MAIJA LISA CURRIE
Lyric Coloratura Soprano
"Maija Lisa Currie's Manon was quite convincing in her innocence, less so as the character becomes more experienced.
Vocally, Currie was at ease, providing a luxurious voice, nimble and subtle as required...
Both Currie and Small (Des Grieux) easily reined in their voices for the more delicate moments of the score."
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ITALIAN OPERA ROLES
SUSANNA - Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart - role prepared Italian, performed English
ZERLINA - Don Giovanni - Mozart - performed in concert
DESPINA - Cosi fan tutte - Mozart - performed in concert
ELISA - Il Re Pastore - Mozart
ILIA - Idomeneo - Mozart - role prepared
VIOLETTA - La Traviata - Verdi - performed with orchestra
GILDA - Rigoletto - Verdi - role prepared, performed scenes in concert with orchestra
OSCAR - Un ballo in maschera - Verdi
NANETTA - Falstaff - Verdi
MUSETTA - La Boheme - Puccini - role prepared
LAURETTA - Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
GENOVIEVA - Suor Angelica - Puccini
NORINA - Don Pasquale - Donizetti
ADINA - L’elisir d’amore - Donizetti
GIULIETTA - I Capuletti e i Montecchi - Bellini
DONNA FULIVIA - La Pietra del Paragone - Rossini - performed with orchestra
ELVIRA - L’Italiana in Algeri - Rossini
CLORINDA - La Cenerentola - Rossini
EURIDICE - Orfeo ed Euridice - Glück
MORGANA - Alcina - Handel
CLEOPATRA - Giulio Cesare - Handel
LA FORNARINA - Raphaello - Arensky - performed in concert
GERMAN OPERA ROLES
PAMINA - The Magic Flute - Mozart - performed
BLONDCHEN - Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart - role prepared
PAPAGENA - Die Zauberflöte -Mozart - performed
ADELE - Die Fledermaus - Strauss - performed
ZERBINETTA - Ariadne auf Naxos - Strauss
SOPHIE - Der Rosenkavalier - Strauss - performed scenes with orchestra
GRETEL - Hänsel and Gretel - Humperdinck - role prepared, also in English
ANNA REICH - Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Nicolai - performed scenes with orchestra
MARZELLINE - Fidelio - Beethoven
ÄNNCHEN - Der Freischütz - von Weber
WANDA - Die Grossherzogin von Gerolstein - Offenbach - performed
IDA - Der Musikfeind - Genee - performed
FRENCH OPERA ROLES
MANON - Manon - Massenet - performed
JULIETTE - Romeo et Juliette - Gounod - role prepared
MARIE - La Fille du Régiment - Donizetti
LELIA - Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Bizet
CONSTANCE - Les Dialogues des Carmelites - Poulenc
SOPHIE - Werther - Massenet
FRASQUITA - Carmen - Bizet
LA PASTOURELLE / LA CHAUVE-SOURIS - L'enfant et les sortileges - Ravel - performed
ENGLISH OPERA ROLES
MISS WORDSWORTH - Albert Herring - Britten - performed
TYTANIA - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten - performed
MABEL - The Pirates of Penzance - Sullivan - performed
VALENCIENNE - The Merry Widow - Lehar - performed
ADELE - Die Fledermaus - Strauss - performed
BABY DOE - The Ballad of Baby Doe - Moore - role prepared
AMY - Little Women - Adamo
ANNE - The Rake's Progress - Stravinsky
LAURIE - The Tenderland - Copland
SEMELE - Semele - Handel
CUNEGONDE- Candide - Bernstein
MARIA - West Side Story - Bernstein
SUSANNA - Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart - role prepared Italian, performed English
ZERLINA - Don Giovanni - Mozart - performed in concert
DESPINA - Cosi fan tutte - Mozart - performed in concert
ELISA - Il Re Pastore - Mozart
ILIA - Idomeneo - Mozart - role prepared
VIOLETTA - La Traviata - Verdi - performed with orchestra
GILDA - Rigoletto - Verdi - role prepared, performed scenes in concert with orchestra
OSCAR - Un ballo in maschera - Verdi
NANETTA - Falstaff - Verdi
MUSETTA - La Boheme - Puccini - role prepared
LAURETTA - Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
GENOVIEVA - Suor Angelica - Puccini
NORINA - Don Pasquale - Donizetti
ADINA - L’elisir d’amore - Donizetti
GIULIETTA - I Capuletti e i Montecchi - Bellini
DONNA FULIVIA - La Pietra del Paragone - Rossini - performed with orchestra
ELVIRA - L’Italiana in Algeri - Rossini
CLORINDA - La Cenerentola - Rossini
EURIDICE - Orfeo ed Euridice - Glück
MORGANA - Alcina - Handel
CLEOPATRA - Giulio Cesare - Handel
LA FORNARINA - Raphaello - Arensky - performed in concert
GERMAN OPERA ROLES
PAMINA - The Magic Flute - Mozart - performed
BLONDCHEN - Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart - role prepared
PAPAGENA - Die Zauberflöte -Mozart - performed
ADELE - Die Fledermaus - Strauss - performed
ZERBINETTA - Ariadne auf Naxos - Strauss
SOPHIE - Der Rosenkavalier - Strauss - performed scenes with orchestra
GRETEL - Hänsel and Gretel - Humperdinck - role prepared, also in English
ANNA REICH - Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Nicolai - performed scenes with orchestra
MARZELLINE - Fidelio - Beethoven
ÄNNCHEN - Der Freischütz - von Weber
WANDA - Die Grossherzogin von Gerolstein - Offenbach - performed
IDA - Der Musikfeind - Genee - performed
FRENCH OPERA ROLES
MANON - Manon - Massenet - performed
JULIETTE - Romeo et Juliette - Gounod - role prepared
MARIE - La Fille du Régiment - Donizetti
LELIA - Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Bizet
CONSTANCE - Les Dialogues des Carmelites - Poulenc
SOPHIE - Werther - Massenet
FRASQUITA - Carmen - Bizet
LA PASTOURELLE / LA CHAUVE-SOURIS - L'enfant et les sortileges - Ravel - performed
ENGLISH OPERA ROLES
MISS WORDSWORTH - Albert Herring - Britten - performed
TYTANIA - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten - performed
MABEL - The Pirates of Penzance - Sullivan - performed
VALENCIENNE - The Merry Widow - Lehar - performed
ADELE - Die Fledermaus - Strauss - performed
BABY DOE - The Ballad of Baby Doe - Moore - role prepared
AMY - Little Women - Adamo
ANNE - The Rake's Progress - Stravinsky
LAURIE - The Tenderland - Copland
SEMELE - Semele - Handel
CUNEGONDE- Candide - Bernstein
MARIA - West Side Story - Bernstein
