Natalie Gunn - Coloratura Soprano

Natalie Gunn is an exceptional young talent from the Pacific Northwest. Her clear, beautiful voice and intelligent artistry bring vibrant interpretations to concert and opera stages.

She has been a featured soloist with many leading companies including the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, The Oregon Mozart Players, Northwest Performing Arts, Portland SummerFest, the Olympia Symphony, and Portland Opera. Her operatic repertoire includes Adina in The Elixir of Love, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Polly in The Beggar's Opera.

Ms. Gunn is the Winner of the Northwest Region of the 2008 National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing Artist Award (NATSAA), and a Winner of the National Opera Association's Artist Competition, and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She is currently the soprano Adams Fellow Young Artist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California, where she will perform Baroque repertoire.

She studies with the legendary Ellen Faull, and works regularly with Richard Bower, Sheri Greenawald, David Gordon and Maestro Dean Williamson. Ms. Gunn holds a Master of Music degree from Portland State University where she studied under Ruth Dobson, and was honored to work with Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, and Tito Capobianco. She recently traveled to Europe with the Internationale Bachakademie under the direction of Maestro Helmuth Rilling.

PRESS ACCLAIM

As Soloist in Concert:

"The final work was the largest and most challenging: J.S. Bach's Wedding Cantata #210. Written for soprano soloist and orchestra, it contains five recitatives and five arias. It is as demanding as most operatic music of the time, which means florid passages, dramatic recitatives and spun out legato lines. Natalie Gunn, a young soprano from Portland, seemed undaunted. She had an animated stage presence and a clear, direct vocal sound with some steel."

Marilyn Farwell - The Register Guard - December 12, 2007

As Adele in Die Fledermaus:

"Natalie Gunn's Adele sparkled with the dazzling agility a chambermaid needs to stay in the game."

David Stabler - The Oregonian - May 3, 2004

As Zerlina in Don Giovanni:

"Most notably Natalie Gunn as Zerlina; she was a natural on stage, her warmth and easy grace a match for her supple, flexible voice."

James McQuillen - The Oregonian - May 6, 2003

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Ms. Gunn as Adele in Die Fledermaus

OPERATIC REPERTOIRE

Beethoven	Fidelio	Marzelline	3
Bellini	I Capuleti ed I Montecchi	Giulietta	3
Bellini	La Sonnambula	Amina	3
Berlioz	Beatrice et Benedict	Hero	3
Bernstein	Candide	Cunegonde	2
	West Side Story	Maria	2
Bizet	Carmen	Frasquita	3
Britten	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Tytania	2
Britten	Albert Herring	Mrs. Wordsworth	1
	The Rape of Lucretia	Lucia	3
Cavalli	La Calisto	Calisto	3
Delibes	Lakmé	Lakmé	3
Donizetti	Don Pasquale	Norina	3
	LŽelisir dŽamore	Adina	1
	La fille du Régiment	Marie	3
Gay	The Beggar's Opera	Polly	1
Gilbert & Sullivan	H.M.S. Pinafore	Josephine	3
	Pirates of Penzance	Mabel	3
Glück	Orfeo ed Euridice	Amor (French & Italian versions)	3
Händel	Agrippina	Poppea	3
	Ariodante	Dalinda	3
	Giulio Cesare	Cleopatra	2
	Semele	Iris	3
		Semele	3
	Acis and Galatea	Galatea	3
	Alcina	Morgana	2
	Orlando	Dorinda	3
	Xerxes	Atalanta	3
Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel	Dew Fairy/Sandman	2
		Gretel	2
Lehár	The Merry Widow	Valencienne	3
Massenet	Cendrillon	La Fée	3
		Noemie	3
	Werther	Sophie	3
Menotti	The Old Maid and the Thief	Laetitia	2
Monteverdi	L'Incoronazione di Poppea	Poppea, Amore	3
Moore	The Ballad of Baby Doe	Baby Doe	3
Mozart	Cosí fan tutte	Despina	2
	Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Blonde	2
	Die Schauspieldirektor	Miss Silverpeal	1
	Die Zauberflöte	Königin der Nacht	1
		Papagena	2
	Don Giovanni	Zerlina	1
	Idomeneo	Ilia	2
	La Clemenza di Tito	Servilia	3
	Le nozze di Figaro	Susanna	3
		Barbarina	2
	Mitridate	Aspasia, Ismene	3
Offenbach	Les Contes d'Hoffmann	Olympia	2
	Orphee aux Enfers	Eurydice	3
Poulenc	Les Dialogues des Carmélites	Soeur Constance	3
Puccini	Gianni Schicchi	Nella	1
	Suor Angelica	Suor Genovieffa	2
	La Bohème	Musetta	3
Purcell	Dido and Aeneas	Belinda	3
Ravel	L'enfant et les sortilèges	Fire, Princess, Nightingale	2
Rossini	Cenerentola	Clorinda	1
	Il Turco in Italia	Fiorilla	3
	L'Italiana in Algieri	Elvira	3
	Il viaggio à Reims	Contessa Folleville	2
Sondheim	A Little Night Music	Anne	3
	Sweeney Todd	Johanna	2
Strauss, J.	Die Fledermaus	Adele	1
Strauss, R.	Arabella	Fiakermili	3
		Zdenka	3
	Ariadne auf Naxos	Echo	3
		Naiad	3
		Zerbinetta	3
	Der Rosenkavalier	Sophie	2
Thomas	Hamlet	Ophelia	3
Verdi	Aida	First Priestess	3
	Don Carlo	Celestial Voice	3
	Falstaff	Nannetta	2
	Un Ballo in Maschera	Oscar	2
	Tosca	Shepherd	3
Wagner	Siegfried	Waldvogel	3
	Tannhäuser	Shepherd	3
Weber	Der Freischütz	Ännchen	3
Weill	Street Scene	Greta Fiorentino	3
		Rose	3

1	performed
2	prepared or in preparation
3	possible role

EXPERIENCE IN OPERA

Queen of the Night & First Lady	The Magic Flute	Portland Opera Works (tour)	2006
Adele	Die Fledermaus	Columbia Symphony	2004, 2005, 2006
Adina	L'elisir d'amore	Portland SummerFest	2005
Polly	The Beggar's Opera	Portland Baroque Orchestra	2005
Queen of the Night	The Magic Flute	Astoria Music Festival	2004
Adele	Die Fledermaus	PSU Opera Theatre	2004
Miss Silverpeal	The Impresario	Portland SummerFest	2003
Zerlina	Don Giovanni	PSU Opera Theatre	2003
Miss Wordsworth	Albert Herring	Bel Canto NW Festival	2002
Clorinda	La Cenerentola	PSU Opera Theatre	2002
SCENES
Blonde	Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Portland Opera - Previews	2005
Contessa Folleville	Il viaggio à Reims	Portland Opera - Previews	2004
Cunegonde	Candide	Astoria Music Festival	2004
Tytania	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Astoria Music Festival	2004
Nannetta	Falstaff	PSU Opera Theatre	2001

Ms. Gunn as Polly Peachum in The Beggars Opera

Ms. Gunn as Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream

EXPERIENCE IN CONCERT & ORATORIO

Bach Cantata #210	Oregon Mozart Players	2007
Gala - Arias	Columbia Symphony	2007
Recital	Brookings Music Club	2006
The Sopranos - Arias & Ensembles	Astoria Music Festival	2006
Mozart's Journey to Prague - Arias	Northwest Performing Arts	2006
Holiday Concert - Songs	Olympia Symphony	2005
The Passion of Opera - Arias	Olympia Symphony	2005
Choréographie - French Arias	Portland Baroque Orchestra	2005
The Baroque Beauties - Recital	Think Lincoln Concert Series	2005
Gala - Arias & Ensembles	Eugene Opera	2004
Parassia in Sorochinskaya Yarmarka	Portland State Univ. Orchestra	2003
Moscow Nights Festival, World-Premiere concert version of Mussorgsky's opera.
Prepared by scholar Nors Josephson

CONCERT REPERTOIRE

Bach	Cantata 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Bach	Cantata 137: Lobe den Herrn
Bach	Cantata 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Bach	Cantata 184: Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
Bach	Cantata 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
Bach	Cantata 209: Non sa che sia dolore
Bach	Cantata 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
Bach	Cantata 210: O holder Tag
Bach	Cantata 32: Liebster Jesu
Bach	Cantata 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Bach	Cantata 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
Bach	Cantata 78: Jesu, der du meine Seele
Bach	Cantata 82: Ich habe genug
Bach	Johannes-Passion
Bach	Magnificat
Bach	Mass in B minor
Bach	Matthäus-Passion
Bach	Weihnachts-Oratorium
Clérambault	Cantata: La Musette
Fauré	Requiem
Gaul	The Holy City
Händel	Cantata: Nel dolce dell' oblio
Händel	Gloria
Händel	Hercules
Händel	Israel in Egypt
Händel	Jephte
Händel	Joshua
Händel	Judas Maccabeaus
Händel	Laudate pueri Dominum
Händel	Messiah
Händel	Neun deutsche Arien, HWV 202-210
Händel	Salve Regina
Händel	Samson
Händel	Saul
Haydn	Missa in angustiis (Nelsonmesse)
Haydn	The Creation
Haydn	The Seasons
Mahler	Symphony no. 2
Mahler	Symphony no. 4
Mendelssohn	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart	Bella mia fiamma, addio K. 582
Mozart	Coronation Mass K. 317
Mozart	Exsultate, jubilate K. 165
Mozart	Mass in C minor K. 427
Mozart	Requiem Mass K. 427
Mozart	Vesperae Solennes di Confessore K. 339
Mozart	Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K. 418
Orff	Carmina Burana
Pergolesi	Stabat Mater
Poulenc	Gloria
Purcell	Ode to Saint Cecilia
Purcell	Oedipus
Purcell	The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Rutter	Requiem
Scarlatti	7 Arie con tromba sola
Scarlatti	Cantata: Su le sponde del Tebro
Schubert	Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Strauss, J.	Fruhlingstimme Waltz
Strauss, R.	Brentano Lieder, Op. 68
Vivaldi	Gloria
Vivaldi	Magnificat

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Adams Fellow Young Artist	Carmel Bach Festival	2008
Resident Outreach Artist	Portland Opera	2004-2006
Master of Music, Vocal Performance	Portland State University	2004
Opera Artist	Astoria Opera Academy	2004
Opera Artist	Bel Canto NW Vocal Institute	2002
Europäisches Musikfest	Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart - Festival Ensemble	2002

TEACHERS	CONDUCTORS	DIRECTORS	COACHES
Ellen Faull	Monica Huggett	Dorothy Danner	Richard Bower
Sheri Greenawald	Helmuth Rilling	Kristine McIntyre	Dean Williamson
Ruth Dobson	Stephen Sulich	Tito Capobianco	David Gordon
	Huw Edwards	Mark Ross Clark
	Glen Cortese
	Bruno Weill

Ms. Gunn as Zerlina in Don Giovanni

AWARDS & HONORS

WINNER	NATS Artist Award, Northwest Region and National: Todd Duncan Award	2008
WINNER	National Opera Assoc. Artists Competition	2008
FINALIST	Classical Singer Convention Young Artist Competition	2007
WINNER	Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Oregon District	2003
Recipient	PSU Opera Theatre - Graduate Teaching Assistantship	2002-2004
WINNER	NATS Competition - Cascade Chapter	2003

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