MARIANA KARPATOVA (mezzo-soprano)

Ms. Karpatova a winner of the prestigious Sullivan Foundation Award and the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition has appeared on the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast in a new production of Hansel & Gretel. She made an impressive debut with the Sarasota Opera as Rosa Mamai in L’arlesiana, where she was praised for “acting and singing with passion and power”. Elsewhere she has appeared with the Baltimore Opera (Larina in Eugene Onegin) Palm Beach Opera and Connecticut Grand Opera (Fragula in Il Tabarro and Zita in Gianni Schicchi). She has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in their production of Elektra and the Spoleto, U.S.A. Festival in their productions of Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica and Jenufa. She appeared with the New Jersey State Opera as Alisa in the 2004 production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Ms. Karpartova was awarded First Prizes in the Connecticut Grand Opera Guild Competition, the Palm Beach Opera Competition and was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Ms. Karpatova has appeared with the New Jersey State Opera as Berta in the 2005 production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and as Alisa in the 2003 production of Lucia di Lammermoor.