In the role of Sister Constance, an upbeat peer nun to Blanche, Suzanne Ramo’s soaring high soprano offers moments of exquisite levity within the otherwise serious work.

— Austin Chronicle

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UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

Rita Rita Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra January 2011

OPERA

Soeur Constance Dialogues des Carmelites Austin Lyric Opera
Rosalinda Die Fledermaus Amarillo Opera
Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro Berkshire Opera
Rosalinda Die Fledermaus Austin Lyric Opera
Micaëla Carmen Amarillo Opera
Violetta La Traviata Amarillo Opera
Najade Ariadne auf Naxos Tulsa Opera
Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte City Opera of the Quad Cities
Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte San Francisco Opera
Musetta La Boheme Utah Opera
Chiang Ch’ing Nixon in China Colorado Music Festival
Stella A Streetcar Named Desire Austin Lyric Opera
Gilda (cover) Rigoletto San Francisco Opera
Nannetta (cover) Falstaff San Francisco Opera
Calisto La Calisto San Francisco Opera Center
Baby Doe The Ballad of Baby Doe San Francisco Opera
Papagena Die Zauberflöte San Francisco Opera
Iris (cover) Semele San Francisco Opera
Sophie (cover) Der Rosenkavalier San Francisco Opera
Giannetta (cover) L’elisir d’amore San Francisco Opera
Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring San Francisco Opera Center
Zerlina Don Giovanni Austin Lyric Opera
Elvira The Italian Girl in Algiers Merola Opera Program
Woglinde Das Rheingold San Francisco Opera
Woglinde Götterdämmerung San Francisco Opera
Der Waldvogel Siegfried San Francisco Opera
Violetta La Traviata Western Opera Theater

ORATORIO / CONCERT

Carmina Burana Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Panama, Ballet Austin
Coronation Mass Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vier Letzte Lieder Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra
Girls Gone Bad Southeastern Festival of Song
Messiah Austin Symphony Orchestra
Opera to Broadway Victoria Symphony
Seven Last Words of Christ Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra
Christus am Öelberge Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Victoria Symphony
Mass in C Minor (Mozart) Stanford University
Gloria (Poulenc) Austin Symphony Orchestra
Best of Broadway San Antonio Symphony
Ein Deutsches Requiem Brazos Valley Symphony

AWARDS

Diamond Award
(1st place)
Vera Scammon SOS International Vocal Competition
Regional Finalist Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Pacific Region
National Finalist Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Regional Finalist Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Southwest Region

TRAINING

Adler Fellowship San Francisco Opera
Merola Opera Program San Francisco Opera
Young Artist Program Austin Lyric Opera
MM The University of Texas at Austin
BA in Music Whitworth College

TEACHERS:

David Jones, Nancy Elledge, William Lewis

COACHES:

Kathryn Cathcart, Peter Grunberg, Bryndon Hassmann, Carol Isaac, Terry Lusk, Mark Morash, John Parr, Julian Reed, Monica Vanderveen, Susan Webb

DIRECTORS:

Laura Alley, Sandra Bernhard, Josemaria Condemi, John Cox, Brad Dalton, David Edwards, Tara Faircloth, Laurie Feldman, Colin Graham, Lotfi Mansouri, Joseph McClain, Kristine MacIntyre, Roy Rallo, Andrei Serban, Paula Williams

CONDUCTORS:

Anton Coppola, Carol Crawford, Sir Charles Mackerras, Nicholas McGegan, Donald Runnicles, Stefan Lano, Joseph Colaneri, Cal Stuart Kellogg, Peter Bay, Michael Boder, Ian Robertson, James Setapen, Gary Wedow, William Lacey, Darryl One