Events
Prison or Prophesy:
The Woman in the Tower
March 10, 2024 at 6 pm
The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins – Griswold Hall
Recital includes selections by Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Howard Shore, Robert Schumann, and Jake Heggie
Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel
Annapolis Opera
Peabody Conservatory • Baltimore, MD • Feb 2, 2024
Maryland Hall • Annapolis, MD • Feb 7-10, 2024
555 Pennsylvania Avenue • Washington, DC • Feb 14, 2024 at 12:30
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Biography
Lyndsey Notaro, mezzo-soprano, received her Master of Music in Voice & Opera from Northwestern University studying with Karen Brunssen. She is currently completing a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Institute studying with Margaret Baroody & Denyce Graves. Notaro performed Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon at Peabody Institute; Mrs. Nolan in Menotti’s The Medium and Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte at Northwestern University; La Maestra della Novizie in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at Si Parla, Si Canta and sang at Casa Verdi in Italy; Madame de la Haltière in Massenet’s Cendrillon, The Usher in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial By Jury, the 1st Stepsister in Warren Martin’s The True Story of Cinderella, and the Neighbor in Stravinsky’s Mavra at Illinois Wesleyan University. Notaro received her undergraduate training at Illinois Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. She has sung with Spritio Bravura directed by Molly Lindberg and the Alice Millar Chapel Choir directed by Stephen Alltop.
Lyndsey Notaro’s international studies include two summers at Si Parla, Si Canta in Italy. Interning at the Weiner Staatsoper with the director of casting and planning, Stephanie Wippel, Notaro helped plan the 150th Celebration of the Wiener Staatsoper, documented the tenure of artistic director Dominique Meyer, and arranged travel for the Staatsoper in Dusseldorf. In Austria, Notaro learned how important it is to be versatile and communicate effectively in multiple languages. She has traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Russia, and China. She travelled as a delegate of the Vatican for the 100-year commemoration of the execution of the Romanovs and sang for the Pope at Domus Sanctae Marthae.
Media
“In the Cards” from
Jake Heggie’s Out of Darkness: Two Remain
“Il padre adorato”
from Mozart’s Idomeneo
“Arabien, mein Heimatland”
from Weber’s Oberon
The “Card Aria”
from Bizet’s Carmen
The “Witch’s Aria”
from Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel
“Painting Her Portrait” from Jane Eyre
“Va! Laisse couler mes larmes”
from Massenet’s Werther
“Coeur sans amour”
from Massenet’s Cendrillon
Moments in Sonder
by B E Boykin
Iconic Legacies:
First Ladies of the Smithsonian
by Jake Heggie
Fünf Leid
by Alma Mahler
Resume
Lyndsey Notaro, mezzo 