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Bryn Aratyr Jimenez

Bryn Aratyr Jimenez
Location
New York, New York, USA
Birthday
February 12
Bio
Bryn Aratyr Jimenez, soprano, began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area where she was a regular performer with the Golden Gate Opera, Oakland Lyric Opera and the Jarvis Conservatory. Ms. Jimenez recently sang the role of Dido in the Vallejo Music Theatre production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” for which she was nominated for an Arty Award. Other roles include Dorabella in Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte” with the Amadeus Operensemble in Salzburg, Austria, Tessa in “The Gondoliers” with the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and Stephano in “Romeo et Juliette” with the Opera Studio at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Ms. Jimenez has been the recipient of several vocal honors, including scholarships from the East Bay Opera League and Mayflower Choral Society and the Overall First Prize, Most Promising Voice award, Melodie award, Concert Group award, and Opera award at the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and was a semi-finalist in the Concours de l’interpretation de la musique Francaise de Montreal in Quebec. Ms. Jimenez holds Associates Degrees in vocal performance and teaching from the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC and a Bachelor of Music from the Vancouver Academy of Music in Vancouver, BC. Since graduation, Ms. Jimenez has continued to study in San Francisco, Berlin, and New York, where she currently resides.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009 3:15PM

Program Notes: Piazza Navona

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Next Thursday I will be performing excerpts from Christof Bergman's new comic opera Piazza Navona.  The performance will be at VISIONS at Selis Manor (135 West 23rd St., #93, New York, NY) from 7-8pm. Piazza Navona takes place at a restaurant called 'Da Enzo' where Enzo, the chef and owner, is going through a phase of creative cooking.  It seems harmless enough until the staff find out that Signore Tomassi, a food critic who can shut down a restaurant with a single bad review, is planning to review the food at 'Da Enzo.'  The staff and some of the regular customers concoct a plan to distract Enzo and Tomassi long enough for Mario, waiter and aspiring chef, to sneak into the kitchen and save the day by cooking an amazing meal. I will be singing the role of Donatella, a waitress at 'Da Enzo' who is hopelessly in love with her boss. This opera has been a ton of fun to work on, and the music is truly beautiful, so I hope some of you can make it to this performance!

 

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I'll have to wait for the video, break a leg, sweetie, we're all very proud back here in Sonoma
Next Thursday.... oh, would I could be there!

But, don't you have something this SATURDAY, as well???