Arts Strong with Annelise and Kristen
Annelise hosts a special Arts Strong college edition with Dr. Kristen Bauer Marchiafava. Below find links to the Arts Strong conversation and a one on one sit-down with Dr. Marchiafava about the journey from high school to college.
Vocal Warm-ups
Sing along with Dr. Marchiafava and the live audience from CHS Voices in this sneak peak from the Arts Strong Masterclass.
Arts Strong Masterclass
Learn from Arts Strong guest artist Dr. Marchiafava as she coaches high school students in vocal technique for audition and recital performance.
Arts Strong Conversation
Join in the conversation with Annelise Cassar Tedesco and Kristen Bauer Marchiafava as high school students sit down and ask their questions about preparing for and auditioning for college in this special college edition of Arts Strong.
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Dr. Kristen Marchiafava is an active performer and voice teacher who made her professional debut as Vanessa in the Nevada Opera premiere production of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer-Prize-winning opera Vanessa. Hailed by Patrick Shannon of NOLAtheater.com for her "angelic vocalizations," Dr. Marchiafava has performed leading roles regionally and abroad, such as Mimì in La Bohème in the Festival nel Montefeltro with La Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy, 2nd Lady in The Magic Flute and Gertrüd in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Louisiane, and Anna Maurrant in Street Scene with the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop. Particularly known for her interpretations of Mozart's leading ladies, Dr. Marchiafava has performed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Festival South Opera, La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Elettra in Idomeneo, and Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte. Other roles include Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, and Brod in the world premiere of The Fruits of Folia by Noam Sivan by the Mannes Opera in New York.
In addition to operatic roles, Dr. Marchiafava is an active soloist and has appeared in concert with the Acadiana Symphony, the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans, the Louisiana Sinfonietta, the St. Louis Cathedral Choir, the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Louisiana Concert Movement, and as a featured soloist at the Harrower 50th Anniversary Gala with Frederica von Stade.
Dr. Marchiafava holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Louisiana State University, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Mannes College of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Loyola University New Orleans. She has studied with Ruth Falcon, Philip and Ellen Frohnmayer, and Patricia O'Neill, and has completed a directing internship with acclaimed director, Carroll Freeman, Classical Singer magazine's "2010 Stage Director of the Year."Dr. Marchiafava is the Secretary of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and teaches Applied Voice, French Diction and English/Italian Diction.
Photo credit: Brandi Stage Portraiture