Fremont Singers

As you get to know our singers, we think you’re going to want to know where they are and what they’re up to.

		NaGuanda Nobles, our wonderful Mimi, will be reprising Mimi in La Bohème with Sacramento Opera next season.

		In late September, Harold Gray Meers, our Rudolfo, left for North Carolina, where he will appear as Alfredo in La Traviata. Later this season, he will be in Montana for the role of Nemorino in Elixir of Love. Between singing engagements he continues teaching at Illinois Wesleyan University.

		Marnie Breckenridge (Musetta) has several upcoming appearances include Pamina in The Magic Flute at Indianapolis Opera, a recital at Cornell University and performances this December in Moscow with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.

		Jordan Shanahan, our Marcello in La Bohème, will be dividing his time in the 2007-2008 season between Chicago and New York. At the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he will be singing in productions of La Bohème, La Traviata, Julius Caesar, and John Adams’ Dr. Atomic. He will also be at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, covering roles in Phillip Glass’s Sanskrit opera Satyagraha.

		Kirk Eichelberger (Colline) is now appearing as Monterone in Rigoletto with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. In November, he goes to the Washington National Opera Company, for the role of Luis in William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge. During the following months, he will be at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, appearing in Shostakovich’s The Gamblers, and covering roles in Verdi’s Macbeth and Ernani, as well as Wagner’s Tristan. Later in the season he will sing two small roles in Berlioz’ Les Troyens, with James Levine and the Boston Symphony.

		Igor Vieira’s (Schaunard) busy schedule includes Sid in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West with Rimrock Opera, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with the National Symphony in Rio de Janero in January, along with a Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte with West Bay Opera and a Don Alfonso in North Bay Opera’s production of Cosi next spring.