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Soprano Perri Montané has been praised by critics and audiences for her rich vocal timbre and expressive acting. She began her move to the soprano repertoire as Tosca with Capitol City Opera and since has sung Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (St. Petersburg Opera), Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly (Capitol City Opera), Leonora in Il Trovatore (Capitol City Opera) and soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C Minor (Mansfield Symphony). Among her other roles are Adriana Lecouvreur, Leonora in La Forza del Destino and The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.
Her performances as a mezzo-soprano included Carmen (Cartersville Opera, Central Florida Symphony, St. Petersburg Opera Orchestra), Rosina in Il Barbiere di Seviglia (Little Opera Company, Longwood Opera), Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Asheville Lyric Opera, Mansfield Symphony), Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus (St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Roanoke, Breckenridge Festival Orchestra), and two tours as Tisbe in La Cenerentola (Lyric Opera of Chicago).
In demand as a recitalist, she has appeared in solo recital for Atlanta Opera, Piedmont Arts Association in Virginia, Shorter College in Georgia, and was a featured soloist in Opera Roanoke’s Rising Stars in Concert, and Duluth Festival Opera’s Divine Divas. She was district winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, national third prize winner in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artists Awards Recital Competition, and first prize winner in Capitol City Opera’s Vocal Competition.
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