Clarissa Lyons Soprano
www.clarissalyons.com
Stage & Concert Experience
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Tale of Silly Baby Mouse
Don Giovanni
Liebeslieder and Neue Liebeslieder
Susannah
Recitalist
Songfest (Bernstein)
Don Giovanni +
The Magdalene < (L. Larsen)
Dido & Aeneas
Four Saints in Three Acts
Ugly Ducking (Shostakovich)
Trois Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé
Iphigénie en Tauride
Lamento D’Arianna
Elijah
Death on Three Mile Creek #
Recital with Stephanie Blythe
Vinkensport (Little/Vavrek) #
La Bohème
Die Fledermaus
Later the Same Evening (Musto)^
Helena
Mrs. Cat
Donna Elvira
Soprano Soloist
Mrs. Gleaton / Susannah*
Soprano Soloist
Donna Anna
Mary Magdalene
Second Woman/Second Witch
St. Settlement
Soloist
Recitalist
Priestess
Arianna
Soprano Soloist
Soloist
Recitalist
Holy St. Francis’ Trainer
Mimi
Rosalinde *
Elaine O’Neill
Opera on the Avalon upcoming
On Site Opera
New York Lyric Opera
Mark Morris Dance Group, Seattle WA & New York
International Vocal Arts Institute, Blacksburg, VA
Carmel Music Society
SongFest at Grand Performances
IVAI Virginia
SongFest at The Colburn School
Mark Morris Dance Group at Mostly Mozart Festival
Mark Morris Dance Group
Tanglewood on Parade – Tanglewood Music Center
Tanglewood Music Center
Boston Symphony Orchestra with Susan Graham
Tanglewood Music Center
San Francisco Choral Society at Davies Hall
Professional Training Workshop at Carnegie Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Bard College Conservatory of Music
Martin Arroyo Foundation Prelude to Performance
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2009
2009
2008
* cover, + scenes, # World Premiere, ^ New York Premiere, < West Coast Premiere
Education & Training Programs
International Vocal Arts Institute, Virginia
2013
Tanglewood Music Center
2012, 2011
Bard College Conservatory of Music, Master of Vocal Arts - Bard Vocal Arts Fellowship
2009-2011
SongFest at Pepperdine, Marc & Eva Stern Fellow
2010
Martina Arroyo Foundation Prelude to Performance
2009
Manhattan School of Music, Master of Music in Classical Voice
2007-2009
Bel Canto Institute, Florence Italy
2008
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Music & History of Art
2002-2006
Thesis: Francis Poulenc’s ‘Banalités’: Expressions of Human Emotion during Political and Personal Strife, May 2006
TEACHERS
COACHES
MASTERCLASSES
CONDUCTORS
DIRECTORS
Gerald Martin Moore
Patricia Misslin
Deborah Benedict
Rachel Kessler
Margo Garrett
Kayo Iwama
Jennifer Ringo
Dawn Upshaw
Howard Watkins
Stephanie Blythe
Phyllis Curtin
Martin Katz
Sherrill Milnes
Dawn Upshaw
Stefan Asbury
James Bagwell
Michael Barrett
Robert Geary
Mark Morris
Sharon Daniels
Leon Major
Mark Morris
Daniel Rigazzi
Dona D. Vaughn
Honors & Distinctions
UC BerkeleyAlfred Hertz Memorial Traveling Scholarship
Walter M. Naumburg Competition Semifinalist
Finalist: Merola Opera Program, Gerdine Young Artist Program
Joy in Singing Music Session Artist
Carmel Music Society Competition First Place
Walter & Hannah Shmerler Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center
Thelma Fisher Memorial Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center
Liederkranz Competition Song Division Finalist
First Place Henry & Maria Holt Scholarship Competition
Recipient of the 2010 Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship at SongFest at Pepperdine
2014
2014
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011, 2013
2011
2010