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 Praised for her 'lustrous' voice with 'gorgeous timbre' and 'youthful vigor', Mezzo Soprano Sonja Bruzauskas 'entrances audiences' throughout the United States.
Ms. Bruzauskas most recently performed Monteverdi’s “Lamento d’Arianna” with Ars Lyrica in Houston, the Alto solos in Handel’s “Messiah” with McNeese in Lake Charles, LA, Cantata 79 with Houston's Bach Society, and a concert of Mozart arias with the Houston Chamber Orchestra. Other performances include Zemlinsky’s “Maiblumen” at the University of St. Thomas, a recital with the Greenbriar Consortium, the role of the Sorceress in Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' as well as the Alto solos in Rossini’s “Missa de Rimini” in Montgommery, Texas and Stravinsky's 'Les Noces' with DA CAMERA Houston.
Upcoming engagements include several Divas' Cabaret shows and solo recitals as well as “Musaic” with Trio Angelico. Next summer, Sonja will be featured as a soloist with the Mainely Music Festival in Boothbay Harbor, and she will perform a One-Woman-Show called “One Woman’s Voice”.
Sonja's repertoire embraces a wide range of operatic roles (Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville', Hänsel in 'Hänsel und Gretel', Nancy in 'Martha', Beatrice in 'Beatrice et Benedict', Orlovsky in 'Die Fledermaus', The Mother in 'Amahl and the Night Visitors', to name a few), Musical Theatre ( Eliza in 'My Fair Lady', Anita in 'West Side Story', Mary Magdalene in 'Jesus Christ Superstar', as well as Concert (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Händel's Messiah, Stravinsky's Les Noces, Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, St. John's Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Caldara's Christmas Oratorio, Vivaldi's Gloria, Durufle's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky and many more).
Sonja made her professional Opera debuts singing Hänsel in 'Hänsel und Gretel' with the Nordharzer Staedtebundtheater as well as Nancy in 'Martha' with the Staatsoperette Dresden, Germany, where she was under a full-time soloist contract for several years prior to her move to the United States. In the U.S., Sonja made her debut covering Beatrice in 'Beatrice et Benedict' and singing the Maidservant in 'Simon Boccanegra' during her stay as Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe Opera.
Sonja holds a diploma in Voice, Dance and Acting from the 'Folkwang Hochschule' in Essen, Germany, and a Master of Music degree in Opera from 'Manhattan School of Music' where she studied with Marlena Malas.
Beyond being a performing Artist, Sonja serves as Artistic Director and Vice President for the non-profit organization 'Divas World Productions'. Divas' Song Salon Series is her artistic creation.
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