PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY OF
Opera:
Mrs. ClancyHoiby’s HHH The Italian LessonNapa Music Festival
Antonia’s MotherOffenbach’s Les contes d’HoffmannNapa Music Festival
FlorenceBrittan’s Albert HerringNapa Music Festival
Julia ChildHoiby’s Bon Appètit Napa Music Festival Rosina (Cover) Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia Opera San Luis Obispo
AlmaHoiby’s Summer and SmokeWVU Opera Rosalinda J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus(Concert Performance) WVU Opera Mother Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors USC Chamber Opera
Opera Scenes:
Rosalinda J. Strauss’s Die FledermausNapa Music Festival
Leonora Betthoven’s FidelioNapa Music Festival
Mistress FordNicolai’s The Merry Wives of WindsorRedwoods Opera Workshop Rosalinda J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus Redwoods Opera Workshop Thisbe Rossini’s Cenerentola Redwoods Opera Workshop Anna Donizetti’s Anna Bolena WVU Opera Workshop Magda Menotti’s The Consul WVU Opera Workshop Agathe Weber’s Der Freischutz Redwoods Opera Workshop
With Orchestra:
Selections from GershwinLompoc Pops Orchestra Fiordiligi Selections from Cosi fan tutte Arts Obispo Orchestra Soloist Messiah New World Baroque Orchestra Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 Symphony of the Vines Soloist Messiah WVU Symphony Orchestra
Recital:
Cabernet CabaretNapa Music Festival
Semi-annual self-organized recitalsSan Luis Obispo, CA Lompoc Music Association Music Series Lompoc, CA
Opera San Luis Obispo: Broadway by the SeaSan Luis Obispo, CA
Opera San LuisObispoSummer Series RecitalSan Luis Obispo, CA
Opera San Luis ObispoResident Artist current
West VirginiaUniversity (WVU) Masters of Music- Vocal Performance
University of Southern California (USC)Bachelor of Music- Vocal Performance
Napa Music Festival Redwoods Opera Workshop
Songfest Apprentice Program
Private Voice Study:
Juliana GondekUCLA current
Jacalyn KreitzerCal Poly University, CA
Dr. Hope KoehlerWest VirginiaUniversity
Peter LightfootUniversity of Southern California
Conductors: Dana Sadava, Curt Pajer, Robert Ashens, Robert Thieme
Directors: Andrew Eggert, Omari Tau, Heather Matthews, Ken Cazan, Elizabeth Vrenios
Coaches: Rakefet Hak, Thomas Griep, James Lent, Robert Ashens, Robert Thieme, Darryl Cooper
2nd PlaceNATS Competition- Advanced WomenTri-State Chapter
1st PlaceOpera San Luis Scholarship CompetitionSan Luis Obispo, CA
2nd PlaceIntimate Opera Company Vocal CompetitionPasadena, CA
Artistic DirectorYoung Artist Opera Summer CampOpera San Luis ObispoAssistant Stage Director Opera Theatre West Virginia University Private Voice Studio Teacher and Yoga Instructor San Luis Obispo, CA
Biography- Marissa Bloom
Soprano Marissa Bloom is known for her extraordinary dramatic presence, comedic timing, and rich vocal quality. Heralded as the “Lucille Ball” of the opera world, Marissa Bloom thrives in contemporary American comic roles. Her performances of Julia Child in Bon Appètitand Mrs. Clancy in The Italian Lesson with the Napa Music Festival were a triumph of vocal strength and characterization. She has also performed the roles of Antonia’s Mother in Les Contes d’Hoffmannand Florence in Albert Herring during her summers with the Napa Music Festival. Currently, Marissa Bloom is a resident artist with Opera San Luis Obispo: performing at various outreach events and directing the annual Children’s Opera Camp.She has also been a featured soloist with Symphony of the Vines and the New World Baroque Orchestra. While performing in both the recital and operatic capacity with these and other companies, Ms. Bloom studies with Juliana Gondek and Rakefet Hak of UCLA. Marissa has also studied with Jacalyn Kreitzer of Los Osos, California, Dr. Hope Koehler of West VirginiaUniversity, and Peter Lightfoot of University of Southern California. During fulfilment of her graduate degree, Ms. Bloom was the Assistant Opera Director at West VirginiaUniversityunder the direction of Robert Thieme where she also performed the role of Alma in Lee Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke. Ms. Bloom received her B.M. of Vocal Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Southern California where she made her operatic debut as The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Her numerous self-produced recital performances throughout Californiahave earned her great acclaim for her dramatic interpretations and fondness for lesser-known vocal works. A proponent of physical health and music education, Marissa Bloomruns both a yoga studio and a voice studio where she teaches a full-bodied approach to singing--incorporating yoga postures and breathing techniques into her training.