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Soprano Lisa Lockhart: Critically acclaimed soprano Lisa Lockhart has thrilled opera and concert audiences across the United States and in Europe.
A lirico spinto with a lush, rich sound and a particular affinity for the heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Ms. Lockhart appeared as the leading heroines of Aïda, Tosca and Gilda in “Three Act Threes”, a performance of the third acts of Aïda, Tosca and Rigoletto with Opera in the Heights in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, Ms. Lockhart sang the title role of Aïda at Palm Beach Opera (Florida) for their Family Opera Series. Other appearances include Leonora in Il Trovatore with Opera in the Heights and an “Opera in the Park” concert with Annapolis Opera in Maryland. She has also been traveling the world, singing in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess; as Bess and Serena in Toronto, Lisbon, Portugal and the U.S. with Living Arts, Inc., and as Serena in Edmonton, Canada, Madrid, Spain, Hannover and Frankfurt, Germany and Bologna, Italy with New York Harlem Productions.
Recently, Ms. Lockhart sang the roles of Bess and Serena for the Tulsa Opera Outreach Program, as well as covering Bess for their mainstage production of Porgy and Bess. Following her Tulsa engagement, Ms. Lockhart took on the role of Pocahontas’ Mother in the world premiere of the opera Pocahontas with the Virginia Arts Festival. Other roles include Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with ConcertOPERA Philadelphia in PA and with the Landon Symphonette in Bethesda, MD, the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Opera Company of Brooklyn, the International Opera Festival in Rome, Italy and the Opera in the Chapel Series at Mount Vernon in Washington D.C., Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Landon Symphonette, and Tigrana in Puccini’s Edgar with DiCapo Opera Theatre in New York. Formerly a lyric coloratura, Ms. Lockhart’s most notable role in that fach was the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with the Washintgon Sympony Orchestra in Washington, D. C., under the baton of the late conductor and comedian Victor Borge.
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