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Nicole Besa Height: 5’3” Hair/Eyes: Dark Brown Range: G3-F6 (belt/ legit/ whistle capabilities) MUSICAL THEATRE & PLAYS A Little Night Music u/s Anne, Mrs. Nordstrom BoHo Theatre (current) The King and I Singing Wife/ Ensemble Lyric Opera of Chicago The Mikado Yum-Yum Center Stage The Drowsy Chaperone Trix Center Stage South Pacific Liat Anchorage Opera Miss Saigon Yvette Jedlicka Performing Arts Twilight, Los Angeles Homi Bhaba, Tom Bradley Shringara Theatre Company The Fourth Wall Julia Midnight Sun Theatre Speed Dating Tonight! Billie Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre OPERA & CONCERT La Fille du Régiment Marie Metropolitan International Music Festival Pagliacci Nedda (cover) Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Hansel and Gretel Gretel Idaho Falls Opera Theatre Der Schauspieldirektor Mme. Silberklang Tiroler Opern Programm Don Giovanni Zerlina Tiroler Opern Programm Die Fledermaus Adele Tiroler Opern Programm La Bohème Musetta Tiroler Opern Programm Cavalleria Rusticana La Donna, Chorus Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre COMMERCIAL Walgreens Beauty Consultant Walgreens Blue Chip Casino Spa Specialist, Cocktail Waitress Adam Bomb Productions Duracell Voiceover Talent Onion Labs CHORAL Beethoven’s 9 th Symphony Chorus Member Chicago Symphony Orchestra (upcoming) Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms Chorus Member Chicago Symphony Orchestra (upcoming) Lord of the Ringer Trilogy Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Kathleen Battle Sings Spirituals Chorus Kathleen Battle Chorus TRAINING & INSTRUCTORS Young Artist- Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Metropolitan International Music Festival, Tiroler Opern Programm BM Vocal Performance, BA Theatre Arts- Elon University, Boston University, Illinois Wesleyan University Acting - Diana Basmajian, Maura Kidwell, Trent Stork, Amy J. Carle, Scott Susong, Elizabeth Bachman Voice/ Voiceover - Winifred Faix-Brown, Deborah Doetzer, Kristine Ciesinski, Dr. Carren Moham, Kate Egan Coaching - Kory Danielson, Joan Krueger, Wei-En Hsu, Michael Fennelly, Oresta Cybriwsky, Stanford Olsen Conductors - Tom Vendafreddo, Michael Black, Kelly Kuo, Daniel Kleinknecht, Mark Trawka, Robert Bowker Directors - Linda Fortunado, Candace Evans, Paul Peers, Sharon Cheng, Elizabeth Bachman, Lee Blakeley SPECIAL HONORS AND SKILLS 2016 International Classical Singer MT winner, born and raised in Alaska, extreme outdoor survival/ recreation skills, good ear for accents & foreign languages, sewing, Latin dance, 4 year champion high school debate team, minor in religion, Filipino Kundiman (art song)
