Karen Adair is a soprano who loves to eat chocolate, swim, read, walk on vacant wet beaches, and practice yoga! Her voice is described as “crystal clear and so strong that when she sang everything else on stage melted away,“ (Ocala Star Banner), and, “powerful and polished” (Daytona Beach News Journal). The Florida Times-Union Fine Arts writer said “her voice made hearts shudder”. “Warm and opulent”, “Hers is a most expressive voice.”(The Times Herald-Record, NY).
Sought after as a concert artist, and
guest soloist, 2011 includes concerts in Vero Beach, Daytona State
College, the leading role in the premier of James Paul Sain's
Electro-acoustic micro-opera at the University of Florida, soprano
soloist for Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert with the Marion Civic Chorale, and a re-engagement as soloist with Florida’s premier early music ensemble, Musica Vera, in Gainesville, FL. In 2008, she made her solo debuts with Jacksonville Lyric Opera (FL) and the Messiah Choral Society of Orlando FL at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Handel’s The Messiah, performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass as soprano soloist returning to the Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale (FL) and reprised Yum-Yum in The Mikado for the Gilbert & Sullivan Singers in Orlando. In 2009 she returned in concert to First Coast Opera for Romanza and to the St Augustine Community Chorus and Orchestra for Brahms' A German Requiem and made her solo debut with the Valdosta Symphony for Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. 2010 highlights include a triumphant return to the historic Ancient City Baptist Church in St Augustine, FL for Carmina Burana with the St Augustine Community Chorus and Orchestra, "Bright Christmas" concert with the Gainesville Community Concert Band (FL), and a concert appearance as soloist with Musica Vera. Previously, in 2004, she recorded sacred arias with conductor Kirk Trevor and the Slovak Radio Symphony in Bratislava, Slovakia for her currently available self-titled solo CD. Her voice is heard on three CDs, “The Dramatic”, “Karen Adair: Sacred Arias”, and her premier Christmas CD, “When God Is a Child”.
Since the millenium, she appeared with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (FL), the Slovak Radio Symphony (Bratislava, Slovakia), the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), Ensamble Rosario (Argentina), Ormond Beach Symphony Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony, First Coast Opera, and Florida's First Coast Arts Festival. She emerged professionally with the Central Florida Symphony, members of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, the Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble (NYC), and the Orlando Opera Company, for whom she was a Resident Artist. She has performed the soprano solos to Handel’s The Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Choral Fantasy, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat in D, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s The Creation, and Lord Nelson Mass, and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, the roles of Cio-cio san in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Mother in Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors, Yum-Yum in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Christine from The Phantom of the Opera (in concert), Lady Thiang in The King & I, and Nimue in Camelot.
Carving out her niche as a proponent of new music, she has premiered works by Bob Moore (GIA Music Publications and CDs), Valerie Saalbach (The Actor's Studio, NYC) and A. Paul Johnson (The Apollo Project), among others. She holds a BA in Music with Honors and MM, both from UF, and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is an active certified eRYT-200 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) with the international Yoga Alliance. Karen and husband, Tom, are the proud parents of a son, and a set of boy-girl twins!
Please visit www.KarenAdairSoprano.com!
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FEB 8, 2011. "Opera on the River." Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer. Vero Beach, FL. Exclusive benefit concert.
FEB 13, 2011. 2:30PM. News-Journal Center. Gillespie Theater. Daytona Beach. Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer and Bobb Robinson, baritone.
MAR 13, 2011. First Unity of Citrus County, FL. Guest Appearance.
MAY 3, 2011. 7:30PM. Musica Vera in concert. Guest soloist. University of Florida School of Music, Music Bldg Auditorium, Room 101. Gainesville, FL. Admission is FREE!
DEC 2011. Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass & selections from Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts. Soprano soloist with Marion Civic Chorale. Matthew Bumbauch conducts. Donations admission!
DEC 4, 4:00PM. Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church. 2540 W. Norvell Bryant Hwy, LeCanto, FL.
DEC 10, 2:00PM. St George Anglican Cathedral. 5646 SE 28th Street, Ocala, FL
DEC 11, 3:00PM. Zion United Methodist Church. 510 N.W Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Ocala, FL
FEB 1, 2012. 7:30PM. evANGELical. UF
School of Music, Music Bldg Performance Room 101. Gainesville, FL.
Karen creates the leading role of "The Evangelist" in the world premiere of James
Paul Sain's ElectroAcoustic micrOPERA, evANGELical. Admission FREE!
MAR 8, 2012. "Opera on the River" Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer. Vero Beach, FL. Exclusive Benefit concert.
Order YOUR copy of Karen's premier Christmas CD "When God Is a Child" now! Visit any of your local CD retailers to special order it!
Or BUY IT NOW at CDBaby! http://cdbaby.com/cd/karenadair
Karen's debut solo CD, "Sacred Arias and Songs" is available at Apollo Project
Please return to this website regularly for updates on Karen's upcoming appearances. Karen is an eRYT-200 with the
Yoga Alliance.
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