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American soprano Deanna Breiwick, hailed by _The New York Times_ for her “sweet sound and floating high notes” and for being a “vocal trapeze artist,” is enjoying an exciting and diverse career. A series of house and role debuts encompass Ms. Breiwick’s 2018/19 season. She will return to the Metropolitan Opera as a Shadow in the North American premiere of Nico Muhly’s _Marnie_, conducted by Robert Spano, debut with Michigan Opera Theatre as Gretel in Humperdinck’s _Hansel und Gretel_ and Rosasharn in Ricky Ian Gordon’s _The Grapes of Wrath_, debut Adina in Donizetti’s _L’Elisir d’Amore_ with Opera Omaha, debut the role of Cunegonde in _Candide_ for a return to Des Moines Metro Opera, and Norina in _Don Pasquale_ for a house debut with Berkshire Opera Festival. Orchestral highlights include a return to the Charleston Symphony for Handel’s _Messiah_.   
  
In the 2017/18 season, Ms. Breiwick returned to Opernhaus Zürich, performing Drusilla in Monteverdi’s _L’incoronazione di Poppea_. She also made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut, first as La Charmeuse in Massenet’s _Thaïs_, and then as a Flower Maiden in Wagner’s _Parsifal_, a new production conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Other debuts included Opera Philadelphia as Aveline Mortimer in _Elizabeth Cree_. Concert debuts included Seattle Symphony and New Choral Society in Scarsdale, NY for _Messiah_, Orff’s _Carmina Burana_ in a joint project with the Charleston Symphony and Nashville Ballet, as well as with the El Paso Choral Society, and the Israelite Woman in Handel’s _Judas Maccabaeus_ with the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany. Ms. Breiwick also presented solo recitals in El Paso, Texas and Chicago, Illinois, the latter with close collaborator Julie Coucheron.   
  
In the 2016/17 season, Deanna Breiwick returned to the United States after several years in Europe as an Ensemble member of Opernhaus Zürich, performing Nannetta in Verdi’s _Falstaff_ with Des Moines Metro Opera, Rosasharn with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Gilda in _Rigoletto_ with Palm Beach Opera and Despina in Mozart’s _Così fan tutte_ with Opera Omaha. She returned to Opernhaus Zürich in the winter of 2016 as Dorothy in Pierangelo Valtinoni’s _Der Zauberer von Oz_ (_The Wizard of Oz_). Concert appearances included Fauré’s _Requiem_ with the San Antonio Symphony.   
  
As an Ensemble member of Opernhaus Zürich, Deanna performed a variety of roles: Carolina (_Il matrimonio segreto_), Elisa (_Il Re Pastore_), Marzelline (_Fidelio_), Papagena (_Die Zauberflöte_), and Frauke Beeke Hansen in the world premiere of _Das Gespenst von Canterville_. Roles for the 2015/16 season included Madame Silberklang (_Der Schauspieldirektor_), Adelaide (_The Enchanted Pig_), a Shepherdess and Amor (_King Arthur_), and Dorinda (_Orlando_).   
  
Previous engagements for Ms. Breiwick include Mabel (_Pirates of Penzance_) and Johanna (_Sweeney Todd_) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. With the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Breiwick covered the role of Ariel in the premiere of _The Enchanted Island_ and was a featured soloist in the company’s Summer Recital Series. With the Juilliard opera she has performed the role of Norina, Sophie Scholl in the American premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies’ _Kommilitonen!_, and Thérese in _Les mamelles de Tirésias_. She sang the role of Clizia in Handel’s _Teseo_ with Chicago Opera Theatre. As a fellow of the Aspen Music Festival, she sang the role of Nannetta, and was the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s _Midsummer Night’s Dream_. Under the direction of David Robertson, Ms. Breiwick made her Zankel Hall debut singing the title role of Mozart’s _Zaide_. She has been featured as the title role in Handel’s _Clori, Tirsi e Fileno_ with Juilliard 415 and under the baton of Nicholas McGegan, and has performed with conductor William Christie in a performance of Handel’s _Saeviat tellus_. As a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center she also sang the role of Najade (_Ariadne auf Naxos_). Additional roles include Une Bergere with the Met+Juilliard production of _Armide_, Sr. Constance (_Dialogues des Carmélites_) with The Mannes Opera, as well as two opera premiers as part of VOX with New York City Opera.   
  
Deanna Breiwick is a Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finalist, a Grand Prize Winner of the Sullivan Foundation Vocal Competition, and a First Prize Winner of the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition. She also holds awards from the George London Foundation, the Giulio Gari Foundation, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant. Ms. Breiwick is a native of Seattle, WA and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music.