Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Coloratura soprano Marielle Murphy, noted for her warm, unique timbre and clarity of sound, is an exciting new performer on today's operatic scene. With her fearless fioritura and impeccable musicianship, she embodies the complete opera singer for today's discerning audiences.

In 2018/19 Marielle Murphy joins the roster at Theater Münster, performing as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Michal in Händel's Saul, Greta Fiorentino in Street Scene, and Ninetta in Die Liebe zu den 3 Orangen. In the 2017/18 season, she joined the ensemble of the Konzerttheater Bern, Switzerland, where she sings the Königin der Nacht and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Frasquita in Carmen, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. At the Aachener Theater in Germany she appears this season as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and at Opera Leipzig she sings A 15-Year Old Girl in Lulu.

In 2016, Ms. Murphy was invited to join the prestigious Salzburg Festspiele’s Young Singers Project and sang the role of La Charmeuse in Thaïs. Previously she has performed Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at St. Petersburg Opera (FL), Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Hubbard Hall Opera Theater (NY), and Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia with Green Mountain Opera Festival (VT). In the 2012/13 season, she sang, to delighted audiences, her first Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with Manhattan Opera Studio at Symphony Space. She also sang the demanding soprano solos in Haydn’s The Creation at the Winter Harbor Music Festival and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Bach in the Heights.

Ms. Murphy is an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, where she performed in scenes concerts as Despina in Così fan tutte, Amy March in Little Women, Mrs. Fiorentino in Street Scene, La Bergère in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and Rosemary in Lee Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke. As an Apprentice Artist, she has sung at the Caramoor International Music Festival and as an Advanced Artist at OperaWorks. A 2010 graduate of the renowned Eastman School of Music, Marielle Murphy appeared frequently with Eastman Opera Theatre performing the roles of Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor and Mélisande in Pellèas et Mélisande, and in opera scenes she sang Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lakmé, Cendrillon, and Mrs. Wordsworth in Albert Herring. As a member of the Eastman Collegium Musicum Baroque ensemble, she sang the 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas.

Marielle Murphy has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. In 2016, she was a semi-finalist in the Belvedere Competition in Cape Town, South Africa and Francisco Vinas Singing Competition in Barcelona. Ms. Murphy has twice been a recipient of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2013-14) Encouragement Award (Rocky Mountain Region). She received an Encouragement Award from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, a 3rd Place Prize in the NJ State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Competition, the Tony Cuervas Award in the Holt Scholarship Competition, and 2nd Prize in the Henry & Maria Holt Competition. She was a Finalist in both the Carmel Music Society Vocal Competition and the Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition. In 2012, she was a District Winner and Regional Finalist (Gulf Coast Region) at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. At Eastman School of Music, she won the Voice Department Jury Award and the Opportunity Scholarship Award as well as the 2nd Prize in the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition.

Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Opera

Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail Theater Münster 2018/19 Michal Saul Theater Münster 2018/19 Ninetta Die Liebe zu den 8 Orangen Theater Münster 2018/19 Mrs. Fiorentino Street Scene Theater Münster 2018/19 Eine Fünfaehnjährige Lulu Oper Leipzig 2018 Frasquita Carmen Konzerttheater Bern 2018 Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte Konzerttheater Bern 2017 Papagena Die Zauberflöte Konzerttheater Bern 2017 Zerlina Don Giovanni Konzerttheater Bern 2017 Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos Theater Aachen 2017 La Charmeuse Thais Salzburg Festival 2016 Blondchen Die Entführung aus dem Serail St. Petersburg Opera (FL) 2016 Lucia The Rape of Lucretia Green Mountain Opera Festival 2014 Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro Hubbard Hall 2014 Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte Symphony Space 2013 Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos (scenes) Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Madame Herz Der Schauspieldirektor Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Mrs. Wordsworth Albert Herring (scenes) Eastman Opera Theatre 2010 Mélisande Pellèas et Mélisande Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 Lakmé Lakmé (scenes) Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 Cendrillon Cendrillon (scenes) Eastman Opera Theatre 2009 2nd Witch Dido and Aeneas Eastman Collegium Musicum 2008 Despina Così fan tutte (scenes) Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Amy March Little Women (scenes) Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Mrs. Fiorentino Street Scene (scenes) Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 La Bergère L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (scenes) Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008 Rosemary Summer and Smoke (scenes) Aspen Opera Theatre Center 2008

Concert & Oratorio Soloist

Soloist Sunday Recital St. John the Divine, NYC 2015 Haydn The Creation Winter Harbor Music Festival 2013 Bach Christmas Oratorio Bach in the Heights 2011/12 Soloist Maestro Vaccai concert Caramoor International Music Festival 2012 Soloist Bel Canto a due Caramoor International Music Festival 2012 Bach Magnificat Bach in the Heights 2012

Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Concert & Oratorio Soloist, cont'd

Rorem Ariel Nouveau Classical Project of NYC 2011 Recitalist A Summertime Recital Tour: NY, FL and CA 2010 Reich Music for 18 Musicians Signal Ensemble 2010 Soloist “From the Top” National Public Radio 2007

Education & Training Konzerttheater Bern, Switzerland 2017/18 Salzburg Festival, Young Singers Project 2016 German for Singers Summer Program, Middlebury College 2015 Winter Harbor Music Festival, Artist-in-Residence 2013 Bel Canto at Caramoor, Apprentice Artist 2012 Eastman School of Music, B.M., Howard Hanson Scholar 2010 OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program 2009 Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Aspen Music Festival 2008 Boston University Tanglewood Institute 2005/06

Awards & Grants

Semi-Finalist, Belvedere Competition, Cape Town, South Africa 2017 Semi-Finalist, Francisco Vinas Singing Competition 2017 Finalist, Honorable Mention, George London Competition 2016 Encouragement Award, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation 2014 Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Rocky Mtn. Region) 2014 3rd Prize, NJ State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Competition 2014 Tony Cuevas Award, Holt Scholarship Competition 2014 Encouragement Award, Career Bridges Foundation 2014 Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Rocky Mtn. Region) 2013 District Winner/Regional Finalist, Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions (Gulf Coast) 2012 2nd Prize, Henry & Maria Holt Scholarship Competition 2012/13 Finalist, Carmel Music Society Vocal Competition 2009/12 Finalist, Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition 2012 2nd Prize, Friends of Eastman Opera Competition 2009 Jury Award, Eastman Voice Department 2009 Winner, Eastman Opportunity Scholarship Award 2009

Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Opera Repertoire

Adams Madame Mao ……….……………. Nixon in China Ades Ariel …………………………..………. The Tempest Bellini Giulietta ......................... I Capuleti e i Montecchi Elvira …………….………………………. I Puritani Amina ......................................... La Sonnambula Bernstein Cunegonde …………....………………..…. Candide Britten Mrs. Wordsworth ……….………… Albert Herring Tytania ................. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Délibes Lakmé …………..…..……………..………….. Lakmé Donizetti Norina .................................................... Don Pasquale Adina ………………..…...………….. L’Elisir d’Amore Marie ………………....…..…… La Fille du Régiment Lucia ……………………….... Lucia di Lammermoor Händel Morgana ……………………...……………… Alcina Cleopatra …………………...…..…... Giulio Cesare

Moore Baby Doe ……..………… The Ballad of Baby Doe Mozart Despina ……………………………… Cosí fan tutte Zerlina ………....………………….... Don Giovanni Blonchen …..…….…. Die Entführung aus dem Serail Madame Herz …………………..... The ImpresarioKönigin der Nacht ….………..….. Die Zauberflöte Offenbach Olympia ……………....…. Les Contes d’Hoffmann Rossini Adèle ............................................... Le Comte Ory Amenaide ............................................... Tancredi R. Strauss Fiakermilli ………………….....…………. Arabella Zerbinetta …………………..... Ariadne auf Naxos Sophie …………………...…….. Der Rosenkavalier Thomas Ophélie ……............................................... Hamlet Philine ……………………….………………… Mignon Verdi Oscar ................................. Un Ballo in Maschera Nannetta .................................................. Falstaff Gilda ……................................................ Rigoletto

Concert Repertoire

Bach ……………….… Magnificat, B Minor Mass, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Coffee Cantata

Beethoven …….…… Symphony No. 9, Mass in C Brahms ………………………….………… Requiem Fauré ....................................................... Requiem Händel …………………………..…………. Messiah Haydn ……………..……………. The Creation Mahler ........................................ Symphony No. 4

Mozart …………….. Requiem, Exsultate jubilate, Coronation Mass, Mass in C Minor

Orff …………………………….... Carmina Burana Poulenc …………………………………….… Gloria R. Strauss …………………….…. Brentano Lieder Schoenberg ………………..……..… Herzgewachse Vivaldi …………………….…… Gloria, Beatus Vir

This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire.

For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography.

Marielle Murphy Coloratura Soprano

Reviews “Marielle Murphy used her brilliant soprano as the maid Lucia... singing was gorgeous.”

Jim Lowe, TIMES ARGUS, 2014 “Marielle Murphy as Susanna appeared... arias, chemistry and comic sense were artful... her soprano was an agile coloratura.”

Geraldine Freedman, THE DAILY GAZETTE, 2014 “The voices are spectacular, starting with the Susanna, Marielle Murphy: her instrument is unstoppable and can be heard sparkling in every register.”

Chris Buchanan, BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS, 2014 “Marielle Murphy, originally from California, displayed the exquisite training provided by Eastman when she sang a series of Mozart, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Gershwin pieces. She brought down the house when, after displaying a complete command of the vocal acrobatics of Richard Strauss’ “Grossmächtige Prinzessin”, from Ariadne auf Naxos, she offered as an encore the famous “Caro Nome”, sung with precision, power and accuracy in the high notes.”

Jack Conroy, Naples News, 2010