 Dawn Padula, Dangeville, comes back to OH after delighting us with her Mercedes in Carmen and Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro. She is a Houston-based mezzo-soprano who has performed The Witch in Hansel and Gretel (The Living Opera), Maddalena in Rigoletto (Amarillo Opera), Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri, Erika in Vanessa, Melibea in Il Viaggio a Reims (Moores Opera Center), and Ragonde in Le Comte Ory (Manhattan School of Music Opera). Newport Classics has released her performance as Bellino in Casanova's Homecoming (Moores Opera Center). Dr. Padula also created the role of Hagga for the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' The Thirteen Clocks (recorded for commercial release). For Houston Grand Opera, Dr. Padula sang the role of Sappho in a reading and recording session of Mark Adamo's Lysistrata as well as participating in scenes from Daniel Catan's Salsipuedes for their New Music Week. She also portrayed Vera in Gene Murray's The Wage of Sin with Amarillo Opera, a project funded by an Opera America grant, which was recorded for PBS. Dr. Padula is currently Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Workshop at Sam Houston State University.
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