Cynthia Haymon-Coleman is an
American soprano, born September 6, 1958 in
Jacksonville,
Florida
. She is known for the beauty of her voice
and seeming ease with which she uses it.
She obtained her
Bachelor's degree of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern
University
. She currently teaches voice as a member of
the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign
.
Performances
Some of Cynthia's operatic roles include Liù in
Turandot, Mimì in
La
bohème, Poppea in
L'incoronazione di Poppea, and
Micaela in
Carmen, Pamina in
The Magic Flute, Susanna in
The Marriage of Figaro.
She gave the world premiere of the piece "Seven for Luck", a piece
for soprano and orchestra based on the texts of
Rita Dove, by composer
John Williams with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Cynthia has sung the role of Bess in the
Glyndebourne album
recording of the opera
Porgy and Bess
by
George Gershwin, and in the 1993
television production of the work.
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