Anamer Castrello Résumé

Résumé

Anamer Castrello
Mezzo-Soprano

571-214-6603
acastrello@hotmail.com
http://www.acastrello.org

Member,
Actors' Equity Association
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)

Height: 5'5"
Weight: 155
Hair: Ebony
Eyes: Dark Brown

ROLES PERFORMED
OPERA & ZARZUELA
	Casta/Soledad	La Verbena de la Paloma	Ward Hall, Catholic University of America	2006
	Paloma	El Barberillo de Lavapiés (Barbieri)	Zarzuela Di Sí	2006
	Candelas	El amor brujo	IN Series at National Museum of Women in the Arts	2004
	Mezzo	Zarzuela 2002	IN Series at National Museum of Women in the Arts	2002
	Maddalena	Rigoletto (Verdi)	Teatro Lirico Nacional	2001
	Soledad	La Verbena de la Paloma (Bretón)	IN Series Opera	2000
	Pepa	Goyescas (Granados)	Pan American Symphony Orchestra	2000
	Paloma	El Barberillo de Lavapiés (Barbieri)	IN Series Opera	1999
	Luisa Fernanda	Luisa Fernanda (Torroba)	Pan American Symphony Orchestra	1999
	Marcellina	Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)	Opera Festival di Roma	1998
	La Abuela	La Vida Breve (de Falla)	Pan American Symphony Orchestra	1998
	Rosaura	Los Gavilanes (Guerrero)	IN Series Opera	1997
	Vitellia	La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart)	IN Series Opera	1997
	Teresa	Marina (Arrieta)	Opera Camerata of Washington	1996
	The Mezzo	Fatal Song (Cahill)	Maryland Opera Studio	1996
	Zeena Nemps/Dangerous Lil	Perfection (Choy)	The Unidentified Flying Opera Co.	1996
	Estrelda	El Capitan (Sousa)	Opera Americana	1995
	Marcellina	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)	The Singers Opera	1995
	Zeffka	Diary of One Who Vanished (Janacek)	IN Series Opera	1995
	Virginia Woolf	From the Diary of Virginia Woolf (Argento)	IN Series Opera	1995
	Ericlea	The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)	Maryland Opera Studio	1994
	Voice of Antonia's Mother	The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)	Maryland Opera Studio	1994
	Mother	Fidgety Phil (Patton)	Gallaudet Opera	1993
	2nd Woman/First Witch	Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)	IN Series Opera	1993
	Candelas	El amor brujo (de Falla)	IN Series Opera	1992
OPERA SCENES
	Carmen	Carmen (Bizet)	Crittenden Opera Workshop
	Charlotte	Werther (Massenet)	Crittenden Opera Workshop
	Mrs. Meg Page	Falstaff (Verdi)	Maryland Opera Studio
	Octavian	Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss)	Maryland Opera Studio
	Mother Marie	Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc)	Maryland Opera Studio
	Dorabella	Così fan tutte (Mozart)	IN Series Opera
	Third Lady	The Magic Flute (Mozart)	IN Series Opera
THEATRE, MUSICAL THEATRE & CABARET
	Vocal soloist	Mexican Bohemian Nights	GALA Hispanic Theatre at Mexican Cultural Institute
	Doña Gabriela	Perdita (Debbie Wicks La Puma)	Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
	Vocal soloist	Borinquen Preciosa	IN Series
	Adriana/Soledad	Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare)	ETC Company
	Vocal soloist	Juanita y Alicia	with the Washington Ballet in: Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia, PA Palace Theatre, Cleveland, OH Teatro Mella, Havana, Cuba Teatro Sauto, Matanzas, Cuba Gerald Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO Joyce Theater, New York, NY
	Regina Morti	An Inopportune Visit (Copi)	GALA Hispanic Theatre
	Hymen	As You Like It (Rosen/Shakespeare)	Shakespeare Theatre
	Housekeeper	Man of la Mancha (Darion/Leigh)	The Other Opera Company
	Anita	West Side Story (Bernstein)	Maryland Opera Studio
	Inner Voice	How can I explain a thing so beautiful	Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
	Songs of Life and Hope	Spain in the Heart II	IN Series
	Crushed Flowers	Spain in the Heart III	IN Series
	Cantante	Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta	Teatro del Sesenta
	Cantante negra	Las lágrimas amargas de Petra von Kant	Nuevo Collage Inc.
	Alter Ego	They are playing our song	Civic Theatre
	Cabaret Latino '94, '95, '96 & '97		IN Series Cabaret
	Trio: Legendary Black Female Performers		IN Series Cabaret
RECITALS
	Soul of Latin America in: Tulsa, OK Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC National Museum of American History, Washington, DC NEA, Washington, DC Café Oggi, McLean, VA Russell Theatre, Fairfax, VA Jazz and Latin Music Series, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC George Mason University, VA Organization of American States, Washington, DC OPM, Washington, DC Department of Justice, Washington, DC Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC George Washington University, Washington, DC Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC Venezuelan, Mexican, Japanese and German Embassies, Washington, DC US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD The Piano Shop, Silver Spring, MD Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI First Baptist Church of Vermont, Burlington, VT Christ & St. Stephen's Church, Trio Musik, Musica de Camara, New York, NY Town Hall, New York, NY Waterford, VA
TRAINING (TEACHERS AND COACHES)
	Education:	M.M. University of Maryland, 1994 - Voice/Opera Performance
		M.A. New York University, 1988 - Music Education for Colleges and Universities
		B.A. University of Puerto Rico, 1984 - Humanities Music/Piano
	Voice:	Guadalupe Kreysa, Carmen Balthrop, Annette Johansson, Ramonita Meléndez, Susan Pabón, María E. Robles
	Coaches:	Martin Iseep, Carlos C. Rodríguez, José Cáceres, Carla Hübner
	Drama:	Leon Major, Fran Dorn, José Félix Gómez, Victoria Espinosa, Ana Altiery
	Dance:	Ana García, Pilar Espinosa, Ita Medina, Sarita Ayala, Tito Romero
AWARDS
	Institute of Puerto Rico in New York - 1997 Operatic Singing Artist of the Year
	1995 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - District Winner
	1995 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Regional Finalist (Gulf Coast)
	1995 The Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA) - Latino: Best Female Vocalist
SPECIAL SKILLS
	Piano, Dance (ballet/jazz/modern/flamenco), Acting, Fluent in Spanish and English

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST