Elizabeth Pojanowski mezzo soprano

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Elizabeth Pojanowski

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Elizabeth Pojanowski is rapidly gaining renown in opera houses and concert halls across the country, not only for her voice but for her electric stage presence. As Opera News described her performance in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen with Chautauqua Opera, "her Fox provided a charming love interest and a clear, warm timbre." Her musical and dramatic versatility has been highlighted in a broad range of roles and concert work. Last January, she sang the role of Fiona in a workshop of Two Boys with composer Nico Muhly, librettist Craig Lucas and director Bartlett Sher at the Metropolitan Opera. This summer she returned to Opera Saratoga for their 50th Anniversary Season to sing Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. The Schenectady Daily Gazette raved that "the anchor was Elizabeth Pojanowski in the trouser role of Prince Orlofsky. She/he was suave, directed the players within the constraints of the role and sang with clarity and conviction." This year she also makes her San Antonio Opera debut as Stephano in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, and will also sing Romeo in Annapolis Opera's concert version of Bellini's Capuleti ed i Montecchi.

As Mercedes with Allison Pohl in Opera Saratoga's Carmen - photo courtesty of Gary Gold

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Operas Roles Companies Roméo et Juliette Stephano San Antonio OperaDie Fledermaus Prince Orlofsky Opera SaratogaAtra Atra (Handel Pastiche) Morningside Opera Two Boys Fiona Metropolitan Opera Workshop Carmen Mercedes Opera SaratogaCosi fan tutte Dorabella Pocket Opera of New York Faust Siebel Eugene Opera Don Carlo Tebaldo Cincinnati Opera Carmen Mercedes Cincinnati Opera Le Nozze di Figaro Cherubino (cover) Cincinnati Opera Ainadamar Niña Cincinnati OperaA Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Seattle Opera Young Artist Program Hansel and Gretel Hansel Seattle Opera YAP Cunning Little Vixen The Fox Chautauqua OperaStreet Scene Olga Oleson Chautauqua OperaCosí fan tutte Dorabella (cover) Chautauqua OperaL'Enfant et les Sortlieges L'Enfant Seattle Opera YAP The Magic Flute Third Lady Eugene Opera Trouble in Tahiti Dinah Seattle Opera YAP Nixon in China Nancy Tang Cincinnati Opera Werther Charlotte Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)HMS Pinafore Cousin Hebe Dayton Opera Albert Herring Nancy CCM Albert Herring Nancy Aspen Opera TheatreDer Zwerg Second Maid CCMThe Bear Popova CCM Hansel & Gretel Hansel CCMSuor Angelica Maestra delle novizie Lucca Opera Festival Buoso's Ghost Zita Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)The Most Happy Fella Marie CMUSmile Shawn Christianson CMUSide by Side Soloist CMUOnce Upon a Mattress Lady Larken CMUInto the Woods The Baker's Wife CMUConcert Work Romeo - Capuleti ed i Montecchi in concert with Annapolis OperaFrauenlieben und Leben in concert with the Pocket Opera of New YorkSoloist in Rodgers and Hammerstein Concert with Whatcom Symphony OrchestraAlto soloist in Strauss' Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme with Seattle SymphonyAlto soloist in Rossni's Stabat Mater with Yakima Symphony OrchestraEducation Artist Diploma in Opera - University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Masters Degree in Music - CCM Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts - Carnegie Mellon UniversityCoaches: Liz Hastings, Arlene Shrut, Liora Maurer, Wilson Southerland, Joan Krueger, David McDade, Donna Loewy, Kelly Hale, Terry Lusk, Ken GriffithsDirectors: Jose Maria Condemi, Nelson Sheely, Mark Streshinsky, Jay Lesenger, Peter Kazaras, Kevin Newbury, Ed Berkeley, Nic Muni, Sandra Bernhard, Thomas de Mallet Burgess, Dorothy DannerConductors: Curt Tucker, Andrew Bisantz, Andreas Delfs, Gerard Schwarz, Ari Pelto, Brian Garman, Mark Gibson, Robert PageYoung Artist ProgramsOpera Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera) Apprentice Chautauqua Apprentice Artist Seattle Opera Young Artist Cincinnati Opera Young ArtistAspen Opera Theater FellowOpera Theater and Festival of Lucca, Italy - studio and solisti performer Awards and ScholarshipsLiederkranz Opera Finalist Palm Beach Opera Encouragement AwardThree time Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Finalist Top Chautauqua Opera Guild Apprentice AwardAspen Opera Theater Fellowship Corbett ScholarshipKlose Seybold ScholarshipSkills Trained in stage combat, sword fighting, acting, dialects, working knowledge of German, French, Italian, Latin

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Charlotte
Tebaldo
Mercedes
Charlotte
The Fox (with Sari Gruber)
Prince Orlofsky
Nancy
Siebel

Stephano

headshots by Joe Wessels

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Voi che sapete

Cara speme

What a Movie!

Hansel in Hansel & Gretel

Reviews

Die Fledermaus Opera Saratoga

"The anchor, however, was Elizabeth Pojanowski in the trouser role of the Prince Orlofsky. She/he was suave, directed the players within the constraints of the role and sang with clarity and conviction. Pojanowski seemed very comfortable, even to directing Tucker as if he really were her band director." - The Schenectady Daily Gazette

Faust Eugene Opera

"In the trouser role of Siebel, Elizabeth Pojanowski's voice was brighter than most who take this role, and her two arias were beautifully wrought."

- The Eugene Register-Guard

Cunning Little Vixen Chautauqua Opera

"In the all-important courtship scene, she (Sari Gruber) was so ably partnered by the beautifully limpid singing from Elizabeth Pojanowski (Golden Mane, The Fox) that it seemed a pity Janacek did not give her more to sing. She already possesses a luminous voice and presence, and she contributed affecting phrasing which ably complemented Ms. Gruber. Time and experience should ensure a good future for this appealing young mezzo."

- Opera Today

H.M.S. Pinafore Dayton Opera

"So clever were Director Briggles interpolated bits and the talents of the singers that Cousin Hebe and Dick Deadeye walked off with a significantly larger than usual quota of laughs. Elizabeth Pojanowski not only sang Hebe's music resplendently but was a fine comedienne."

- Dayton Daily News and Opera News Online

The Bear Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

"A pair of comedies closed out the festival, combining Argento's The Boor with William Walton's The Bear. Both operas are based on the same Chekhov story. Curiously, each opera was dominated by one extraordinary singer: The Walton by mezzo Elizabeth Pojanowski, with her luxuriously creamy voice and high-comedy style."

- Opera News Online

"Mezzo Elizabeth Pojanowski's Fox provided a charming love interest and a clear, warm timbre."

- photo and review of Chautauqua Opera's production of The Cunning Little Vixen courtesty of Opera News

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Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo in Capuleti ed i Montecchi on the Shakespeare in Love Concert with Annapolis Opera on February 12th, 2012

http://www.AnnapolisOpera.org/season-and-tickets/shakespeare-in-love

Alto Soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah wth The First Presbyterian Church in New York City in March, 2012: http://www.fpcnyc.org/

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