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Elaine Bonazzi
Artist in Residence; Voice and Vocal Repertory
B.M. Eastman School of Music
JEcellomezzo@webtv.net

Elaine BonazziElaine Bonazzi's appearances in opera, oratorio, and recitals have been acclaimed in North America, South America, and Europe for their profound characerizations and superlative vocalism. She has appeared with many leading opera companies, orchestras, and music festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including the Metropolitan Opera- "Mini Met", New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Netherlands Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony,and the Spoleto, Venice, Wolf Trap, and Mostly Mozart festivals, working with such conductors as Bernstein, Boulez, Stokowski, Edo deWaart, and Maazel. Elaine Bonazzi has presented more operatic premieres than any other living American singer; she has been personally selected by eminent composers, including Stravinsky, Copland, Carter, Sondheim, Argento, Chavez, Menotti, Rorem and Thomson to perform their works.She sang the title role in the Emmy Award winning "Trial of Mary Lincoln" by Thomas Pasatieri on PBS-TV. Before coming to Stony Brook, Ms. Bonazzi taught at Peabody Institute of Music, and she has presented master classes all over the world. She can be heard on more than 25 recordings on the Columbia, CRI, Vox Candide, Vanguard and Nonesuch labels. Elaine Bonazzi is a frequent judge in international competitions.


"The Art of Elaine Bonazzi" CD has just been released by Bridge Records --
songs of Monteverdi, Brahms, Britten and Ravel.



Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae
    B.M. Eastman School of Music
    Recent appearances:
    • Eastman School of Music recital in honor of the school's 75th Anniversary
    • 14 seasons with Santa Fe Opera
    • New York City Opera
    • Netherlands Opera
    • Spoleto Festival (USA and Italy)
    • Mostly Mozart
    • Festivale di Opera Barocca in Venice
    • Berlin Festival
    • Berlin Bach Festival
    • soloist with New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra
    • Glimmerglass Opera - Calisto (by Cavalli) and BBC recording of it
    • Seattle Symphony - Monodrama Testament of Eve (by Jean Ivey), conducted by Gerard Schwartz
    • "The Old Prioress" in Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Edmonton Opera and Manitoba Opera
    • "Lady Neville" in David Carlson's The Midnight Angel (a role premiered), Opera Theatre of St. Louis,
    • Glimmerglass Opera
    • "Mistress Quickly" in Falstaff, Opera Theatre of St. Louis
    Recent Recordings:
    • Silverlake Kurt Weill, CD, Nonesuch 79003-2 (1994, reissue)
    • Requiem Canticles, Igor Stravinsky, CD, Columbia (1993, reissue)
    • La Pietra del Paragone, Giacomo Rossini, CD. Vanguard, OVC 8043/5 (1993, reissue)
    • Songs of Eric Satie, CD, Vox, CDX5107 (1994, reissue)
    • Rossignol, Stravinsky, CD reussue