Program Notes
What I Think When I Think About Opera
Bryn Aratyr Jimenez
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Birthday
- February 12
- Bio
- Bryn Aratyr Jimenez, soprano, began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area where she was a regular performer with the Golden Gate Opera, Oakland Lyric Opera and the Jarvis Conservatory. Ms. Jimenez recently sang the role of Dido in the Vallejo Music Theatre production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” for which she was nominated for an Arty Award. Other roles include Dorabella in Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte” with the Amadeus Operensemble in Salzburg, Austria, Tessa in “The Gondoliers” with the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and Stephano in “Romeo et Juliette” with the Opera Studio at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Ms. Jimenez has been the recipient of several vocal honors, including scholarships from the East Bay Opera League and Mayflower Choral Society and the Overall First Prize, Most Promising Voice award, Melodie award, Concert Group award, and Opera award at the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and was a semi-finalist in the Concours de l’interpretation de la musique Francaise de Montreal in Quebec.
Ms. Jimenez holds Associates Degrees in vocal performance and teaching from the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC and a Bachelor of Music from the Vancouver Academy of Music in Vancouver, BC. Since graduation, Ms. Jimenez has continued to study in San Francisco, Berlin, and New York, where she currently resides.
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will work --
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the co…”
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while I
have no intention
of…”
July 12, 2009 09:31PM - “::hugs::”
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Thanks!”
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. . now all I need is a
man!
;)”
June 14, 2009 09:06AM
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January 08, 2010 07:25PM
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About: A Modest Proposal: TSA Edition
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About: A Modest Proposal: TSA Edition
July 12, 2009 09:31PM
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June 14, 2009 09:08AM
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June 14, 2009 09:06AM
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May 25, 2009 02:55PM
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May 15, 2009 11:45AM
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May 15, 2009 11:36AM
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About: The Thirteen Movements
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About: The Thirteen Movements
May 09, 2009 11:20AM
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About: In Reply To MaryTKelly: Why Revenge?
May 08, 2009 01:50AM
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About: Spring Awakening (photo essay)
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May 07, 2009 03:48PM
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About: Pagan Easter
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May 06, 2009 12:34PM
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“Your mum says babies come from the bowels of Hell and you're in therapy?!”
About: The life and times of a masterdebaiter -- Part 1.2
May 06, 2009 12:28PM
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About: voicegal’s Assumptions She Never Corrected (thanks Odette)
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About: voicegal’s Assumptions She Never Corrected (thanks Odette)
May 06, 2009 12:23PM
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About: Playing for Change
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