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Anne Tormela,
Lyric Coloratura
5 Old Phillips Hill Road, New
City, NY 10956
Tel: 212-879-0144

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Biography
A native New Yorker, Ms. Tormela
specializes in bel-canto, operatic and
early music style. She has been
noted for her
“secure technique, unfailing intonation
and expression and clear and sensitive
text.”
(Ulrik Cold, Royal Danish Opera), her
“ringing and
strongly expressive voice with
extraordinary vocal control.”
(Leif Kramp,Critic/Lübecker Nachtrichten)
and
“negotiating the upper reaches (of her
voice) with dazzling security”
(David Syrus, Head of Music, Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden).
This Fall she made her debut performance
of the role of
Mamette in Maestro Anton Coppola’s world premiere of (La
Coupe et les Lèvres) and covered the
role of
Lucia with Opera Tampa also under
the baton of Maestro Coppola.
In August, Ms. Tormela performed
the role of
Lauretta under the baton of Maestro
Anton Coppola at the Altamura Music
Festival’s production of (Gianni
Schicchi)
“Anne Tormela was lovely as Lauretta,
singing and acting with the grace and
vocal charm of the American Metropolitan
soprano Nadine Conner.
And, of course, she sang the aria
“O Mio Babbino Caro” perfectly.”
(
John Paul Keeler, Hudson-Catskill
Newspapers).
She
performed the roles of
Frasquita
and
Kate Pinkerton with Maestro Coppola
in the Metro Lyric Opera’s
July 2008 productions of (Carmen)
and
(Madama Butterfly). In May of 2007 she debuted with The Natchez
Music Festival
as
Nanetta in their production of (Falstaff)
under the baton of Maestro David
Blackburn.
“Anne Tormela was just about
perfect in her beautifully sung “Sul fil
d’un soffio” aria of Nanetta.”
(John Paul Keeler, Hudson-Catskill Newspapers).
Other
roles Ms. Tormela has performed
are:
Hanna Glawari in
(The Merry Widow),
Adina in (L’Elisir D’amore),
Amalia in Verdi’s (I Masnadieri), The Queen of the night
and First Lady, in (The
Magic Flute),
Zerbinetta
in (Ariadne auf Naxos), Rosalinda and Adele in (Die
Fledermaus), Ophélie in (Hamlet),
Violetta in (La
Traviata), Gilda in (Rigoletto),
Frasquita in (Carmen),
Rosina in (The
Barber of Seville), Cherubino and
Barbarina in (Le
Nozze di Figaro), Sophie in
(Werther),
Norina in (Don
Pasquale), Musetta in (La
Bohème).
Ms. Tormela is an accomplished
concert recitalist and has performed all
over the world
in Germany, Italy, France,
Sweden, Israel and the United States.
She made her debut recital at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and
received a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation to perform a solo recital in
their Fall concert series in Bellagio,
Italy.
In Germany she made her concert
debut at Thronsaal auf Schlo§ in
Schwerin; Stidtstheater, Wohnstift
Augustinum in Bad Neuenahr, and
Kammermusiksaal der Stadthalle Mülheim
in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In
2004 and 2005 she was a two time
recipient of a full scholarship to
perform at the International Vocal Arts
Institute in Israel under the auspices
of Joan Dornemann.
This December 2009 she has been
invited to perform excerpts of
Zerbinetta and Sophie
in the Metropolitan Opera
Guild’s “Spinning Strauss” Master
Class taught by Metropolitan Opera star
Jane Marsh.
She has appeared as a guest soloist with
the Lake Placid Sinfonietta Orchestra
under the baton of Maestro Mark Laycock
and in December of 2008 toured the
United States as a soloist with The
Sigmund Romberg orchestra’s program “A
Viennese Christmas” under the baton of
Maestro Jason Altieri.
In addition to opera, Ms. Tormela has a
fourth degree black belt in Taekwon Do,
is an avid swimmer, practices yoga and
plays the clarinet.
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