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Charlotte Daw Paulsen, mezzo-soprano.

b i o g r a p h y.......back to roster....up September 2012 Ever since her Carnegie Hall debut in Mozart’s Requiem under the direction of John Rutter, Charlotte Paulsen has been recognized as a stellar singer on both the opera and concert stage. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune calls her "riveting," adding she "is gifted with a voice both large and rich, which she uses with notable musicianship." And the New York Times agrees: "The real star, Charlotte Daw Paulsen, a mezzo-soprano with real contralto gravity and power in her lower register, in the Agnus Dei, her performance grew dramatic in the best sense and utterly gripping" Upcoming and recent performances include an Opera Gala with the Johnstown Symphony, Verdi's Requiem and Mahler 8th with the Canterbury Choral Society, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Nashville Symphony, Dvorak's Stabat Mater with the Oratorio Society of New York and the role of Third Lady in Opera Delaware’s production of The Magic Flute. During the 2010/11 season, Paulsen sang Judas Maccabaeus with the Berkshire Choral Festival, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Musica Sacra and Karl Jenkins’ Stabat Mater and Gloria with Distinguished Concerts International New York at Carnegie Hall as well as the role of Amneris in a concert version of Aida with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony. In earlier seasons, she sang Messiah with Houston Symphony, Elijah with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Verdi’s Requiem with the Virginia Symphony and Eugene Symphony, Mozart Requiem with the National Philharmonic (MD) and with the National Chorale (NY), Messiah with Peniel Concert Choir in Avery Fisher Hall and Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle in Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Highlights of Paulsen’s 07/08 season included concerts with the Louisiana Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and with the Huntsville Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, both under the baton of Carlos Miguel Prieto. Previously, she celebrated the centennial of Shostakovich with his orchestrated version of Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, where she also sang Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. On occasion of Mozart’s 250th birth date, she performed the Requiem with the Lancaster Symphony and at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions. She concluded the season with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Orquesta de Mineria in Mexico. Because of the unique character of her voice, Paulsen is often called upon to perform contemporary works of unusual depth: with I Cantori she performed the New York premiere of Et la vie l’emporte by Frank Martin; Women of Valor based on Proverbs 31 by Andrea Clearfield with Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; and at Carnegie Hall The Armed Man a Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins. She also sang the role of Der Trommler in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, as part of the 50th year celebration for the victims of World War II. On the opera stage, she performed Carmen with Opera Delaware, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Metro Lyric Opera under the direction of Maestro Anton Coppela; Maddalena in Rigoletto with Piedmont Opera, Fresno Opera, Utah Opera, & Toledo Opera; and 3rd Lady in Die Zauberflöte and 2nd Maid in Electra with Baltimore Opera. She also sang 2nd Lady in Die Zauberflöte in Saarland, Germany. At the Virginia Opera she portrayed Edugie in Handel’s Rodelinda and Emilia in Otello. Paulsen was awarded 1st place in the Liederkranz Foundation Awards, Wagnerian Voice division. She represented the United States at the International Opera Studio in Zurich. While performing there she worked under such maestros as Harnoncourt, Bartoletti, Inbal and von Dohnanyi. Charlotte Paulsen was born in Philadelphia and holds degrees from The Peabody Conservatory of Music and Temple University. Her further studies brought her to the Salzburg Mozarteum, Zurich International Opera Studio, Tanglewood Festival, and Opera Music Theater International, under the direction of the late Jerome Hines. Currently she studies with Benita Valente. b i o....r e s u m e....r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

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