Camille Gifford

Roles Performed

Die Walküre Brünnhilde  New York Lyric Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza Altoona Symphony
Regina Opera
On Rosenstrasse Kinburg

Baroness Schumann (Act I reading)

Erwartung (Schoenberg) Die Frau Opera Manhattan
Don Giovanni Donna Elvira Regina Opera
Gianni Schicchi La Ciesca Regina Opera
La Traviata Flora Regina Opera
Amahl and the Night Visitors Mother Little Orchestra Society (Avery Fisher Hall)
The Red Mill Berta Little Orchestra Society (Alice Tully Hall, concert version)
Fidelio Leonore New York Opera Forum (concert)
Die Walküre Sieglinde New York Opera Forum (concert)
Der Rosenkavalier Marschallin New York Opera Forum (concert)
The Rape of Lucretia Female Chorus New York Chamber Opera
La Fanciulla del West Minnie Springfield Regional Opera
Le Nozze di Figaro Contessa Regina Oopera
Le Nozze di Figaro Cherubino Brandenburg Opera/Liederkranz
Le Nozze di Figaro Marcellina Chattanooga Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos Komponist Brandenburg Opera/Liederkranz
Ariadne auf Naxos Dryade Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Otello Emilia Lyric Opera of Kansas City
The Saint of Bleecker Street Maria Corona Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Faust Siebel Pittsburgh Opera
Die Zauberflöte Third Lady Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Madama Butterfly Kate Pinkerton Pittsburgh Opera
Il Turco in Italia Zaida Pittsburgh Opera Center
Werther Charlotte Pittsburgh Opera Center
Werther Charlotte Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
Carmen Mercedes Pittsburgh Opera
Der Rosenkavalier Annina Des Moines Metro Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor Alisa Des Moines Metro Opera
Cosi fan tutte Dorabella Tulsa Opera Young Artist
Cosi fan tutte Dorabella Springfield Regional Opera
Cosi fan tutte Dorabella University of Missouri at Kansas
H.M.S. Pinafore Cousin Hebe Tulsa Opera
Rodelinda Bertarido Pittsburgh Opera
Die Walküre Grimgerde Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Rigoletto Giovanna Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Giulietta Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Antonia's Mother Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Nicklausse Springfield Regional Opera
La Traviata Flora Springfield Regional Opera

Oratorio, Concert and Recital Performances

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Soprano Soloist Staten Island Philharmonic

Mozart's Requiem

Alto Soloist

New England Symphonic Ensemble (Carnegie Hall)

Handel’s Messiah
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Alto Soloist
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Grace Church Choral Society & Orchestra (NYC)
Blue Springs Civic Center (MO)
Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral (MO)

Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Alto Soloist

North Hills Chamber Singers (PA)

Mozart's Requiem
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Alto Soloist
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First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich
First Presbyterian Church in Germantown (PA)

Verdi's Requiem

Alto Soloist

Second Presbyterian Church (MO)

Elgar's Sea Pictures

Concert Aria Competition Winner

University of Missouri

Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

First Place Winner & Featured Soloist

Competition Winner Performance, Bartlesville Choral Society (OK)

Opera Highlights Concerts

Featured Soloist

Yonkers Concert Band (NY)

Summer Pops Concert

Featured Soloist

Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra (NY)

Concert

Featured Soloist

Male Glee Club of Yonkers (NY)

Concert

Featured Soloist

Yonkers Civic Philharmonic (NY)

Concert

Featured Soloist

Kansas Institute for Organ & Church Music, Kansas University (KS)

Handel Recital

Featured Soloist

Community Covenant Church (MO)

Music of Britten & Vaughan Williams

Featured Soloist

Christ Church Riverdale (NYC)

Showcase of Conservatory Alumni

Featured Soloist

University of Missouri

Guest Artist Recital

Guest Artist

Southwest Missouri State Univ. (MO)

Recital

Guest Artist

Donnell Library (NYC)

Recital

Guest Artist

Christ Church Riverdale (NYC)

Recital

Guest Artist

First United Presbyterian Church, (PA)

Recital

Guest Artist

Johnson County Community College (KS)

Recital

Guest Artist

First Unitarian Universality Church (MO)

Recital

Guest Artist

St. Peter's Church (NYC)

Honors and Awards

Classical Productions Limited Competition Finalist
National Opera Association Competition Finalist
Singer's Encouragement Grant, Wagner Society, New York City, NY
Richard F. Gold Career Grant
Young Artist, Pittsburgh Opera Center at Duquesne; Tito Capobianco, Director
Young Artist, Tulsa Opera; Nicholas Muni, Director
Metropolitan Opera District Auditions Winner, Alternate
Apprentice Artist, Summer Season, Des Moines Metro Opera
Middle America Apprenticeship Recipient (Lyric Opera of Kansas City)


Master Classes Directors Coaches Voice Instructors
Martina Arroyo James Billings Régine Crespin Stephen Smith
Franco Corelli Tito Capobianco Martha Gerhardt Inci Bashar-Paige
Régine Crespin William Farlow Valéry Ryvkin Dodi Protero
Jerry Hadley Carroll Freeman Ted Taylor
Isabel Penagos John Hoomes David Triestram
Renata Scotto Robert Larsen Mitchell Cirker
John Wustman Jonathan Pape  



Education
Post Master's Work, Voice Performance, University of Missouri at Kansas City
M.M., Piano Performance, University of Missouri at Kansas City
B.M., Piano Performance, Southwest Missouri State University, Graduated summa cum laude
Buffalo High School, Buffalo, Missouri, Valedictorian




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