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Sonja Pitsker
Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Mierendorffplatz 11
10589 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 343 584 70
spitsker@juno.com
http://www.classicalsinger.net/Sonja_Pitsker1291719557
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 125 lbs.
Roles Performed:
Brief-Christel
Mme Giry
Fleur de Soufre
Atala
Malgherita
Miss Mabel Gibson
2. Dame and Pamina
Mme Herz
Christine
Olympia
La Musica
1st Spirit
Despina
Micaela
Serpina
Lauretta
Suor Genovieffa
Poussette
Musetta
Clorinda
2nd Lady and Papagena
Polly Peachum
Der Vogelhändler
Phantom der Oper
Croquefer
Vent du soir
Meister Andrea
Die Zirkusprinzessin
Die Zauberflöte
Der Schaupieldirektor
Phantom der Oper
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
L‘Orfeo
Die Zauberflöte
Cosi fan tutte
Carmen
La Serva Padrona
Il Maestro di Musica
Suor Angelica
Manon
La Bohème
La Cenerentola
Die Zauberflöte
The Threepenny Opera
Lübecker Sommeroperette
Lübecker Sommeroperette
Stadttheater Puttbus, Rügen
Stadttheater Puttbus, Rügen
Lübecker Sommeroperette
Lübecker Sommeroperette
Stadttheater Puttbus, Rügen
Lübecker Sommeroperette
Europa Musical Tournée
Peninsula Teen Opera
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Peninsula Teen Opera
West County Theatre Arts Guild
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Recitals:
Liederabend—An Autumn Song Recital; Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, Strauss, David Schober
With David Schober, piano
Church in the Gardens, Queens, NY
2010
Georg Friedrich Händel: Sopran und Orgel; Arias and Art songs by Handel
With Karsten Drewing, organ
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
2009
Dorfkirche Blankenburg, Berlin
2009
Operette am Klavier Concert Series
Volks- und Komödientheater Geisler, Lübeck 2006-present
Solo Concert Appearances:
Caldara: Missa Dolorosa
Goldberg: 12. Psalm
J. S. Bach: Messe A-Dur
Fauré: Requiem
Orff: Carmina Burana
J. S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium I-IV, VI
Handel: The Messiah
J. S. Bach: Magnificat
Handel: Gloria
Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël
Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Handel: The Messiah
Dinner and the Complete Ring Cycle
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV No. 4 and 131
Benefit Concert (Arias and Art Songs)
Mozart: Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers
Sonja Pitsker
Martin Luther King Kirche, Berlin
Martin Luther King Kirche, Berlin
Gemeindezentrum Plötzensee, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Gethsemane-Kirche, Berlin
Pauluskirche, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin
Capitol Opera Sacramento
Livermore Valley Opera
Sonoma County Bach Society
Stanford University Premature Infant Gift Fund
Sonoma State University Chorus
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Opera Chorus:
Semele
Die Zauberflöte
Idomeneo
Stiffelio
Maria Padilla
Norma
Donald Pippin’s Pocket Opera
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute
Donald Pippin’s Pocket Opera
Donald Pippin’s Pocket Opera
Donald Pippin’s Pocket Opera
2005
2004
2004
2003
2003
2002
Opera Workshops:
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute, San Francisco, CA, directed by Sylvia Anderson, 2004
The Singer's Gym, Oakland, CA, directed by Ben Bernstein and Kathy Cathcart, 2000-2004
Holy Names College Opera Workshop, Oakland, CA, directed by Monroe Kanouse, 2000
Peninsula Teen Opera, Redwood City, CA, directed by Allen Cathcart, 1998 & 2000
San Jose State University Opera Workshop, directed by Prof. Irene Dalis and Dr. David Rohrbaugh, 1996 & 1997
Sonoma State University Opera Workshop, directed by Dr. Peggy Donovan-Jeffrey, 1994 & 1996
Oberlin Conservatory of Music Opera Workshop, directed by Steven Daigle, 1993
Education:
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, January 94-May 95
Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance (Vocal Emphasis), 1995
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, September 92-December 93
Voice Teachers:
Amanda Halgrimson, Allen Cathcart, Gaelyne Gabora, Claudia Graswurm
Master Classes:
Patricia Wise, Patricia Craig
Coaches and Conductors:
Andrea Baiocchi, Brad Bernstein, Carsten Bowien, Kathryn Cathcart, Darryl Cooper, Michael Grossman, Regine
Haffner, Monroe Kanouse, Alex Katsman, Jonathan Khuner, Matthias Kuntzsch, Donald Pippin, David Schober,
Nina Shuman, Buck Townsend
Other Experience:
Assistant Stage Director: Peninsula Teen Opera, 1999-2006
Languages: Fluent in English and German; intermediate French and Italian; beginning Russian
Dance: 15 years of ballet, 2 years of tap, 2 semesters of ballroom dance
Recent Press Reviews:
Das Opernglas (September, 2010)— Mit beglückender Spielfreude, leuchtender Stimmkraft und perlenden
Koloraturen nahm die junge Sopranistin das Publikum für sich ein. (With joyful play, radiant vocal power and
sparkling coloratura, the young soprano enchanted her audience.)
Lübecker Nachrichten (August 4, 2010)— Sonja Pitsker überzeugte mit glanzvoller Höhe. Ihre Koloraturen waren
klar aber nie schneidend. Sie sang frei, spielte mit der Musik und füllte ihre Rollen ebenso spielend. (Sonja
Pitsker was convincing with radiant high notes. Her coloratura was transparent but never piercing. Her singing
was free,she played with the music and filled her roles with charm.)
HL-Live (August 20, 2009)— ...daneben gibt es auch eine kleine Sensation: das Ensemble der Lübecker
Sommeroperette verfügt mit Sonja Pitsker über eine Sopranistin, die den berühmten "Frühlingsstimmenwalzer"
nicht nur singt, sondern auch gleichzeitig tanzt! (... in addition, there is quite a sensation: the ensemble of the
Lübecker Sommeroperette has a soprano in Sonja Pitsker who does not only sing the famous
Frühlingsstimmenwalzer, but simultaneously dances it as well!)
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