St. Louis Symphony
DAS LIED VON DER ERDE

LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN
Rome, CD recording in progress

Beethoven
NINTH SYMPHONY
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl; International Festival of Santa Margherita Ligure, Champaign Symphony
MISSA SOLEMNIS
Orange County Performing Arts Center, Santa Ana Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Roger Wagner Chorale


Debussy
LA DAMOISELLE ELUE
Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice


Brahms
ALTO RHAPSODY
Frankfurt Symphony
TWO SONGS FOR CONTRALTO

LIEBESLIEDER WALTZES
German Consulate for the Holy See, Benefit Concert for the Cats of Rome
In recital: Detroit, Los Angeles, Rome, Verona


Berlioz
ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Ventura Symphony (USA)


Duruflè
REQUIEM
Roger Wagner Memorial Concert, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Chamber Music Association, Premiere Chorale, Los Angles


Rossini
STABAT MATER
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Teramo; Rieti; Los Angeles; Pittsburgh Symphony


Pergolesi
STABAT MATER
CD Recording, Twin Towers Orfans Fund Memorial Concert Rome, Italy; New Operafestival di Roma, Teatro dell' Opera di Roma memorial concert for Alberto Antignani, Los Angeles Chamber Group, Roger Wagner Chorale


Wagner
PARSIFAL
American Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl
WESENDONKLIEDER



Handel
MESSIAH
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, LP Recording, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Shrine Auditorium, Roger Wagner Chorale on tour,
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Palm Springs, Detroit Orchestra Hall
ISRAEL IN EGYPT
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Bach Orchestra
GIULIO CESARE(title role) Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
(Cornelia) Edmonton Opera


De Falla
THE THREE CORNERED HAT
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl
EL AMOR BRUJO

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl


Vaughn Williams
HODIE
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
SERENADE TO MUSIC
Roger Wagner Chorale


Respighi
LAUD TO THE NATIVITY
LA Chamber Chorale, Rome in concert with pickup orchestra, LA Premiere Chorale


Haydn
HARMONIEMESSE
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Master Chorale


Mozart
GRAND MASS IN C MINOR
Stavanger Symphony (Norway), Los Angeles Chamber Music Group, Royce Auditorium Los Angeles


Bach

MASS IN B MINOR (Second Soprano and Alto)
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
MAGNIFICAT
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Bach Orchestra
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Santa Barbara Symphony
CANTATAS
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra


Mendelssohn
ST. PAUL ORATORIO
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Santa Ana Symphony


Purcell
THE FAIRY QUEEN
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


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C O N D U C T O R S


Maurice Allard, David Agler, Daniel Beckwith, Thomas Bricetti, Keith Clark, Pierre Derveaux, Cyril Diederich, Gabriele Ferro, Lawrence Foster, Carlo Frajese, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Sir Alexander Gibson, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir George Guest, Alan Hacker, Christopher Hogwood, Cal Stewart Kellog, David Lawton, Erich Leinsdorf, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Peter Maag , Sir Neville Marriner, Gianfranco Masini, Andrew Massey, John Mauceri, Piere Giorgio Morandi, John Nelson, Daniel Oren, Giuseppe Patanè, George Pehlevanian, Michele Plasson, Richard Proulx, Victor de Renzi, Alessandro Siciliani, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Stefano Vignati, Roger Wagner


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D I R E C T O R S


Christopher Alden, Grisha Asagaroff, Jeanette Astor, Patrick Bakman, Pamela Berlin, Heinz Blankenburg, Tito Capobianco, Silvia Cassini, Gordon Davidson, Brian Diedrick, Peter Ebert, Alberto Fassini, Jonathon Field, David Fielding, Robert Fortune, Gotz Friedrich, Sonia Frisell, David Gately, Irving Guttman, Peter Mussbach, Luciano Pavarotti, Stefan Piontek, Charles Rader Schreiber, Ken Ruta, Lorenzo Salvetti, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Beppe de Tommaso, Marc Verzatt, Stephen Wadsworth


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R E C I T A L S


Los Angeles, Detroit, Rome, Frankfurt, Vancouver, Edmonton, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Bear Valley Festival, Santa Barbara, German Embassy, Rome, Columbia (Tennessee), Denver,
Long Beach (California), Verona, Capri, Los Angeles


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F I L M and V I D E O

Masterclass, PBS, 1991
Madama Butterfly Edmonton Opera, 1991
Carmen, Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, 1987, Wharton Center for the Performing Arts,1996
Candide, Teatro Regio di Torino, 1997
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Frankfurt Opera, 1988 , 1992


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D I S C O G R A P H Y

Two Cantatas for Contralto (Vivaldi), 2000
Songs of Georges Bizet, 2000
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), 1999, Newoperafestival di Roma
Stabat Mater [Rossini], 1989 Pittsburgh Symphony, 1999 Festival of Teramo [Italy], 2000 Labro Festival Valentiniano, Rieti [Italy]
Grand Mass in C Minor (Mozart), Norwegian National Radio, 1986
Messiah(Handel), 1989
Grand Mass in C Minor, (Mozart), 1986
Music of Georgia Kelley, 1994
Manzoni Requiem, Slovenian National Radio, 1998,
Festival of Rieti,1996, Festival Valentiniano 2002
International Festival of Santa Margherita, 1998
Third Symphony (Mahler), 1988, St. Louis Symphony
Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, CD in progress

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R A D I O

Falstaff, 2002 Festival Valentiniano, 2000 Labro Festival Valentiniano, 2002 Twin Towers Orfans Fund Memorial Concert Rome, ITALY, 1999 Teatro Regio di Torino, 1998 Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 1999 Teramo Festival, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana with: Giuseppe Taddei, Fiorenza Cossotto, Janet Perry, Cecilia Gasdia, and others
PBS, NPR (National Public Radio), RAI, ZDF, BBC : Teatro dell' Opera di Roma,Gran Teatro La Fenice, Filharmonica Verona, Wexford Festival Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Chicago Symphony, Hollywood Bowl, the Pittsburgh Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Opera, Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Ventura Symphony, Capital City Opera Competition, Dealely Awards of the Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, The Washington Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Stavanger Symphony, ed oltre (Specific Cast lists available upon request) Live broadcasts: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 PBS (Public Broadcasting Service, USA) Edmonton Opera, Canada, Roger Wagner Chorale, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Stavanger Symphony, (Norway), Georgia Kelley, Festival International of Lubiana (Slovenia)


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I N T E R V I E W S
"Masterclass", PBS 1991, Vatican Radio 1997, Radio Swizzera 1992, KPFK Los Angeles, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983,1986, 1987, 1988, 1989: KCET, WQRS, WQXR, and others, General Interviews for both press and radio in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Italy, and Germany: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999


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E D U C A T I O N and C O M P E T I T I O N S

Bachelor of Arts,Oakland University, Michigan USA
Master of Arts, California State University, Los Angeles
Advanced training as an apprentice with San Diego Opera, 1982; Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1983


P R I Z E S and HONOURS

International Who's Who in Classical Music 2000 Edition, Great Britian
Competition prizewinnings: The San Francisco Opera, 1982; The Dallas Opera Dealey Competition, 1985, The Metropolitan Opera, 1982; The Baltimore Opera, 1985; The Capital City Opera Competition, 1985; The MacAllister Competition, 1985; The Fuchs Competition, 1982;
Foundation Awards and Honors: The Rotary Foundation, 1982; The William Matheus Sullivan Foundation, 1984; The Astral Foundation, 1986; The Gerda Lissner Foundation, 1996; Fulbright Scholar Finalist 1985


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