Headshots: Meredith Hart Photography
Bizet’s Carmen (Dayton Opera, November 2025): Ron Valle Photography
Sieglinde’s Act I aria: “Du bist der Lenz” from Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)
Michael Banwarth, piano | Recorded by Valhalla Media at Gottlieb Hall on 11 June 2026
Contessa Almaviva’s Act II aria: “Porgi, amor” from Le Nozze di Figaro (W.A. Mozart)
Michael Banwarth, piano | Recorded by Valhalla Media at Gottlieb Hall on 11 June 2026
Ellen Orford’s Act III aria: “Embroidery, in Childhood” from Peter Grimes (Benjamin Britten)
Michael Banwarth, piano | Recorded by Valhalla Media at Gottlieb Hall on 11 June 2026
BUT IN THE END IT IS YOUR OWN VOICE. GOD HAS GIVEN YOU YOUR OWN SET OF VOCAL CORDS, and you have to work with that. and then you take the responsibility up…
shirley verrett, soprano (1931-2010)