SINGERS 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano, is engaged for the 2009/2010 season to sing Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with El Paso Opera, Blonda in The Abduction from the Seraglio in a return to Hawaii Opera, Cunegonde in Candide with Toledo Opera, Gretel with Syracuse Opera and Gilda with San Antonio Opera. Concert work this season includes Vivaldi’s Gloria, Brahms Requiem and Carmina Burana with the National Philharmonic and Carmina Burana with the Sioux City Symphony. Ms. Luna’s 2007-2008 season included her role of The Controller in Jonathan Dove’s Flight and Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, both with The Pittsburgh Opera. She sang Queen of the Night with Opera Ontario, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette and Anne in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, both for Hawaii Opera Theatre. Ms. Luna was awarded first place in the Altamura/Caruso Competition and the Eleanor Lieber Awards, an Encouragement grant from the George London Foundation, and prizes from the Loren Zachary Competition, McCammon Competition, Jensen Competition, Elardo Competition, Liederkranz Foundation, Irma Cooper Competition, Lee Schaenen Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, Giulio Gari Foundation, Bel Canto Competition, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.