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Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano Coloratura soprano Marielle Murphy, noted for her warm, unique timbre and clarity of sound, is an exciting new performer on today’s operatic scene. With her fearless fiorotura and impeccable musicianship, she embodies the complete opera singer for today’s demanding audiences. In 2015/16 Ms. Murphy appears at the Salzburg Festival as La Charmeuse in Thaïs, and as Blonchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at St. Petersburg Opera (FL). Last season, she performed Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Hubbard Hall Opera Theater and Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia with Green Mountain Opera Festival. In the 2012/13 season, she performed, to delighted audiences, her first Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte with Manhattan Opera Studio at Symphony Space. She also sang the demanding soprano solos in Haydn’s The Creation at the Winter Harbor Music Festival and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Bach in the Heights. A 2010 graduate of the renowned Eastman School of Music, Marielle Murphy appeared frequently with Eastman Opera Theatre, performing the roles of Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor and Mélisande in Pellèas et Mélisande. As a member of the Eastman Collegium Musicum Baroque ensemble, she sang the 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas and excepts from other period works. In opera scenes with Eastman Opera Theatre she played Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, the title roles in Lakmé and Cendrillon, and Mrs. Wordsworth in Albert Herring. Ms. Murphy is an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, where she performed in scenes concerts as Despina in Così fan tutte, Amy March in Little Women, Mrs. Fiorentino in Street Scene, La Bergère in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and Rosemary in Lee Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke. She has also performed as an Apprentice Artist at the Caramoor International Music Festival and as an Advanced Artist at OperaWorks. On the concert stage she has performed Bach’s Magnificat with Bach in the Heights, Ned Rorem’s chamber work Ariel with Nouveau Classical Project of NYC, and Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians with Signal Ensemble. Marielle Murphy is a 2016 Finalist and Honorable Mention in the George London Competition. She has twice (2013-14) been a recipient of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award in the Rocky Mountain Region. In 2014, she also received an Encouragement Award from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, a 3rd Place Prize in the NJ State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Competition, and the Tony Cuervas Award in the Holt Scholarship Competition. In 2012, she was a District Winner and Regional Finalist (Gulf Coast Region) at the Met Auditions, a 2nd Prize Winner in the Henry & Maria Holt Competition, and a Finalist in both the Carmel Music Society Vocal Competition and the Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition. In 2009 at Eastman, she won the Voice Department Jury Award and the Opportunity Scholarship Award, while winning the 2nd Prize in the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition.

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Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano Opera La Charmeuse Blondchen Lucia Susanna Königin der Nacht Zerbinetta Madame Herz Mrs. Wordsworth Mélisande Lakmé Cendrillon 2nd Witch Despina Amy March Mrs. Fiorentino La Bergère Rosemary

Thais Die Entführung aus dem Serail The Rape of Lucretia Le Nozze di Figaro Die Zauberflöte Ariadne auf Naxos (scenes) Der Schauspieldirektor Albert Herring (scenes) Pellèas et Mélisande Lakmé (scenes) Cendrillon (scenes) Dido and Aeneas Così fan tutte (scenes) Little Women (scenes) Street Scene (scenes) L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (scenes) Summer and Smoke (scenes)

Salzburg Festival 2016 St. Petersburg Opera (FL) 2016 Green Mountain Opera Festival 2014 Hubbard Hall 2014 Symphony Space 2013 Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 Eastman Collegium Musicum 2008 Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008

Concert & Oratorio Soloist Soloist Haydn Bach Soloist Soloist Bach Rorem Recitalist Reich Soloist

Sunday Recital The Creation Christmas Oratorio Maestro Vaccai concert Bel Canto a due Magnificat Ariel A Summertime Recital Music for 18 Musicians “From the Top”

St. John the Divine, NYC 2015 Winter Harbor Music Festival 2013 Bach in the Heights 2011/12 Caramoor International Music Festival 2012 Caramoor International Music Festival 2012 Bach in the Heights 2012 Nouveau Classical Project of NYC 2011 Tour: NY, FL and CA 2010 Signal Ensemble 2010 National Public Radio 2007

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Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano Education & Training Salzburg Festival, Young Singers Project German for Singers Summer Program, Middlebury College Winter Harbor Music Festival, Artist-in-Residence Bel Canto at Caramoor, Apprentice Artist Eastman School of Music, B.M., Howard Hanson Scholar OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Aspen Music Festival Boston University Tanglewood Institute

2016 2015 2013 2012 2010 2009 2008 2005/06

Awards & Grants Finalist, Honorable Mention, George London Competition 2016 Encouragement Award, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation 2014 Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Rocky Mtn. Region) 2014 rd 3 Prize, NJ State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Competition 2014 Tony Cuevas Award, Holt Scholarship Competition 2014 Encouragement Award, Career Bridges Foundation 2014 Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Rocky Mtn. Region) 2013 District Winner/Regional Finalist, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Gulf Coast) 2012 2nd Prize, Henry & Maria Holt Scholarship Competition 2012/13 Finalist, Carmel Music Society Vocal Competition 2009/12 Finalist, Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition 2012 nd 2 Prize, Friends of Eastman Opera Competition 2009 Jury Award, Eastman Voice Department 2009 Winner, Eastman Opportunity Scholarship Award 2009

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Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Opera Repertoire Adams Madame Mao ……….……………. Nixon in China

Moore Baby Doe ……..………… The Ballad of Baby Doe

Ades Ariel …………………………..………. The Tempest

Mozart Despina ……………………………… Cosí fan tutte Zerlina ………....………………….... Don Giovanni Blonchen …..…….…. Die Entführung aus dem Serail Madame Herz …………………..... The Impresario! Königin der Nacht ….………..….. Die Zauberflöte

Bellini Giulietta ......................... I Capuleti e i Montecchi Elvira …………….………………………. I Puritani Amina ......................................... La Sonnambula Bernstein Cunegonde …………....………………..…. Candide Britten Mrs. Wordsworth ……….………… Albert Herring Tytania ................. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Délibes Lakmé …………..…..……………..………….. Lakmé Donizetti Norina .................................................... Don Pasquale Adina ………………..…...………….. L’Elisir d’Amore Marie ………………....…..…… La Fille du Régiment Lucia ……………………….... Lucia di Lammermoor Händel Morgana ……………………...……………… Alcina Cleopatra …………………...…..…... Giulio Cesare

Offenbach Olympia ……………....…. Les Contes d’Hoffmann Rossini Adèle ............................................... Le Comte Ory Amenaide ............................................... Tancredi R. Strauss Fiakermilli ………………….....…………. Arabella Zerbinetta …………………..... Ariadne auf Naxos Sophie …………………...…….. Der Rosenkavalier Thomas Ophélie ……............................................... Hamlet Philine ……………………….………………… Mignon Verdi Oscar ................................. Un Ballo in Maschera Nannetta .................................................. Falstaff Gilda ……................................................ Rigoletto

Concert Repertoire Bach ……………….… Magnificat, B Minor Mass, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Coffee Cantata Beethoven …….…… Symphony No. 9, Mass in C Brahms ………………………….………… Requiem Fauré ....................................................... Requiem Händel …………………………..…………. Messiah Haydn ……………..……………. The Creation Mahler ........................................ Symphony No. 4

Mozart …………….. Requiem, Exsultate jubilate, Coronation Mass, Mass in C Minor Orff …………………………….... Carmina Burana Poulenc …………………………………….… Gloria R. Strauss …………………….…. Brentano Lieder Schoenberg ………………..……..… Herzgewachse Vivaldi …………………….…… Gloria, Beatus Vir

This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography.

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Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Reviews “Marielle Murphy used her brilliant soprano as the maid Lucia... singing was gorgeous.” Jim Lowe, TIMES ARGUS, 2014 “Marielle Murphy as Susanna appeared... arias, chemistry and comic sense were artful... her soprano was an agile coloratura.” Geraldine Freedman, THE DAILY GAZETTE, 2014 “The voices are spectacular, starting with the Susanna, Marielle Murphy: her instrument is unstoppable and can be heard sparkling in every register.” Chris Buchanan, BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS, 2014 “Marielle Murphy, originally from California, displayed the exquisite training provided by Eastman when she sang a series of Mozart, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Gershwin pieces. She brought down the house when, after displaying a complete command of the vocal acrobatics of Richard Strauss’ “Grossmächtige Prinzessin”, from Ariadne auf Naxos, she offered as an encore the famous “Caro Nome”, sung with precision, power and accuracy in the high notes.” Jack Conroy, Naples News, 2010

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