Nora Cecelia Burgard
215 Cates Farm Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 428-4837
University of Michigan
Mezzo-Soprano
DOB: February 24, 1993
Training
Vocal Training
Professor Sheil, U of M
2 years
Vocal Training
Szymanski Studios,
Matthew DiCamillo
5 Years
Youth Performing Arts
Conservatory
University of North Carolina
PlayMakers Repertory Company
3 Summers
(’07, ’08, ’09)
Chapel Hill High School
Jazz/Swing Band (soloist)
Chapel Hill High School
2 Years
Boston University Tanglewood
Institute
Boston University
Summer 2010
Operatic/Musical Productions
Role
Opera Scenes Program
(Exclusively Handel)
University of Michigan
Opera Studio Course
(Spring 2012)
Rinaldo,
Ariodante
Opera Scenes Program
University of Michigan
Opera Studio Course
(Fall 2012)
Dorabella,
Orfeo (Gluck)
Mere Mathilde
Don Giovanni
University of Michigan
Opera Theater (Fall 2012)
Chorus
The Rake's Progress
University of Michigan
Opera Theater (Spring 2012)
Chorus
The Drowsy Chaperone
Chapel Hill High School
(Spring 2011)
The Drowsy
Chaperone
The Wizard of Oz
Chapel Hill High School
(Spring 2010)
Dorothy
One False Move
Long Leaf Opera Company
(Winter 2010)
Mary Ann
Urinetown
Chapel Hill High School
(Spring 2009)
Pennywise
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Carrboro ArtsCenter
(January 2009)
Ensemble
The Music Man
University of North Carolina
PlayMakers Repertory Company
(Summer 2008)
Marian Paroo
3, 2, 1- BANG!
(Operetta based on
Shakespeare’s Macbeth)
Long Leaf Opera Company
(Spring 2008)
Sister 1
How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying!
Chapel Hill High School
(Spring 2008)
Ensemble
Dramatic Productions
Role
The Glass Menagerie
Chapel Hill High School
(Winter 2011)
Director
Dracula
Chapel Hill High School
(Fall 2009)
Asst. Director
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
University of North Carolina
PlayMakers Repertory Company
(Summer 2009)
Starveling
Picnic
Chapel Hill High School
(Fall 2008)
Millie Owens
Awards
- February 2011: 2nd Places in North Carolina State NATS Competition:
Junior/Senior Advanced Classical Division, Qualified for Regional Competition
- November 2010: Selected to the North Carolina High School Honors Chorus (Second Highest
Soprano 2 Audition Score in the State)
- November 2009: Selected to the North Carolina High School Honors Chorus (Highest Soprano
2 Audition Score in the State)
- April 2009: 3rd Place in East Coast Regional NATS (National Association of Teachers of
Singing) Competition: Freshman/Sophomore Advanced Classical Division
- February 2009: 2nd Place in North Carolina State NATS Competition: Freshman/Sophomore
Advanced Classical Division, Qualified for Regional Competition
- November 2008: 1st Place in North Carolina State NATS Competition: Freshman/Sophomore
Musical Theatre Division, Qualified for Regional Competition
Classical Repertoire
Italian
“Cor Ingrato”
G.F. Handel
"Nel giardino"
O. Respighi
"Su una violetta morta"
O. Respighi
"Smanie Implacabili"
W. A. Mozart
“Per Pieta, Bel’Idoll Mio”
V. Bellini
“Notte”
Ottorino Respighi
“Voi, Che Sapete”
W. A. Mozart
“Bel Piacere”
George Frideric Handel
“O Cessate Di Piagarmi”
Alessandro Scarlatti
“Se Tu M’ami, Se Sospiri”
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
“Caro Mio Ben”
Giuseppe Giordani
English
Barber's 3 Songs, Op. 45:
Samuel Barber
Now Have I Fed and Eaten Up the Rose
A Green Lowland of Pianos
O Boundless, Boundless Evening
“Must the Winter Come So Soon?"
S. Barber
“Will There Really Be a Morning?”
Ricky Ian Gordon
“O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?”
George Frideric Handel
“The Call”
R. Vaughan Williams
“Nymphs and Shepherds”
Henry Purcell
“I Attempt from Love’s Sickness to Fly”
Henry Purcell
German
"Du Bist wie eine Blume"
R. Schumann
"Mit Myrten und Rosen"
R. Schumann
"Die Lotosblume"
R. Schumann
“O Wusst ich doch den Weg”
Johannes Brahams
“Der Nussbaum”
Robert Schumann
“Du Ring an Meinem Finger”
Robert Schumann
French
Debussy's Fêtes Galantes:
En Sourdine
Fantoches
Clair de Lune
C. Debussy
"Offrande"
Reynaldo Hahn
"Si mes vers avaient des ailes"
Reynaldo Hahn
“Romance”
C. Debussy
“Beau Soir”
Claude Debussy
Musical Theatre Repertoire
“As We Stumble Along”
Lambert/Morrison
The Drowsy
Chaperone
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Arlen/Harburg
Wizard of Oz
“It’s a Privilege to Pee”
Hollman/Kotis
Urinetown
“Another Op’nin’, Another Show”
Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate!
“So In Love”
Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate!
“I Hate Men”
Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate!
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy”
Cole Porter
Leave it to Me
“If I Loved You”
Rodgers/Hammerstein
Carousel
“Goodnight, My Someone”
Meredith Willson
The Music
Man
“Till There Was You”
Meredith Willson
The Music
Man
“My White Knight”
Meredith WIllson
The Music
Man
“On the Steps of the Palace”
Stephen Sondheim
Into the
Woods
Jazz Repertoire
“Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love”
Charles Mingus
“Blue Skies”
Irving Berlin
“Fly Me to the Moon”
Bart Howard
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
Cole Porter
“Fascinating Rhythm”
Gershwin
“Embraceable You”
Gershwin
“Moonglow”
Hudson/Mills