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Biography |
Frances Devine studied voice, French Theatre, Italian and German in Paris before coming to New York City.
She has performed Rosina in highlights from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Angelina in La Cenerentola,
both at Music in Chelsea series and with Pro voce studios. She was Cherubino for Capitol Opera
Harrisburg's 2006 production of Le Nozze di Figaro and Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte in Bourgas
Bulgaria in 2005.
In Russian Miss Devine has performed Olga in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and she sang
Czech songs with Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater in New York City. In concert
version this year she was Nicklausse in Les Contes d'Hoffman and Hansel in Hansel und Gretel.
Miss Devine learns music very quickly, moves and dances well, and has fluent French,
excellent Italina, German , Spanish, and sung Russian and Czech. In new music she has
premiered works by Davide Zannoni and sang the role of Alter Ego in his mini-opera
buffa Blind Date with Alter Egos. She sang Daeron and played the flute in Adam Klein's
concert reading of Leithian, Part 1, and portrayed Luna Sylum in Susan Stodderl's historical
opera AFRAID with Brooklyn Repertory Theater.
Other interests include belly -dancing, fashion, enjoying art, especially paintings.
Straight theater roles performed are Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Angela in
Arthur Miller's Two Way Mirror, Debra in Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet,
and Rosalie Mirmon in De Toutes les Couleurs, a comedy by Bernard Granger.
Awards/Grants
2003 finalist Classical Productions competition
2004/2005 Emerging Musicians Grant recipient.
Miss Devine currently studies with Dr. Michael Warren.
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"I became an opera fan this weekend after
hearing Frances Devine - Soprano ( the Good Kind ) perform here in Montclair. I couldn't wait to share
the show with my audience, which I did. I truly enjoyed the night, and I've received
many calls saying the same. Can't wait until I hear her sing again."
Wayne Robbins, Producer/Director: Inside Montclair - TV 34, NJ
"Frances made an adorable Cherubino who conveyed the conflicting emotions of the love-struck
page boy."
Nancy Heath, Music Director - Classical Productions
"Bravissima. Your voice is magnificent. You are really a great singer. The best for me....."
Ricardo Correia
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