Cheryl Warfield, Soprano 255 West 75th Street, #3-I, New York, NY 10023

Telephone/Fax: 212-595-7084; or 646-691-6194 (cell) email: moreopera@gmail.com

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OPERATIC ENGAGEMENTS WITH ORCHESTRA

Opera Role Company TOSCA Floria Tosca Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble

PORGY AND BESS Serena (cover) The Princeton Festival, Princeton, NJ

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Countess Almaviva Amore Opera, NYC

QUEEN OF SPADES Lisa One World Symphony, NYC

PORGY AND BESS Strawberry Woman Lyric Opera of Chicago (Illinois)

DON GIOVANNI Donna Anna Woodstock (NY) Chamber Orchestra

IL TROVATORE Leonora Woodstock (NY) Chamber Orchestra

CARMEN Micaëla Woodstock (NY) Chamber Orchestra

COSÌ FAN TUTTE Fiordiligi Rome Opera Festival, Rome, Italy

ERNANI Elvira Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble

MERRY WIDOW Praskovia New England Lyric, Stamford, CT

ELEKTRA Third Maid (cover) Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra

MADAMA BUTTERFLY (excerpts) Cio-Cio San Silesian Opera, Opava, Czech Republic

SUOR ANGELICA La Badessa Henry Street Opera, New York, NY

OTHER ROLES PERFORMED ANDREA CHENIER Maddelena

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Leonora

LA GIOCONDA Gioconda

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Santuzza

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Amelia

AIDA Aida

ORFEO ED EURIDICE Euridice THE MEDIUM Mrs. Gobineau ORCHESTRAL ENGAGEMENTS

KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915 Woodstock Chamber Orchestra

BRITTEN'S LES ILLUMINATIONS Mannes String Ensemble – New York City

HANDEL'S MESSIAH Warren (OH) Chamber Orchestra

MOZART REQUIEM Jackson Heights Community Ensemble --Queens BRAHM'S GERMAN REQUIEM Columbus Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra MOZART'S EXSULTATE JUBILATE Columbus Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

VIVALDI GLORIA Columbus Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES

METROPOLITAN OPERA Extra Chorister Multiple Productions

BROADWAY: SHOWBOAT Ensemble & Soloist Broadway Production, H. Prince, Director

SYMPHONY SPACE (NY) Guest Artist Wall-to-Wall Opera

MEET DOROTHY MAYNOR One Woman Show Various New York City Venues

ROBESON SPIRITUALS RECITAL Soloist and Producer Harlem Meer, Central Park Conservancy

WEILL HALL OPERA GALA Solo Artist New York Vocal Artists, B. Douglas, Director

CONDUCTORS AND COACHES

John De Main (Lyric Opera of Chicago), David Leighton (Woodstock Chamber Orchestra), Andrew Litton

(Bregenz Festival), Sung Jin Hong (One World Symphony), Christian Badea (Opera Columbus),

Anthony Amato (Amato Opera), James Levine & Valery Gergiev, Metropolitan Opera (Chorus).

UNION AFFILIATIONS

American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Actor’s Equity (AEA), SAG-AFTRA

Cheryl Warfield, Soprano

Soprano Cheryl Warfield has performed over 15 lead roles in the standard operatic repertoire during her career, including the title roles of Tosca, Aida and La Gioconda. Cheryl made her European operatic debut as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s “Cosí fan tutte” with the Rome Festival Orchestra. This summer, Miss Warfield sings the role of Channah in Holocaust survivor Harry Bialor’s opera/oratorio “Masada” with the Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera. Last season, she sang the role of Strawberry Woman and covered the role of Serena with the Princeton Festival and sang Tosca for MORE Opera under the baton of Anton Coppola. Career highlights include her Broadway debut in Hal Prince’s “Show Boat,” critical acclaim from the Chicago Tribune for her portrayal of Strawberry Woman in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of “Porgy and Bess,” and guest soloist appearances at the NFL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies in Canton, Ohio and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Cheryl’s cabaret-style appearances include performances at the Triad on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, and holiday and special performances at numerous restaurants in Little Italy, most recently at the Enrico Caruso room at the Grotta Azzurra Restaurant. She has been featured at Opera Night at the San Gennaro Festival, the annual Little Italy Christmas tree lighting, holiday performances at the Barclay Intercontinental Hotel, a benefit for the Suffolk Jewish Community Center’s “Kamp Hope” and the Opera Night concert series in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

Cheryl is a member of AGMA, SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity and has appeared on the Tony Awards and the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast DVDs of the Metropolitan Opera’s productions of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” and “Fidelio.”

An outstanding arts administrator and creator/producer of innovative vocal arts programs, Cheryl is a founding member and producer for Amore Opera in Manhattan and the Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera). She has produced numerous opera performances including Verdi’s “Ernani,” “Il trovatore,” “Aida,” Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Puccini’s “La Bohème and “Tosca.” Cheryl founded ADVANCE, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit vocal arts organization that presents concerts of classical music, and has written, starred in and produced the spirituals concert, “Paul Robeson: A Celebration of Culture,” and the musical “Meet Dorothy Maynor," about the life and career of the Harlem School of the Arts founder. Cheryl holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Ohio State University.