Marion Leeds Carroll

OPERA

Britten

Albert Herring

Mrs Herring

Donizetti

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia

L'Elisir D'Amore

Gianetta

Gounod

Romeo et Juliette

Stephano

Humperdinck

Hansel & Gretel

Dew Fairy; Sandman; Mother

Mozart

Cosi Fan Tutte

Fiordiligi

The Impresario

The Soubrette; The Prima Donna

Le Nozze di Figaro

Barbarina, The Countess

Die Zauberflöte

Pamina; Second Lady

Offenbach

Les Contes D'Hoffman

Antonia, Giulietta

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta

Suor Angelica

Lay Sister

LIGHT OPERA/
OPERETTA

Besoyan

Little Mary Sunshine

Mme. Ernestine

Strauss

Die Fledermaus

Adele

Gilbert & Sullivan

Every soprano role (e.g. Yum-Yum, Mabel, Princess Ida), and several mezzo-soprano roles

PARTIAL ROLES
(Workshop and Concert Scenes)

Ariadne auf Naxos [R. Strauss]: Naiade, Echo

La Boheme [Puccini]: Mimi

Carmen [Bizet]: Frasquita, Michaela

Cavalleria Rusticana [Mascagni]: Santuzza

Dialogues des Carmelites [Poulenc]: Blanche; Constance

Don Pasquale [Donizetti]: Norina

Eugene Onegin [Tchaikovsky]: Tatiana

Fidelio [Beethovan]: Marcelline

Die Fledermaus [J. Strauss]: Rosalinde

Der Freischutz [Weber]: Annchen

Hansel und Gretel [Humperdinck]: Gretel

Manon [Massenet]: Manon

Il Matrimonio Segreto [Cimarosa]: Carolina

Mefistofele [Boito]: Margarite

Le Nozze di Figaro [Mozart]: Susanna; Cherubino; Marcellina

Orphée et Eurydice [Gluck]: Eurydice

Rigoletto [Verdi]: Gilda

La Traviata [Verdi]: Violetta

The Turn of the Screw [Britten]: Mrs. Grose

Die Zauberflöte [Mozart]: Papagena; 2nd Spirit

OTHER

Religious services, solo recitals and ensemble concerts in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts

Sing to Cure MS: Organized and sang in concerts to benefit The Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis

• The 8th annual concert to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project, Music to Cure MS, will take place October 24, 2010

Organized and sang in annual summer Gilbert & Sullivan concerts to benefit Longwood Opera

Cecily, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Theatre on the Hill, Boston, MA (review)

Very flattering interview, Boston Singers' Resource, spring 2003

Mannes College of Music: Diploma, 1986. Barnard College: BA, 1973. Additional music, acting, directorial, and vocal pedagogy courses: HB Studios, Longy School of Music, Queens College of the City University of NY. Private vocal studies: 1974 - present.

Voice Teachers: D'Anna Fortunato, Dan Merriman, Lynda Sharman, Jane Struss, Marian Thompson. Vocal Coaches and Master Classes: Nico Castel (Diction), Antonia Lavanne (Art Songs) Bernard LeFort (French Repertoire), Brian Moll, Marni Nixon, Fred Popper, Marshall Williamson.

Opera Workshops Attended: Brooklyn Lyric Opera (Thomas Martin, Norman Myrvik); Cederdell (Boris Goldovsky, Fred Popper, Richard Crittenden); Hunter College of CUNY (Kenneth Newbern); Mannes College of Music (H. Wesley Balk, Marian Thompson); The Minnesota Opera Summer Institute (H. Wesley Balk); New England Conservatory (Louise Costigan); Operatic Acting Academy (Lea Jorgensen); Queens College (Hugo Weisgall)