Zoie Reams
Zoie Reams | |
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| Born | Chicago |
| Genres | opera |
| Occupation(s) | opera singer, actor |
| Years active | 2016-present |
Zoie Reams is an American mezzo soprano opera singer. Till now she mainly sung at the Houston Grand Opera, at the Minnesota Opera and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 2023, she debuted at the Met.
Career
[edit]In the 2021/22 season she was a member of the Minnesota Opera ensemble. There she sang the title role in Bizet's Carmen and Nancy in Britten's Albert Herring, among others.[1] She also appeared as Carmen at the Opera Louisiane, as Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Theater Basel and as Suzuki in Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Opera Columbus. Since 2019, she has been a regular at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the most important opera house in her home city, where she has performed roles including Flora Bervoix and Maddalena as well as Ragonde in Rossini's Le comte Ory.[2]
Competitions
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- Second prize at the Eleanor McCollum Competition of the Houston Grand Opera
- First prize at the Classical Singer Vocal Competition
- Second prizes at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Gulf Coast Region)
References
[edit]- ^ Jennifer M. Wilks: Carmen in Diaspora: Adaptation, Race, and Opera's Most Famous Character, Oxford University Press 2024, p. 243
- ^ Chicago Classical Review: Stylish singing, only fitful funny in Lyric Opera’s “Le Comte Ory”, Nov 15, 2022
External links
[edit]- Website of Zoie Reams
- Zoie Reams & Kenneth Kellogg on bringing real life to the stage in BLUE
- Salzburg Festival, short biography
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