About Dawn Kunkel, Soprano

Emerging dramatic soprano, Dawn Kunkel, possesses a voice that has been described as "hauntingly beautiful, exciting, powerful, unique, and with an easy upper register." As stated by conductor Fiora Contino, "She has a dramatic flair for making music her own and her voice is large enough for our big halls."

Ms. Kunkel has sung leading roles in Hänsel und Gretel, Die Zauberflöte, La Clemenza di Tito, Fidelio, Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali, La Rondine, The Consul, I Pagliacci, The Tender Land, and Turandot. The Grants Pass Courier noted that "Her rich voice adds a dimension to the Countess, a sadness you can hear in the notes," regarding her Rogue Opera performance in Le Nozze di Figaro. She has performed with Des Moines Metro Opera (where she served as an apprentice artist), Austin Opera, The University of Texas Opera Theater, Westminster Opera Theater, Rogue Opera, and Regina Opera. She has also sung in the New York City venues of Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. Ms. Kunkel was an apprentice artist finalist for Central City Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Her Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Voice and Performance is from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master of Music degree in Voice Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Ms. Kunkel currently resides in New York City and studies with Jorge Pita Carreras.

Suggested Repertoire

OPERA:

Composer - Work - Role
Barber - Vanessa - Vanessa
Beethoven - Fidelio - Leonore*
Berg - Wozzeck - Marie
Britten - Peter Grimes - Ellen Orford*
Dvorak - Rusalka - Foreign Princess
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Die Mutter* and Die Hexe
Janáček - Jenůfa - Kostelnička
Janáček - The Makropulos Affair - Emilia Marty
Korngold - Die tote Stadt - Marietta*
Menotti - The Consul - Magda Sorel and the Foreign Woman*
Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro - Contessa*
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - Erste Dame*
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito - Vitellia*
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West - Minnie*
Puccini - Tosca - Tosca*
Puccini - Turandot - Turandot*
Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District - Katerina
Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten - Die Kaiserin*
Strauss - Elektra - Elektra and Chrysothemis
Strauss - Salome - Salome*
Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Lisa
Verdi - La Forza del Destino - Leonora
Verdi - Macbeth - Lady Macbeth
Verdi - Nabucco - Abigaille
Wagner - Das Rheingold - Brünnhilde
Wagner - Der Fliegende Holländer - Senta*
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Eva
Wagner - Die Walküre - Brünnhilde*, Sieglinde, Helmwige, and Ortlinde
Wagner - Götterdämmerung - Brünnhilde
Wagner - Parsifal - Kundry
Wagner - Siegfried - Brünnhilde
Wagner - Tannhäuser - Elisabeth*
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Isolde*

CONCERT:

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9*
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder
Verdi - Verdi Requiem
Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder

This list represents recommended roles in the artist's repertoire. Partially and fully performed roles are marked with*.

About Dawn Kunkel, Soprano

Suggested Repertoire

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