Erin Kathleen Casey was most recently seen with Center Stage Opera as Mimì in La Bohème. Other roles include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Soeur Constance in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Jenny in Company. In December she appeared as the soprano soloist in G.F. Handel’s Messiah at Our Lady of the Snows Church in Woodstock, Vermont. In May of 2009 she will sing the role of Belinda in The New Opera's production of Dido and Aeneas as well as Fiordiligi in Act I of Cosi fan tutte with Williams Opera. She was the recipient of the Francesco and Hilda Riggio Award in the New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2005, and was the Third Place Finalist in the Bel Canto Foundation Competition that same year. Her scenes include Mélisande in Pelleas et Mélisande, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gilda in Rigoletto, and many others. She was also the soprano soloist in John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music at Northwestern University, Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem with the DePaul University Choirs and Chamber Orchestra, Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Hodie with the Northwestern University Chorale, and Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben with Intimate Opera Chicago. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from DePaul University, where she studied voice with internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer. She earned a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University in Vocal Performance. She currently studies privately with mezzo-soprano Heidi Skok. She has been a Studio Instructor of Voice at Williams College since 2006.
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