Lisa Forstmann - soprano
Lisa Forstmann soprano
Lisa Forstmann resume


•PERFORMANCES

•CONCERT

•TRAINING

•AWARDS AND HONORS



•PERFORMANCES
Role
Title/Composer
Company/Location
Director/Conductor
Year
Lucy The Telephone, Menotti
 El Paso Opera
(Houston, TX)		 Linda McClain, Education Director 2005
Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
 Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2003
Giorgetta Il Tabarro, Puccini
 Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2003
Frasquita Carmen, Bizet
 Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2002
Countess Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
 Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2002
Amelia Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi
 Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2002
Pamina/Queen
1st Lady		 Die Zauberflöte, Mozart El Paso Opera's Community Outreach Program (El Paso, TX) Linda McClain, Education Director 2001
Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart El Paso Opera
(El Paso, TX)		 Prentice Loftin, general director 2001
Lady Billows Albert Herring, Britten Meadows Opera Theater
(Dallas, TX)		 Paul Phillips, conductor
Dale Morehouse, director 		2001
Manon Manon, Massenet Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2000
Donna Anna Don Giovanni, Mozart Opera in the Heights
(Houston, TX)		 William Weibel, conductor 2000
Anna Maurrant Street Scene, Weill Meadows Opera Theater
(Dallas, TX)		 Paul Phillips, conductor
Dale Morehouse, director		 2000
Lucy The Telephone, Menotti Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1999
Musetta La Bohéme, Act IV, Puccini Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1998
Marie La Fille Du Régiment, Donizetti
(scenes) "Salut a la Francé" sound bite		 Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1998
Mary Warren The Crucible, Ward
ActII sound bite; ActIII sound bite		 Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Paul Phillips, conductor
Dale Morehouse, director		 1998
Cendrillon Cendrillon, Massenet
(scenes)		 Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1997
Papagena The Magic Flute, Mozart
(scenes)		 Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale, Morehouse, director 1997
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Mozart
(scenes)		 Meadows Opera Theater,
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1997
Anna Glavari The Merry Widow, Lehar
"Vilia" sound bite		 Meadows Opera Theater
(Dallas, TX),		 Paul Phillips, conductor
Dale Morehouse, director		 1997
Rosina The Ghosts of Versailles, Corigliano
(scenes)		 Meadows Opera Theater
(Dallas, TX)		 Dale Morehouse, director 1996
*All "scenes" productions were performed with piano and fully staged/costumed.


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•CONCERT

    Requiem by Mozart, The Meadow's Chorale and The Meadow's Symphony Orchestra,
    Constantina Tsolainou (dir.) "Tuba mirum" sound bite; "Benedictus" sound bite

    "Martern aller Arten" from Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Mozart, for the Women's
    Board of the Dallas Opera

    "Quando m'en vo'" from La Bohème by Puccini, for the Women's Board of the Dallas
    Opera sound bite

    "Vilia, oh Vilia," and "The Merry Widow Waltz" from The Merry Widow by Franz Lehàr,
    for the Women's Board of the Dallas Opera Guild

    Gloria by Vivaldi, St. Michael Catholic Church, Wesley Beal (dir.)

    Exsultate, jubilate by Mozart, Highland Park United Methodist Church "Alleluja" sound
    bite

    Requiem by John Rutter, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Bonnie Jean
    Mouton (dir.)

    Selections from The Messiah by Händel, St. Michael Catholic Church and Highland
    Park United Methodist Church

    Serenade to Music by Ralph Vaughn Williams, The Meadow's Opera Theater, Dale
    Morehouse (dir.) sound bite

    A Recital of Duets and Arias, presented by The Puccini Society of Dallas, with Letitia
    Singleton (mezzo soprano), and Tara Emerson (accompanist)

    Palm Springs 2003 Showcase Concert, featuring The Metropolitan Opera National Council Western Regional Winners (upcoming)

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•TRAINING

    Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 1997-2001

    Artist-in-Residence with El Paso Opera 2001-2002

    Robert Barefield (voice teacher) 1996-present

    Burr C. Phillips (voice teacher) 2001

    Grant Williams (voice teacher) 1995-1996

    Martha Gerhart (coach) 1997-2000

    Tara Emerson (coach/accompanist) 1996-2000

•AWARDS AND HONORS

The Rose M. Haggar Voice Scholarship - SMU (1996-2000)

The Dean's List - SMU (1996-2000)

Concerto Competition finalist - SMU (1997, 1999)

Thomas Hayward Award and Scholarship for Opera Singers (1998)

Finalist for San Francisco Opera Center's Merola Program (2000, 2001)

Fourth Place in The Tuesday Musical Club Vocal Competition - San Antonio, TX (2000)

Finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild's Career Grant for Opera Singers (2000)

Finalist for Virginia Opera's Spectrum Young Artist Program (2002)

Fourth Place in Opera Longview's Vocal Competition (2002)

First Place in the El Paso Opera's Laureen Butler Vocal Competition (2002)

Third Place in the Dallas Opera Guild's Career Grant for Opera Singers (2002)

First Place Western Regional Winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2002)

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