Resident Artists
Jan Cornelius, soprano
AVA 2011 GRADUATE
Hometown: Deer Park, Texas
Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston - Moore School of Music; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University
Competitions: Second Prize, Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, 2010; Semifinalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2009; Second Prize, Loren L. Zachary Society National Competition for Young Opera Singers, 2009; Second Prize, Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition, 2009; Grant, Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2009; Second Place, Giargari Bel Canto Competition, 2008; Second Prize, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008; First Prize, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008; Finalist, Shreveport Opera Competition, 2003; Second Place, Birmingham Opera Competition, 2002; Second Place, Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Competition, 2002; Second Place, Mobile Opera/Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, 2001.
Roles at AVA: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; title role, Arabella; Giorgetta, Il tabarro; Mimi, La bohème; Countess, Capriccio; title role, Manon Lescaut (Act ll); Violetta, La traviata; title role, Anna Bolena; Silvana, La fiamma.
Other Roles: Musetta, La bohème, Atlanta Opera; Fiordilidgi, Così fan tutte, Virginia Opera; Micaëla, Carmen, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival; Micaëla, Carmen, Chautauqua Opera; Giannetta, The Elixir of Love, Chautauqua Opera; Nedda, I Pagliacci, Frasquita, Carmen, Micaëla (cover), Carmen, Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Madam Witch, Sleeping Beauty, all with Virginia Opera; Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana, Atlantic Coast Opera; Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Estella Miss Havisham's Fire, Clarissa, For the Love of Three Oranges, all with the Moore School of Music; Stephano (cover), Romeo and Juliet, Chautauqua Opera; Mercedes, Carmen, Birmingham Opera; title role, Carmen, Dorabella, Così fan tutte, both with Louisiana State University.
Upcoming: Countess, Le nozze di Figaro, Forth Worth Opera; Musetta, La bohème, Opera Santa Barbara.
Website: www.jancornelius.com
