Caprice Corona, soprano

Mexican-American soprano Caprice Corona is rapidly establishing herself as a young artist who artfully employs her "strikingly dark-hued voice" ( Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) and "cut-glass diction" ( Boston Globe ) in a wide variety of repertoire.   In 2005 she will make her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall.  Her performances during the 2003-2004 season include the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Amarillo Opera, Gertrude in Hansel and Gretel with Commonwealth Opera, and the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Raylynmor Opera, as well as several recital appearances in Boston.  Thus far in 2004, she has been a winner of the Boston District Metropolitan National Opera Council Auditions, a Finalist in the Liederkranz Vocal Competition, and a Finalist in the Eleanor Lieber Awards (Portland Opera).  She is the 1 st place winner of the 2003 Center for Contemporary Opera/International Opera Singers Competition, and received an Encouragement Award in the 2003 Florida Grand Opera/Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition.  In 2002, she made her professional debut as Helena in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Central City Opera.  As an Apprentice Artist with The Santa Fe Opera in 2001, she understudied Alice Ford in Falstaff and performed the Governess in excerpts from Britten's The Turn of the Screw.  Her other operatic roles include the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Fiordiligi in Così fan Tutte, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, and Prima Donna/Corilla in Viva la Mamma!, among others.  In addition to her work on the operatic stage, Ms. Corona is also an active recitalist.  She recently returned from the Ravinia Festival where she was a Young Artist at the prestigious Steans Institute for Singers.  As a Vocal Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1999, she participated in several recitals and appeared as the soprano soloist in Bach's Cantata 57 under the direction of Craig Smith.  Her oratorio and symphonic engagements have included Mozart's Requiem and Vesperae Sollenes de Confesore, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Ah, perfido!, and selected Swedish orchestral songs by Sibelius, among others.  Ms. Corona is a strong advocate of contemporary music, and is a frequent collaborator with her husband, composer Jonathan Bailey Holland.  In 1999 she premiered his song cycle Love Songs, written specifically for her, with the Auros Group for New Music in Boston.

A native of Sacramento, California, Ms. Corona graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Anthropology, and received a Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2001. She currently studies with Patricia McCaffrey in New York.