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Lester Senter, Mezzo-Soprano
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RECENT PERFORMANCES: | ||
| Mamma Lucia | Cavalleria Rusticana | Opera Memphis 2003 |
| Cherubino | Le Nozze di Figaro | Opera Co. Inc., 8-9/2001 |
| Wardrobe Mistress | 6 Characters in Search of an Author | Opera Festival of NJ, 7/00 |
| Ma Moss | Mobile Opera, 11/00 Opera Grand Rapids, 4/00 | |
| Maddalena | Rigoletto | Dallas Opera, 4/00 |
| The Dog/The Owl | Cunning Little Vixen | The Dallas Opera, 1/00 |
| Annina | La Traviata | The Dallas Opera, 2/00 |
OPERATIC REPERTOIRE: | ||
| Maddalena | Rigoletto | Mississippi Opera, 4/99 |
| Mayor's Wife | Jenufa | Spoleto Festival USA, 5/98 |
| Marcellina | The Marriage Of Figaro | Mississippe Opera, 4/98 |
| Maddalena | Rigoletto | Opera Grand Rapids, 1996 |
| Marquise of Berkenfield | The Daughter of the Regiment | Shreveport Opera, 1995 |
| Dame Carruthers | Yeomen of the Guard | Glimmerglass Opera, 1995 |
| Giovanna | Rigoletto | Dallas Opera, 1995 |
| Mamma Lucia | Cavalleria Rusticana | Mississippi Opera, 1994 |
| Maddalena | Rigoletto | Knoxville Opera, 1994 |
| Suzuki | Madame Butterfly | Mississippi Opera, 1994 |
| The Mother | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Filarmonica de Jalesco, 1994 |
| Ruth | Pirates of Penzance | Mississippi Opera, 1994 |
| Mayor's Wife | Jenufa | Dallas Opera, 1993 |
| Muse/The Mother/Niklausse | Les Contes d'Hoffmann | Knoxville Opera |
| Rosina | The Barber of Seville | Mississippi/Birmingham Opera |
| Carmen | Carmen | New Orleans Opera |
| Hansel | Hansel & Gretel | Mississippi Opera/Gulf Coast |
OPERA: | ||
| Dorabella | Cosi fan tutte | Pennsylvania Opera Theatre |
| Niklause | Les Contes d'Hoffman | Des Moines Metro Opera/Mississippi |
| Prince Orlovsky | Die Fledermaus | Austin Lyric Opera |
| Suzuki | Madama Butterfly | Des Moines Metro Opera |
| Ruth | Pirates of Penzance | Dallas Lyric Opera |
| Baba | The Medium | San Antonio/Shreveport Opera |
| Anna | The King and I | Mississippi Gulf Coast Opera |
| Jane | Babes in Toyland | Mississippi Opera |
| Katasha | Mikado | Mississippi Symphony |
| Mrs. Lovett | Sweeney Todd | Shreveport Opera |
| The Composer | Ariadne auf Naxos | Des Moines Metro Opera |
| Orpheus | Orpheo ed Eurydice | Opera Memphis/Sarasota Opera |
| Mrs. Sedley | Peter Grimes | Des Moines Metro Opera |
| Alicia | Lucia di Lammermoor | Opera Memphis |
| Meg Page | Falstaff | Opera Co. of Greater Lansing |
| Rebecca Nurse | The Crucible | Pennsylvania Opera Theatre |
| The Mother | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Shreveport Opera |
| The Old Woman | Candide | Dallas Lyric Opera |
| Viola | Twelfth Night | Pennsylvania Opera Theatre |
| Hermia | A Midsummer's Night's Dream | Iowa ETV |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | Flower and Hawk | Mississippi ETV |
ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE: | |
| "Robinson: The Cat" by Colman Pearce - performed w / Mississippi Chamber Symphony; in Ireland and tour of the South. | |
| Berio | Folk Songs |
| Berlioz | Romeo et Juliette |
| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody, Two songs for Alto & Viola, Liebeslieder Waltzes |
| Britten | Abraham & Isaac |
| Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne |
| Cave | Renascence |
| Chausson | Poeme de l'amour et de la mer |
| Falla | El Amour Brujo |
| Mahler | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Symphonies No. 8, No. 4, No. 2; Songs |
| Menotti | Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, Unicorn, Gorgan & the Manicor |
| Orff | Carmina Burana |
| Respighi | Il Tramonto |
| Prokofieff | Alexander Nevsky |
| Thomson | 4 Songs of Thomas Campion |
| Rodrigo | Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios |
| Zaninelli | Beginnings |
ORATORIO: | |
| Bach | St. Matthew Passion Mass in B minor Magnificat Cantata No. 53: Schlage duch, gewinschte stunde Cantata No. 54: Winderstene doch der sunde Cantata No. 78: Juse, der du meine Seele Cantata No. 129: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott Cantata No. 132: Bereltet die wege, bereitet die Bahn Cantata No. 169: Gott Soll allein mein Here haben Cantata No. 170: Bergnilgte Ruh, beliebte seenlenlust Cantata No. 182: Himmelskonig, sei Willkommen Cantata No. 200: BeKennen will ich seinen Namen |
| Beethoven: | Symphony No. 9 Missa Solemnis Choral Fantasies |
| Durufle: | Requiem |
| Handel: | Messiah |
| Mendelssohn: | Elijah |
| Mozart: | C Minor Mass Requiem Mass |
| Pergolesi: | Stabat Mater |
| Rossini: | Stabat Mater |
| Verdi: | Requiem |
RECORDINGS: | |
| "Somebody's Darling": music from the Civil War; "The Owl & the Pussycat--and other songs from the collection of Mrs. Jefferson Davis." | |
ORCHESTRAS AND SYMPHONIES: | |
| performed with: Symphony in Shreveport, Gulf Coast Symphony, Mississippi Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalesco in Guadalajara, Alabama Symphony, Amarillo Texas Symphony, Manchester New Hampshire Festival, Denver Symphony | |
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