mezzo-soprano
REPERTOIRE
Specifically seeking opportunities that encourage the juxtaposition between her respect for tradition and her curiosity for innovation, Best's repertoire includes the following:
OPERA
OPERETTA
MUSICAL THEATRE
CONCERT
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OPERA/OPERETTA
Britten
The Rape of Lucretia, Lucretia
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia*
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Coward
Bittersweet, Manon*
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Fall
Madame Pompadour, Madeleine
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von Flotow
Martha, Nancy
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Friml
The Vagabond King, Huguette du Hamel
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Gilbert & Sullivan
The Gondoliers, Tessa
Iolanthe, Iolanthe
The Mikado, Pitti-Sing
Pirates of Penzance, Kate
Ruddigore, Mad Margaret
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Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice, Orfeo
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Massenet
Werther, Charlotte*
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Novello
The Dancing Years, Maria Ziegler
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Herbert
The Fortune Teller, Vaninka
The Lady of the Slipper, Freakette
The Only Girl, Jane
Orange Blossoms, Nanette
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Lehar
Clo-Clo, Brigitte
Frederike, Madame Hahn
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Offenbach
Orphée aux Enfers, Venus
La Perichole, Perichole*
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Puccini
Suor Angelica, La Badessa
La maestra delle novizie
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Poulenc
Dialogues des Carmélites, Madame de Croissy
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Romberg
Melody, Phoebe
Blossom Time, Kitzi Kranz
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Strauss II, J.
Die Fledermaus, Orlofsky
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Verdi
La Traviata, Annina
MUSICAL THEATRE
Adler & Ross
The Pajama Game, Gladys Hotchkiss
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Porter
Anything Goes, Virtue
Can-Can, Pistache
Fifty Million Frenchmen, Loo-Loo Carroll
Kiss Me, Kate, Hattie^
Lilli Vanessi
Jubilee, Eva Standing
Silk Stockings, Ninotchka
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Gershwin
Primrose, Joan
Oh, Kay!, Phil Ruxton
Lady, Be Good!, Daisy
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Kern
Have A Heart, Peggy Rutherford
Show Boat, Julie
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Lerner & Loewe
Camelot, Guenevere
Lady Anne
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Rodgers & Hammerstein
The King & I, Lady Thiang
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Rodgers & Hart
A Connecticut Yankee, Morgan le Fay/FayMerrill
Babes in Arms, Billie Smith
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Weill
One Touch of Venus, Venus
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Willson
The Music Man, Marian Paroo
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Wright & Forrest
Kismet, Princess Samaris
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Sondheim
A Little Night Music, Countess Charlotte Malcolm
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Sondheim & Styne
Gypsy, Tessie Tura
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CONCERT
Berio
Folk Songs
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Bernstein
West Side Story Suite, Maria
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Brahms
2 Gesänge, Op. 91
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Bridge
3 Songs for mezzo, viola and piano^
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Dvorak
Mass in D
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Dessau
Haggadah shel Pesach
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Graef
Stone: 5 songs for voice, trumpet and piano
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Handel
Messiah*
Foundling Hospital Anthem
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Jenkins
The Armed Man
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Loeffler
4 Poèmes, Op. 5^
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Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhandengekommen
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Mozart
Reqiuem
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Rossini
La Regata Veneziana
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Schafer
Minnelieder
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Spohr
Sechs deutsche Lieder
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Vivaldi
Gloria
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* scenes or excerpts performed
^ in process for upcoming performance
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
AT CENTER AND RIGHT: MATT DILYARD
AT LEFT: GEOFF SHEIL