Linda Lister (born June 30, 1969) is an American soprano and teacher of singing.

Background

Linda Lister's solo career includes performances with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR), the Washington Symphony Orchestra, the

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, Piedmont Opera Theatre, Opera Theatre of Rochester, Rochester Oratorio Society, Long Leaf Opera, Greensboro Oratorio Society, Cambridge Opera, Cambridge Gilbert and Sullivan Society, and Maine State Music Theatre. Her favorite roles include Monica in

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, Musetta in

La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...

, Maria in

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...

, Maggie in

A Chorus Line ''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers ...

, and the title role in Massenet's Cendrillon. A featured soloist on the

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CDs ''The American Soloist'' and ''Midnight Tolls'', she sang the world premiere of “Mountain Night Recessional” at the Biltmore House. Lister has won awards from the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS), the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions, and Greater Miami Opera in addition to winning the 1998 Dissertation Prize from the National Opera Association. She is currently on the faculty at the

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England. UE offers more than 80 differ ...

. A

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graduate of

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, she received the Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from the

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. Before coming to the University of Evansville, she served on the voice faculties of Shorter College (Shorter University) where she created the course ''Yoga for Singers'',

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, the SUNY Fredonia, the Music Academy of North Carolina, the Hochstein School of Music, and the School of Choral Studies at the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSA). Lister is also a composer, and her chamber opera about the Brontë sisters (''How Clear She Shines!'') had its world premiere in 2002 and the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle commissioned a piano trio version of the opera for its west coast revival in 2006.'' Rome News-Tribune'',
"Professor's Opera Hits West Coast"
'January 18, 2006, p. 7A

Discography

*''The American Soloist'', Dvorak Symphony Orchestra (

, 2004) *''Midnight Tolls'', Dvorak Symphony Orchestra (Albany, 2006)]

References

American operatic sopranos 1969 births Living people Vassar College alumni University of Evansville faculty Shorter University faculty American voice teachers Eastman School of Music alumni University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni Elon University faculty State University of New York at Fredonia faculty 20th-century American women opera singers 21st-century American women opera singers American women music educators American women academics {{US-opera-singer-stub