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| Hailed
by critics as one of America's most gifted vocalists, Rebecca
Copley has performed with leading opera companies and
orchestras worldwide. In
her professional debut, she scored a stunning success as Desdemona opposite
James McCracken in Otello at the New Jersey State Opera. |
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| Otello |
| Rebecca
Copley, James McCracken |
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| Acclaimed
as a major new talent, she received similar accolades in
France following a performance of the Verdi Requiem with the Paris Opera. Since
then, she has triumphed in many of opera's most demanding
roles throughout the United States, South America and Europe. |
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| Soprano
Rebecca Copley was the vocal star, with a floating, ethereal
tone that shone out above the thickest orchestral textures.
(The Gazette - Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
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began Season 2005/2006 for acclaimed soprano, Rebecca Copley,
singing Verdi's Requiem with Maestro Lawrence Leighton
Smith and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. She
exhibited her artistry in recital and, in demand as a teacher
of vocal technique, offered challenging instruction in Master
classes before returning to New York's Avery Fisher
Hall/Lincoln Center for Bach's B Minor Mass with the
National Chorale and Maestro Martin Josman. |
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2006/2007
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2006/2007 begins with Ms Copley presented in Recital by the
McPherson Kansas Arts and Lecture Series - September 10, 2006,
with accomplished pianist Rachel Carlson. Following
this, Rebecca is soloist with the Colorado Springs
Philharmonic in performances of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
-- "in a special 5-year tribute to all those who suffered
a loss on September 11, 2001" September 30 -
October 1, 2006 - Pike's Peak Center, Colorado Springs.
New York audiences will have the opportunity to hear Ms Copley
as soprano soloist for Mozart's Requiem and Regina
Coeli, K. 127, at Avery Fisher/Lincoln Center, Friday,
March 16, 2007. |
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| 2004/2005 brought Rebecca Copley to the Metropolitan Opera once again singing Gerhilde
(Die Walkure) including the broadcast; Abigaille (Nabucco) following her acclaimed 2004 Met in the Parks performance; and Turandot
(Turandot) where she triumphed in the great Zeffirelli production as the Ice Princess on February 1, 2005. The Dahesh Museum (New York) presented her in recital in February with acclaimed pianist John DeMaio. |
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| Rebecca opened the 2003/2004 Season as Abigaille in Verdi's
Nabucco with Opera Carolina. She continued at the Metropolitan Opera with several performances as Gerhilde (including her broadcast debut) in Wagner's
Die Walkure; Abigaille (Nabucco - Metropolitan Opera in the Parks); and the Foreign Princess in Dvorak's
Rusalka. |
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Season 2002/2003 found Ms Copley at Avery Fisher Hall (NYC) for Verdi's
Requiem, participating in Opera De Montreal's 7th Gala, joining the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony for Haydn's
Lord Nelson Mass, and several regional recitals and master classes.
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| Turandot |
| Rebecca
Copley, Matthew Kirchner |
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on the photo for a larger view. |
| Photograph courtesy of the Minnesota Opera and Gary
Mortenson. |
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Highlights
for the 2001/2002 season included Avery Fisher Hall/Lincoln
Center welcoming Ms. Copley for performances of Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony and the Brahms Requiem, followed by a
concert tour of Italy.
The 2000/2001 season included the title role of
Puccini's Turandot with Opera Carolina and the Minnesota Opera, Verdi's Lady Macbeth
with Opera Pacific in Costa Mesa, and participation in "Le
Gala 5e Edition" with L'Opera de Montreal.
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| Opening
the 1999/2000 season in September with the prestigious Prague
Autumn Festival, Ms. Copley thrilled audiences with an evening
of all Verdi arias and duets and a concert that included
Mozart concert arias and Rossini's Stabat
Mater. In
November, she sang Verdi's
Requiem with the National Chorale in New York's Avery
Fisher Hall. |
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Stefano
Algieri, Rebecca Copley
Lawrence Leighton Smith, John Cheek |
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was followed by performances of Elgar's
The Dream of Gerontius with the Kansas City Symphony, and
a return to Rollins College and The Bach Festival Society for
an all Wagner program. |
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1998/1999 included her debut in Bilbao, Spain, performing and
recording the title role in Jesus Guridi's Basque opera, Amaya,
in June of 1998. Amaya
has since been released in Spain as a private limited edition
recording, followed by the international Marco Polo release in
October 2000. Ms.
Copley opened the Ft. Worth Opera season with Turandot,
performed Norma with
the Baltimore Opera, Aida
in Louisiana, Penderecki's Polish
Requiem in Vancouver, Mahler's Symphony
No. 4 with Philippe Entremont in Santo Domingo, and
numerous other orchestral engagements and recitals. |
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1997/1998 season saw her return to the Metropolitan Opera for Stiffelio
(Lina) conducted by James Levine, including Placido
Domingo, Paul Plishka and Vladimir Chernov.
Ms. Copley also sang Beethoven's Symphony
No. 9 with the Memphis and the New Haven Symphony
Orchestras and toured Japan with the same work, performing in
Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, and Sapporo. |
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Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9
(Japan) |
Lawrence
Leighton Smith, Mark Marriott
Stefan Szkafarowsky, Rebecca Copley
Yun Deng |
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| 1996/1997
saw her much anticipated debut as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene
Onegin with the Palm Beach Opera conducted by Anton
Guadagno, with bass Paul Plishka singing the role of
Prince Gremin. L'Orchestra
de Montreal later welcomed her for "Gala" Italian
aria concerts. |
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return to the Metropolitan Opera for Donna Anna in Don
Giovanni, which she also sang with the New Orleans Opera
began the 1995/1996 season. |
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| Don
Giovanni |
| Louis
Otey, Rebecca Copley |
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on the photo for a larger view. |
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| Other
performances were Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the same work at
Chicago's Grant Park Festival (both conducted by Hugh Wolff),
and appearances with the National Chorale in Avery Fisher
Hall, New York, with orchestral engagements in Puerto Rico,
Savannah, and Winter Park, Florida. |
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schedule for the 1994/1995 season included Mozart's Don
Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera as well as concert
performances of Turandot
with the Knoxville Symphony, the Verdi
Requiem with the Memphis Symphony, an all-Wagner concert
with the Austin Symphony, a program of arias with the Oklahoma
City Philharmonic, and Gorecki's Symphony
No. 3 with the San Diego Symphony. |
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| Nabucco |
| Rebecca
Copley |
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on the photo for a larger view. |
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Ms.
Copley's 1993/1994 season included performances of Mozart's Die
Zauberflote at the Metropolitan Opera, Verdi's Il
Trovatore with the Palm Beach Opera and Don
Giovanni with the Ft. Worth Opera.
In the spring of 1994, she scored a great success in
South Africa as Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco.
Her concert schedule included engagements with the
Louisville Orchestra, the Quad City Symphony and the Sioux
City Symphony. |
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| Seasons
with the Metropolitan Opera have also included
Don Giovanni, Un
Ballo in Maschera (Ms. Copley's debut with the company),
and Il Trovatore, as
well as performances on East
Asian tours and in the New York City Parks.
Ms. Copley made her New York City Opera debut as the
Ice Princess, Turandot. |
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| Metropolitan Opera
Debut |
Richard
Leech, Rebecca Copley
Louis Ouilico |
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| Earlier, having bowed as Leonore in Il
Trovatore with Deutsche Oper Berlin, she triumphed as Norma
with the Palm Beach Opera and the Connecticut Opera, and
sang Aida to great acclaim with Knoxville Opera and Arizona Opera. |
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| Concert
appearances for Rebecca Copley are in demand and have included
Britten's War Requiem and
the Verdi Requiem with
the New Jersey Symphony and Hugh Wolff, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang
with the Cleveland Orchestra, several engagements with Robert
Shaw, including Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony and Mendelssohn's Elijah
with the Dallas Symphony, performances of Verdi's Requiem,
and Elijah with
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. |
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| Other
highlights have been the Brahm's Requiem
and Bach Cantatas with
the National Chorale, Beethoven's Missa
Solemnis in Rio de Janeiro, and Bach's Mass
in B Minor with New York's Musica Sacra at Avery Fisher
Hall. Ms.
Copley was soprano soloist for the live, nationwide PBS
telecast of Handel's Messiah
and Bach's Passion
According to St. Matthew - "An
American Easter" - from
Bethany College. |
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| Messiah
Festival |
Marcus
Haddock, Rebecca Copley
Dr. Elmer Copley (conductor)
Karen Brunssen, Nickolas Karousatos |
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on the photo for a larger view. |
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| Rebecca
Copley is a resident of Lindsborg, Kansas, a Swedish arts
community and the home of Bethany College, where she received
her training. |
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