Sara María Pardo  

"
An irresistible charmer who brings show-stopping pizzazz to her singing and dancing..."
The Chicago Tribune

Experience

Download Ms. Pardo's OPERA RESUME or MUSICAL THEATRE RESUME.

Professional                                           

How to Succeed In Business, Miss Jones                           Big Noise Theatre Company                     2011
Into the Woods
, Baker’s Wife                                           Theatre Nebula                                      2010
Arizona Lady
, Nelly Nettleton (*American premiere)           Chicago Folks Operetta                           2010
Peter and Paul in the Land of Nod
, Paul                             Chicago Folks Operetta                           2010
Pippin
, Catherine/Featured Dancer                                    Theatre Nebula                                      2009
Carmen
, Frasquita                                                           Princeton Festival                                   2007
Cosí fan tutte,
Fiordiligi (outreach)                                    Piedmont Opera                                      2007
Hansel and Gretel
, Gretel (outreach)                                 Piedmont Opera                                      2007
Don Giovanni
in concert, Zerlina                                        North Carolina Symphony                        2005
Grease
, Jan                                                                    Columbus Children’s Theatre                    2004

Other Theatre

Annie, Grace Farrell                                                        Seacrest Theatre Group
Candide
, Cunegonde understudy                                      Ohio State University
Cole Porter Review, Soprano                                           Fletcher Opera

Do I Hear a Waltz?
, Jennifer Yeager                                 LZP Productions
The King and I
, Tuptim                                                   Zane Trace Players
A Little Night Music
, Mrs. Segstrom                                  Ohio State University
Once Upon a Mattress
, Lady Larken                                  ZCT Productions
Orpheus in the Underworld
, Diana/Katharine Hepburn        Fletcher Opera
Rogers and Hart Review, Soprano                                    Fletcher Opera
The Who’s Tommy, Mrs. Walker                                      ZCT Productions

Educational, Partial & Other Opera

Candide, Cunegonde cover                                              Ohio State University
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi
, Giulietta                                    Fletcher Opera                                                 
Les contes d’Hoffmann,
Antonia                                       Fletcher Opera             
Dialogues of the Carmelites
, Blanche                                Fletcher Opera                                                 
Don Pasquale
, Norina                                                      Fletcher Opera 
Faust
, Marguerite                                                           Fletcher Opera                                                 
Idomeneo
, Ilia                                                                Fletcher Opera             
Le nozze di Figaro, Countess Almaviva                              Operafestival di Roma              
Our Town
(Rorem), Emily (*Southeast premiere)              Fletcher Opera 
Tartuffe
, Mariane                                                           Fletcher Opera                                                                             

Concert

Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Soprano Soloist, Enid Symphony                                              2009
“Leona Mitchell and Friends,” Soprano Soloist, Enid Symphony                                                        2006
Handel Messiah, Soprano Soloist  , Western Piedmont Symphony                                                    2005

Awards & Scholarships

Elgin Opera Vocal Competition: Finalist & 3rd Place Winner, 2010
Metropolitan Opera Nat’l Council Auditions: Winner – NC District, Encouragement Award – SE Region, 2006
Semans Art Fund Grant for Foreign Travel: Largest award granted for travel to Rome, 2005
Fletcher Foundation Fellowship: Full-tuition fellowship

Skills

Dance & Movement:

  • Stage Combat & Alexander Technique – 3 years
  • Jazz, Modern, Tap, Ballroom & Ballet – 2 years

Languages:  French, German, Italian & Spanish – spoken & sung

Accents:  Southern American, Upper Midwest, New York, Standard British, French, Spanish

Training & Education

Voice Teachers – Winifred Brown, Marilyn Taylor, Ruth Golden, Robin Rice

Coaches/Conductors – Yasuko Oura, Francesco Milioto, Douglas Newell, Angela Vanstory Ward, James Allbritten

MM Voice Performance & Professional Artist Certificate, University of North Carolina                        2007    

BM Voice Performance, Ohio State University                                                                               2004    


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