Mezzo soprano
Recipient of the Robin Angly & Miles Smith Award
Raehann Bryce-Davis has been hailed by the New York Times as a “striking mezzo soprano” that “sang and spoke potently and moved vivaciously.” Of her Santuzza at the Merola Opera Program Grand Finale, the San Francisco Chronicle raved of the “electrifying sense of fearlessness” to the singing; that Bryce-Davis “infused her performance with a wealth of emotional and vocal color — now insinuating, now ablaze with righteous fury.”
Winner of the 2016 Richard F. Gold Career Grant, the 2015 9th International Hilde Zadek Competition at the Musikverein in Vienna, the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Pittsburgh District, and the 2015 Sedat Gürel – Güzin Gürel International Voice Competition in Istanbul, this season has been an explosive one for the young mezzo. In addition to winning the Zadek competition in Vienna, she also walked away with the Supporters and Sponsors Prize, the Media Jury prize, a master class with Christa Ludwig, and a gala concert at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in Germany.
For 2016/17 she joins the ensemble of Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp/Ghent singing six roles including Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, Nezhata in Sadko, and Kristina in Die Sache Makropulos. For 2015-16 she participated in Merola Opera Program, singing Eboli in selections from Verdi’s Don Carlo and Santuzza from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and was the mezzo Studio Resident Artist at Michigan Opera Theatre singing Lady in Waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth, Third Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute, and Ma Moss in Copland’s The Tender Land. Other opera credits include Lily in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Mama McCourt in The Ballad of Baby Doe at Chautauqua Opera, Albine in Thaïs at Florida Grand Opera, the Owl in the American Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland at Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Zita in Gianni Schicchi at the Aspen Music Festival, the Nurse in Decoration by Mikael Karlsson with American Opera Projects, Countess in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame with Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts, and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera on the Avalon. With the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre, credits include Begbick in Weill’s Rise and Fall of Mahagonny, Albine in Thais, Candelas in El Amor Brujo, and Carmela in La Vida Breve.
Solo concert credits include John Corigliano’s Of Rage and Remembrance at the Aspen Music Festival with Maestro Steven Stucky, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Maestro Kent Tritle in a world premiere organ transcription at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Verdi’s Requiem at Marywood University, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with Maestro Philippe Entremont, Handel’s Messiah with Maestro Phillip Nuzzo and the Metro Chamber Orchestra, and Durufle’s Requiem with Maestro David Thye. Other works include Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, Mozart’s Regina Coeli, and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb. Also an ardent proponent of contemporary music, composer Kyle Werner’s Psalm 42 was written for her voice and premiered in 2013. Ms. Bryce-Davis also sang the world premiere of Four Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra by Jacob A. Greenberg.
www.raehannbrycedavis.com
Amour! Viens aider ma faiblesse!
from Saint-Saëns’ SAMSON et DALILA.
Raehann was accompanied by Maestra Janice Fehlauer.
HD Video provided by Robert Land Productions.
Maestra Janice Fehlauer at the piano & Photos by Gwen Juarez
O mio Fernando
from Donizetti’s’ La FAVORITA.
Raehann was accompanied by Maestra Janice Fehlauer.
HD Video provided by Robert Land Productions.
Raehann Bryce-Davis with Miles Smith & Robin Angly
Third Place : Kisma Jordan