Mariya Kaganskaya

 Mariya Kaganskaya Mezzo­Soprano 415.568.5674 ∙ www.mariyakaganskaya.com ∙ mariyakaganskaya@gmail.com Opera: Mexican Woman Ottavia Mother (scene) Dinah Charlotte (partial) Maddalena (scene) Marta (partial) Octavian (scene) Part 3 (scene) Witch (scene) Mallika (scene) Olga Elena (cover) Mezzo roles (cover) Serse Romeo (partial) The Fox (partial) Auntie (scene) Mme Pernelle (scene) Madam Chorus Cornelia Volupia Angelina (partial) Orlofsky (partial) Dorabella (partial) Chorus Lucretia (scene) Idamante (scene) A Streetcar Named Desire L'incoronazione di Poppea Hansel and Gretel (English) Trouble in Tahiti Werther Rigoletto Iolanta Der Rosenkavalier Transformations (Susa) Rapunzel (Harrison) Lakmé Eugene Onegin Anya17 (Gorb, North American premiere) Postcard from Morocco Serse I Capuleti e i Montecchi The Little Prince (Portman) Peter Grimes Tartuffe Exposure (world premiere) Il Trovatore, Die Fledermaus, Les pêcheurs de perles Giulio Cesare L’Egisto La Cenerentola Die Fledermaus (English) Così fan tutte A Flowering Tree (Adams) The Rape of Lucretia Idomeneo Opera Santa Barbara SFCM Baroque Ensemble San Francisco Opera Educational Outreach SFCM Opera Program SFCM Opera Workshop SFCM Opera Workshop SFCM Opera Workshop SFCM Opera Workshop Blueprint New Music series Blueprint New Music series Avanti Opera quartet Russian Opera Workshop Opera Parallèle SFCM Opera Program SFCM Baroque Ensemble UCSD Music Dept., SFCM Opera Workshop San Francisco Opera Educational Outreach SFCM Opera Workshop SFCM New Music Ensemble OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program Opera San José Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute UCSD Music Dept. Undergrads for Opera at UCSD Riverside Lyric Opera Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute 2015` 2015` 2015` 2014` 2013, 2014 `
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2012` 2012` 2011` 2011` 2011` Education/Training: Opera Santa Barbara Russian Opera Workshop (Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia) San Francisco Conservatory of Music OperaWorks (CSU Northridge, Los Angeles) University of California, San Diego Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute San Francisco Girls Chorus Studio Artist Program Summer Program M.M. in vocal performance Advanced Artist Program B.A. in music, voice emphasis, magna cum laude Summer Program Training program; professional ensemble 2015` 2014` 2013­2015`
2013` 2009­2012 `
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2001­2009 `
Awards: First place Finalist Presidential Scholarship, Joan & David Traitel Vocal Scholarship Bertram Turetzky Award Pacific Musical Society Competition West Bay Opera Holt Memorial Scholarship Competition San Francisco Conservatory of Music UC San Diego Department of Music 2014` 2014` 2013­2015`
2012` Teachers Catherine Cook, Philip Larson, Susana Poretsky, Lyutsina Kazachenko, Stephanie Aston Coaches Marcie Stapp, Steven Bailey, Corey Jamason, Darryl Cooper, Ron Valentino, Ghenady Meirson, Gabriel Rebolla, Elise Auerbach, Michele Scanlon, Simona Snitkovsky, Kevin Korth, Bryndon Hassman, Robert Mollicone, Ann Baltz, Margaret Singer, Douglas Sumi, Kelly Horsted, Lloyd Arriola, János Négyesy Conductors Nicole Paiement, Corey Jamason, Curt Pajer, Darryl Cooper, David Rohrbaugh, Andrew Whitfield, Anthony Quartuccio, Chip Grant, Codrut Birsan, Samuel Emanuel, Manuel Alberto Aybar, Lloyd Arriola, Mark Pinzow, Matthias Kuntzsch Directors Michael Mohammed, Heather Mathews, Zeffin Hollis, Richard Harrell, Theodore Zoldan, Ross Halper, Hector Correa, Rod Gomez Master class Peter Kazaras, William Stone, Michael Eberhard, Luana DeVol, Martin Katz, Lembit Beecher, Tobias Picker, Sylvia Anderson Related Skills: Fluent in English, Russian, French; Russian­English translator for Dmitri Hvorostovsky (2010). Background in theater; rhythmic gymnastics. Proficient classical pianist. Some study of yoga; Pilates; Alexander Technique. Frequent performer of new/experimental music.