Eve Edwards
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Ms. Edwards has performed extensively in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Her roles include Mimi, Violetta, Desdemona, Pamina, Marguerite, Donna Elvira, Micaela, Rosalinda, Antonia, Luisa Miller, Alice Ford, Butterfly, Countess Almaviva, and many others. Companies with which she has appeared include The Amato Opera of New York, Delaware Valley Opera, Amici Opera, Concert Operetta Theater, Edward Bogusz & Friends, Center Stage Opera, and Piccola Opera of Philadelphia.
Also specializing in less frequently performed operas, Ms. Edwards has performed the roles of Angèle Didier in Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg, Ofelia in Thomas' Hamlet, and Medora in Il Corsaro. Additionally, Ms. Edwards appeared in the title role of the American concert premiere of Roland Fiore's opera, Linda, under the baton of the composer. She has also covered the roles of Leonora in Il Trovatore and Butterfly in Madama Butterfly with Boheme Opera New Jersey, as well as performing these roles with them in outreach performances supporting their mainstage performances.
Reviewing Ms. Edward's 2008 portrayal of Suor Angelica in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso said: "Soprano Eve Edwards was splendid in the title role. Her singing struck the perfect balance between power and delicacy, beautifully communicating the conflicting emotions of virtual hysteria at the thought of her little son dying without a mother's love and a tender longing to be with him in heaven, her faith assuring her that he was waiting for her held safely in the arms of the Blessed Mother."
This season, Ms. Edwards appears with the Amato Opera in three roles: Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Boheme, and the Countess in The Marriage Of Figaro; as well as two roles with the Amici Opera: Desdemona in Otello and Selika in L’Africana by Meyerbeer.
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