ELLEN McLAIN
| 206-282-1531 or 206-601-4934 |
| Hair: Lt. Brown Eyes: Blue |
OPERA
| Lakme | Rose | Seattle Opera, Patrick Fournillier, cond. |
| Cosi Fan Tutte | Despina | Tacoma Opera, Benton Hess, cond. |
| La Casa Di Verdi | Matilda | O |
| Twilight Voices | Sophia | Chaspen Opera, Charles Long, cond. |
| Die Fledermaus | Sally | Seattle Opera, Yves Abel, cond. |
| La Boheme | Musetta | Tacoma Opera, Benton Hess, cond. |
| La Boheme | Mimi | Seattle Opera Tour, Jonathan Field, dir. |
| Christopher Columbus | Isabella | Hans Wolf Prod., John Lowrie, dir. |
| Romeo and Juliet | Stephano | Tacoma Opera, Benton Hess, cond. |
| La Traviata | Flora | Seattle Opera, Gerard Schwarz, cond. |
| Cunning Little Vixen | Mrs. Bartos | Seattle Opera, Gerard Schwarz, cond. |
| Madama Butterfly | Kate Pinkerton | Seattle Opera, Antonello Allemandi, cond. |
| Dido and Aeneas | Belinda | Tacoma Opera and Northwest
Sinfonietta, |
| The Merry Widow | Olga | Seattle Opera, Heinz Scheffler, cond. |
| The Ballad of Baby Doe | Silver Dollar | Seattle Opera, George Manahan, cond. |
| Carmen | Mercedes | Tac |
| Die Fledermaus | Prince Orlovsky | Tacoma Opera, Hans Wolf, cond. |
| The Elixir of Love | Adina | New Orleans Opera |
| Cenerentola | Clorinda | Chattanooga Opera, Vakhtang Jordania, cond. |
| X,The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Social Worker | American Music Theatre Festival, Rhoda Levine, dir. |
| Don Pasquale | Norina | Chattanooga Opera |
| La Rondine | Lisette | Concert Opera Orchestra, Boston |
| Susannah | Susannah | Tufts University Opera Theatre |
| Hansel and Gretel | Sandman/Dew Fairy | Opera New England, Sarah Caldwell, dir. |
| Marriage of Figaro | Susanna | Boston Summer Opera Theatre |
| Barber of Seville | Rosina | N.O.I.S.E. Seattle, Lisa Bergman, cond. |
| Tales of Hoffmann | Olympia | N.O.I.S.E. Seattle |
| Turn of the Screw | Governess | New England Conservatory Opera Theatre |
| Jonny Spielt Auf | Yvonne | NEC Opera Theatre, Gunther Schuller, cond. |
| Hansel and Gretel | Gretel | NEC Opera Theatre, Richard Pittman, cond. |
| Albert Herring | Miss Wordsworth | NEC Opera Theatre, David Bartholomew, dir. |
CONCERT
| Recital, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, A Bit of Broadway (with Erich Parce), Scott Warrender, pianist Soloist, UCSF Orchestra, Mahler 4th Symphony, Jeremy Swerling, cond. Soloist, UCSF Orchestra, Conversations With Piltdown Man by John Lowrie, premiere, Jeremy Swerling, cond. Soloist, Northwest Sinfonietta, Mozart Requiem, Christophe Chagnard, cond. Soloist, Danville, IL Symphony Orchestra,Knoxville:Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber, Stephen Radcliffe, cond. Soloist, Orchestra Seattle, Samson by G.F.Handel, George Shangrow, cond. Soloist, Orchestra Seattle, L’Allegro ed il Penseroso by G.F.Handel, George Shangrow, cond.Soloist, Orchestra Seattle, Harmoniemesse by F.J.Haydn, George Shangrow, cond. Soloist, The Northwest Boychoir, Mass by Rick Vale, Joseph Crnko, cond., Seattle Soloist, Brico Symphony, Singing Earth by Elinor Remick Warren, Antonia Brico, cond., Denver Soloist, The White House, Scenes from Teddy and Alice, Stone Widney, dir., Washington,D.C. Soloist, The Cecilia Society, King Arthur by Henry Purcell, Donald Teeters, cond., Boston Soloist, The Handel & Haydn Society, A Victorian Evening, Gary Wedow, cond., Boston Soloist, Nashville Symphony, Young People’s Concerts, Jay Dawson, cond.Soloist, Boston Musica Viva, ISCM World Music Days, Meridian by Harrison Birtwhistle, Richard Pittman, cond. Soloist, Paradiso Choruses by Donald Martino, premiere performance, Lorna Cooke de Varon, cond., Boston Soloist, New England Conservatory Orchestra and Chorus European Tour, Gunther Schuller, cond. Collegium Musicum Vocal Quintet, NEC, Daniel Pinkham, cond., Boston |
OPERETTA AND MUSICAL THEATER
| Showboat | Magnolia | European Tour, Bill Barkhymer, cond. |
| My Fair Lady (with Rex Harrison) | Servant | Broadway, Franz Allers, cond. |
| Camelot (with Richard Harris) | Singer-Dancer | National Tour |
| The Mikado | Yum-Yum | Clarence Brown Co., Knoxville |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | Boston Universtiy Savoyards |
| Patience | Patience | Harvard G & S Players |
HONORS AND AWARDS
1985 An Afternoon at The White House, Featured Singer, Washington,
D.C.
1983 Career Development Grant, National Institute for Music Theater
1980 Southern Regional Opera competition, First Prize, Birmingham, AL
1979 Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Second Prize, New England Region,
Boston
1978 Metropolitan Opera
Auditions, Finalist, Mid-Southern Region, Memphis, TN
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
| Master of Music with Honors, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Bachelor of Music with Honors, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Diploma in Voice, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC Oglebay Opera Workshop, Boris Goldovsky, dir. Accademia di Chigiana in association with N. C. School of the Arts, Siena, Italy Vocal Studies and Coaching: David Bartholomew, Terry Decima, Jan de Gaetani, Ellen Faull, Margo Garrett, Mary Pat Graham, Benton Hess, Phil Kelsey, Sandra McClain, Michael Mitchell, John Moriarty, Allen Rogers, Gait Sirguey, George Skipworth, Martin Smith, Eleanor Steber, Barbara Wallace, Gary Wedow |