NAOMI O’CONNELL (mezzo-soprano) made her German debut at Oper Frankfurt last season in the title role of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, hailed as “vocally commanding, worth a sin anytime” (Offenbach-Post). She also debuted with Atlanta Opera as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and participated in the workshop for Jake Heggie’s new opera, Great Scott, as Arden Scott in New York City. In the 2013 – 2014 season, Ms. O’Connell returned to Garsington Opera in Offenbach’s Vert Vert in the role of the “coloratura to the gills” opera diva, La Corilla, where critics described her performance as “inescapably, the big hit of this production” (The Arts Desk). Earlier in the season, Ms. O’Connell made her American theatre debut to great critical acclaim with the McCarter Theatre in Princeton as Rosine in The Figaro Plays of Beaumarchais, directed by Stephen Wadsworth. Highlights of her 2012-13 season included her “spectacular” (The Times, London) West End debut as Sharon Graham in Terrence McNally’s play, Master Class, opposite Tyne Daly as Maria Callas, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, conducted by Alan Gilbert and co-produced by the Juilliard Opera Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program in fall 2012, and in spring 2013, she appeared in New York City Opera’s new production of Offenbach’s La Périchole, directed by Christopher Alden. Hailed by the New York Times as “a natural in the recital format” for her Carnegie Hall debut performance of “Witches, Bitches & Women in Britches” at Weill Recital Hall presented by CAG in 2013, Ms. O’Connell divides her time between the recital platform, the theatre and opera stages. Upcoming performances include her debut cabaret show “FRAU” at the Neue Galerie in New York City this November 12th, and the roles of Cherubino and Serafin with Welsh National Opera in the spring of 2016.
 
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