JOY LEITNER

SOPRANO

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

ROLES:

The Impresario  (Mozart)- Madame Goldentrill- University of Louisville  Opera

            Don Giovanni (Mozart)- Donna Elvira- Brevard Music Center Opera

            The Magic Flute (Mozart)- First Lady- University of Louisville Opera

            Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)- Cherubino- University of Louisville Opera

            Dialogues of the Carmelites  (Poulenc)-Blanche- University of Louisville

EXCERPTS/SCENES ROLES STUDIED:        

            Don Giovanni (Mozart)- Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Donna Anna

            Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)- Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina

            La Cenerentola  (Rossini)- Cenerentola

            Falstaff (Verdi)- Nanetta

            The Saint of Bleaker Street (Menotti)-Anina

            The Consul (Menotti)- Anna

            Candide (Bernstein)- Cunegonde

SOLO CONCERT PERORMANCE:

            Recital Sarasota Artists Series Jan 2008

Vero Beach Choral Society Christmas Concert Soloist Dec 2007

Vero Beach Opera Masked Ball Event Nov 2006

            Vespers Solennes de Confessore (Mozart)

            Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)

Vero Beach Choral Society April 2007

Various recitals and concerts sponsored by the Sarasota Opera Guild, Bradenton Opera Guild, and Sarasota Artists Series 2001-2008

Louisville Orchestra Pops (Bernstein)

            Brevard Music Center Pops (Porter)

            Te Deum (Verdi) Louisville Orchestra

Carmina Burana (Orff) Brevard Music Center Orchestra

            Chichester Psalms (Bernstein) Louisville Orchestra

**Performances regularly at various church and private function venues (ongoing)

EDUCATION

Masters Degree in Community Music- University of York; England 1999

Post Graduate Studies in Opera and Vocal Performance- Royal Northern College of Music; Manchester, England 1995-1996

Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance- University of Louisville; Louisville, Ky. 1995