OPERA (ROLES PERFORMED)

Song from the Uproar - Isabelle Eberhardt, Bard Vocal Arts, February 2010
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges - Maman, Libellule, Bard Vocal Arts, February 2010

Oceanic Verses - Virgin, Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) Weill Music Institute, May 2009

Maddalena – Rigoletto, Saskatoon Opera, summer 2008
Ariodante – Ariodante, University of Toronto, 2008
L’Elisir d’Amore– Giannetta, University of Toronto, 2007
Le Nozze di Figaro – Cherubino, Center for Opera in Sulmona, Italy, 2007
The Rape of Lucretia – Bianca, University of Toronto, 2007
Hansel and Gretel - Hansel, Opera Lyra Ottawa, National Art’s Center, 2005
Don Giovanni - Donna Elvira, University of Ottawa, 2006
Le Nozze di Figaro - Cherubino, University of Ottawa, 2005
Die Zauberflote - Second Lady, University of Ottawa, 2004

Contemporary Operas (University of Toronto New Music Festival 2007, 2008):
Premiered role of Laura in Lan-chee Lam’s The Lady Doth ProtestToo Much
Premiered role of Mother in Glenn James’ Underground Love

DISCOGRAPHY:

Forthcoming 2012 release of CD of chamber music by composer Carson Cooman. Kasia will be performing "Chasing the Moon Down" for mezzo-soprano, trumpet and piano. Details TBA

Sound Factor, CBC, full narration for Taibele and her Demon composed by Lorie Wolf, nationally premiered and broadcast on CBC Radio Two on Sep.25 and 26, 2008.

Koch Records, Mezzo solo in Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Conducted by Agnes Grossmann, recorded Oct. 2007, Taipei, with National Experimental Chorus, forthcoming release.

Melotrope Limited, a featured soloist on Mrs. Widder’s Soirée Toronto, 1844: An Historic Private Concert, produced by Kristina Guiget, recorded Ottawa 2005: re-creation of a 19th century musical soirée.

Cartagena International Music Festival, January 10-16, 2010: Cartagena, Columbia. Alto solo in Mozart - Requiem; Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben; De Falla - Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas; Taught Masterclasses at the  Escuela superior de Bellas Artes de Cartagena

Bard Vocal Arts Group Recital: “The Lordly Hudson”, river songs celebrating the Hudson River Founding Anniversary, September 30, 2009, 8PM, Olin Auditorium, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Bard Vocal Arts: “A Woman’s Reflection” celebrating music of the 30s and 40s, with sopranos Megan Taylor and Ariadne Greif, and pianist Liang-Yu Wang. Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY, November 3^rd, 2009.

Cartagena International Music Festival: Bogota, Columbia Gala concert Septemper 8, 2009. Concert Hall at the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango. Various composers, with Stephen Prutsman, piano. Taught masterclass to the voice students of La Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Sep.7, 2009.

Bard Summerscape Music Festival Debut, Wagner’s Wesendonk Lieder, Wethersfield Estate, NY, June 26 2009

Handel’s Chandos Anthems 9 and 11, and Purcell’s Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Berkshire Bach Society, Barrington, MA, USA, June 6, 2009, James Bagwell conducting

Carnegie Hall Debut, Osvaldo Golijov and Dawn Upshaw "Composing Song" Showcase, Zankel Hall, World Premiere of Paola Prestini’s Oceanic Verses, Saturday, May 9, 2009, New York City

Benefit Concert with Dawn Upshaw, “Dawn Upshaw and Friends” Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 29, 2009.

Les Amis Ensemble European Tour: Repighi’s Il Tramonto with Penderecki Quartet, Michael Pepa’s String Quartet No.4 and Isomorphe, Marko Ruzdjak’s Twoj I Moj Libanon, Viktorija Cop’s Display (world premiere), April 21-27, 2009.

Mendellssohn: Alto soloist in Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 5 2009, Leon Botstein conducting

Bach: Mezzo soloist in Weihnachtsoratorium, Berkshire Bach Society, Barrington, MA, USA, December 13, 2008, James Bagwell conducting

R. Murray Schafer: Soloist for Music for the Morning of the World, Nuit Blanche Festival, Toronto October 4, 2008

Michael Pepa, Toronto SoundAxis Festival, Glenn Gould Studio June 1 2008, Mezzo solo in World Premiere of Isomorphe (upcoming tour in Croatia, April 2009, to premiere this work)

Member of Concert Opera Group, various opera excerpts concerts in Toronto Region, directed by Darryl Edwards, ‘06 – ’08.

Sharbel Dalal: Dec. 27 ‘07: Mezzo soprano solo in World Premiere of “Call for Peace” by new composer Sharbel Dalal, Jerusalem, Israel, with Olive Branches choir.

Bach: Solo Participant in International Bach Festival, Toronto, Oct. 2007, St. John’s Passion with Helmuth Rilling.

Various composers: Aldeburgh Connection Solo Recital, directed by Stephen Ralls, Toronto, Jan. 29 ’08.

Various composers. Soloist in Prism: Lives of Others Recital, Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre, Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Mar. ’08, Cameron Stowe dir.

R. Murray Schafer: Soloist for Music for the Morning of the World, Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Jan. ’08.

Handel: Messiah with East York Choir and Orchestra, Toronto, Dec.’07.

Mozart: Mezzo solo, Requiem, Northumberland Choir & Orch., April ‘07, Port Hope.

Stravinsky: Mezzo solo in Les Noces, Macmillan Singers and LEXUS, Nov. ’06.

Featured soloist for opening ceremonies at Rendez-Vous Canada Judo Championships 2005 and Pan-American Judo Games 2007.

Canadian National Anthem solo, 2005 Governor General Awards, National Art’s Centre, Southam Hall, Nov. ’05 - accompanied by the NAC orchestra.

Various composers: Imperial Theatre, Windsor Nova Scotia, June 2005 – Voice / guitar duo recital program, unique arrangements of songs and arias.