KAREN PURCELL, Soprano has been touted by the Miami Herald as having an "electrifying voice." The Palm Beach Post wrote that her "voice is gorgeous." She is a dramatic soprano with an extraordinarily flexible voice which lends itself both to the delicacy of Mozart and the demands of Wagner.

She has performed a variety of roles all over the world, including Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Europe; Tosca, Mimi, Rosalinda, Countess, and Fiordiligi in the United States. Her concert appearances include Venezuela, Australia, Canada, as well as Europe and the United States.

Some of her credits include performances with the Boston Opera Company with Sarah Caidwell, the Boston Pops with Arthur Fiedler, the Santa Fe Opera Company, the Spoleto Festival, the Diisseldorf Opera Company, and the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra.

She has also worked with such notable conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Gunther Schuller, Christopher Keene, and Alain Lombard.

She has won a number of prestigious awards and competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera Regional Competition, the Palm Beach Opera Competition, and Opera America. Miss Purcell has also won a Fulbright-Hayes Grant as well as several other grants and scholarships.

OPERATIC REPERTOIRE

Beethoven	Leonora in Fidelio
Bizet	Micaela in Carmen
Menotti	Mother in Amahi and the Night Visitors
Puccini	Mimi in La Bohème Title Role-- Tosca Title Role--Madama Butterfly
Mozart	Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro Donna Elvira/Donna Anna in Don Giovanni Pamina/First Lady/Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte
J. Strauss	Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
R. Strauss	Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos
Verdi	Alice Ford in Falstaff Title Role--Aïda Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
Wagner	Senta in Der Fliegende Hollander Waltraute in Die Walküre Wellgunde in Das Rheingold Elsa in Lohengrin Elisabeth in Tannhäuser

ORATORIO REPERTOIRE

Bach	"Jauchzet Gott"
Beethoven	Missa Solemnis Ninth Symphony
Fauré	Requiem
Handel	The Messiah
Mendelssohn	Elijah St. Paul
Saint-Saëns	A Christmas Oratorio
Verdi	A Requiem