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date = "2017-09-05T13:06:00-04:00"
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short_bio = "Hannah De Priest is a writer and emerging soprano currently based in Chicago. A die-hard opera fan, she is especially drawn to the opulence and eccentricity of baroque opera."
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Hannah De Priest is a writer and emerging lyric soprano currently based in Chicago. Especially enthusiastic about baroque opera and eighteenth-century song repertoire, she has been praised for her "agile, always easy voice." (L'Opera.) Favourite recent roles include  Belinda in Purcell’s *Dido and Aeneas*, Ïole in Handel’s *Hercules*, and Oberto in Handel’s *Alcina*. In June she made her Boston debut as a Young Artist in the Boston Early Music Festival’s production of André Campra’s *Le Carnaval de Venise*, performing as a member of the ensemble cast and covering the lead role of Isabelle. Hannah recently graduated with an M.Mus in voice performance with a specialization in early music from McGill University. She also holds an M.A. in historical performance practice from Case Western University, focusing her final lecture-recital on the pre-Schubert ballad tradition. She studied music at William Jewell College as an Oxbridge Scholar. As part of her studies, she spent a year at the University of Cambridge where she sang with the Sidney Sussex College Chapel Choir. Her favourite things include: Mozart, gummy worms, and stand-up.
