{"id":3715,"date":"2014-06-05T20:24:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T20:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somainfo.org\/?page_id=3715"},"modified":"2014-07-23T19:28:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T19:28:40","slug":"third-place-annamarie-zmolek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=3715","title":{"rendered":"Third Place : Annamarie Zmolek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soprano<\/span><\/h3>\n

Recipient of the Third Place<\/h4>\n

Paula Arnold & Theo Pinson Award<\/h4>\n
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Annamarie Zmolek<\/p><\/div>\n

Colorado native Annamarie Zmolek has been described as \u201cmemorable and stunning\u201d by the American Record Guide.\u00a0 The soprano recently sang on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera as a Semi-finalist in the National Council Auditions, having won first place in the Southwest region.\u00a0 One week prior to that competition, she gave a critically acclaimed performance as Violetta in\u00a0La Traviata\u00a0with Opera Theatre of the Rockies.\u00a0 This season has been fruitful, with new roles including Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) and Desdemona (Otello), as well as reprisals of the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Mim\u00ec (La Boh\u00e8me), and Violetta.\u00a0 Ms. Zmolek spent two summers as an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera, where she sang the student performances of the title role in\u00a0Lucia di Lammermoor\u00a0and Mica\u00ebla in\u00a0Carmen.\u00a0 She also sang Mrs. Anderssen in the mainstage production of\u00a0Sondheim\u2019s A Little Night Music, where her performance was praised by\u00a0Opera News\u00a0for its \u201csophistication\u201d.\u00a0 Additionally, she has performed with Wichita Grand Opera, Green Mountain Opera Festival, Kingwood Summer Opera, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, University of Wyoming Symphony, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and Seraphic Fire.\u00a0 Besides operatic credits, her oratorio performances include the soprano solos in Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019\u00a0Christmas Oratorio, Haydn\u2019s Lord Nelson Mass, Brahms\u2019\u00a0Requiem, Mendelssohn\u2019s\u00a0Elijah, Beethoven\u2019s\u00a0Ninth Symphony, Schubert\u2019s\u00a0Mass in G, Handel\u2019s\u00a0Messiah\u00a0and Faur\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0Requiem.
\nWhile completing her Master\u2019s Degree at Rice University, Ms. Zmolek performed the roles of Donna Anna in\u00a0Don Giovanni\u00a0and Prima Donna in Donizetti\u2019s\u00a0Viva la Mamma.\u00a0 She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Eastman School of Music, and was awarded the Performer\u2019s Certificate in Voice.\u00a0 She sang the roles of Nightingale (Nightingale), Beggar Woman (Sweeney Todd), Mrs. Gleaton (Susannah) and Lisette (La Rondine) with Eastman Opera Theater.\u00a0 She also won the concerto competition and performed Barber\u2019s Knoxville:\u00a0 Summer of 1915 with the Eastman Philharmonia.\u00a0 A few months later she reprised the piece with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra as the winner of their Young Artist Competition. \u00a0Ms. Zmolek currently lives in Houston, where she is on the faculty at Prairie View A & M University.\u00a0 She will appear as Nyad in Kingwood Summer Opera\u2019s upcoming production of Ariadne auf Naxos.<\/p>\n

AnnamarieZmolek.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

Sunday, June 1st, 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n