Deborah Domanski mezzo-soprano
Prior to her triumph as Zenobia, Deborah sang the role of Signora Guidotti in the Santa Fe Opera pre-season one-hour production of Nino Rota’s The Timid Twosome. Other engagements include the role of Lazuli in L’Etoile with Austin Lyric Opera, the title role of La Cenerentola with Opera Southwest, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus with Opera Southwest, the pants role of Jack in the American premier of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers performed with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall – Lincoln Center, Mezzo-Soprano soloist with the Columbia Pro Cantare in Handel’s Messiah, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Southwest. Deborah also recently debuted with Opera Hong Kong & The Hong Kong Philharmonic, The Utah Symphony, and Amarillio Opera in the title role of La Perichole. In 2011 Deborah released her first album entitled “Arias & Songs” with Maestro Robert Tweten on piano. Other recent engagements include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with both Michigan Opera Theater and New Orleans Opera, concerts with The Santa Fe Pro Musica, Handel’s Messiah with Asheville Symphony, a recital with the Abiquiu Chamber Music Festival, the role of Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with St. Petersburg Opera (Florida), and a cover contract with The Metropolitan Opera. Deborah will spend her 2013 summer with The Santa Fe Opera covering Susan Graham in the title role of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein.
Ms. Domanski’s solo concert engagements include Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen as the Alto Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, The Laredo Symphony as alto soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Greenwich Choral Society’s performance of Rossini’s Petit Messe Solennelle, and with The Juilliard Choral Union in Vivaldi’s Gloria in Alice Tully Hall. As a Young Artist in the Juilliard Opera Center she was a participant in the prestigious 2002 Juilliard Vocal Arts Honors Recital in Alice Tully Hall. As the 2002 competition winner at the Music Academy of the West, Ms. Domanski became the Marilyn Horne Foundation Awardee and was presented in recital, and on national radio and in World Wide Web broadcast in October 2002. January 2005, Deborah made her Weill Concert Hall debut as part of the Horne Foundation’s The Song Continues… recital series at Carnegie Hall. She maintains her passion for the art of song recital and presents concerts and education programs around the world. In 2007, Deborah presented a recital in Delhi, India entitled Shaping the Invisible: Leonardo da Vinci’s Principles in Song. After completing two years with the Pittsburgh Opera’s Young Artist Program, Deborah spent the summers of 2005 & 2006 with the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, where her responsibilities included performing Mercedes in Carmen and covering Susan Graham in the role of Cecilio in Mozart’s Lucio Silla.
Deborah Domanski’s education includes a Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude, from Chapman University in California, a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, and an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School – Juilliard Opera Center.
