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