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Hope Briggs Hope Briggs a native of Jersey City, New Jersey and is well known for her dramatic portrayals and her distinctive soprano voice. This past season she made her impressive San Francisco Opera debut as the Duchess of Parma in Busoni's Doktor Faust., for which Opera News stated, "In her company debut, as the Duchess, soprano Hope Briggs was stellar, delivering one of the evening's highlights with her lusciously intoned, lovelorn aria."Other operatic roles have included The First Lady in Die Zauberflöte at Frankfurt Opera, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and Micäela in Carmen at Opera Company of Brooklyn, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and The First Lady in Die Zauberflöte at Opera San Jose, the title role of Suor Angelica at Pacific Repertory Opera, Leonora in Il Trovatore and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Operesque Classical Concerts, and Strawberry Woman in Houston Grand Opera's National Tour of Porgy and Bess. She created the role of Paula in the world premiere of Hector Armienta's River of Women.

On the concert stage Ms. Briggs has performed Verdi's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass and Requiem Vivaldi's Gloria, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras, and Rachmaninoff's Vocalise and Lailstork's I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. She has been the featured soloist in San Francisco Symphony's The Wondrous Sounds of Christmas; the World Premiere of Marion J. Caffey's Three

Mo' Divas and the Rev. Billy Graham Crusade. She was presented in recital by African-Americans for Los Angeles Opera and has had the honor of performing for Ms. Jessye Norman at the presentation of the Trophée des Arts by the Alliance Francais.

She has been the recipient of numerous awards which include, National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Metropolitan Opera International Vocal Competition Award, the Encouragement Award from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, and study grants from the Opera Buffs of California and the Barkley Fund.

This season she will make her debut at Stattstheater Stuttgart reprising her role as the Duchess of Parma in Busoni's Doktor Faust. Other upcoming performances include Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera at Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, a debut with Pacific Symphony as Hanna in scenes from Merry Widow, and Soloist in an orchestral concert with Symphony Parnassus. Next season she will return to Frankfurt Opera to sing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and perform Dvorak's Stabat Mater with Oakland East Bay Symphony. In 2007 she will reprise the role of Donna Anna at San Francisco Opera.


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HOPE BRIGGS
Soprano

Upcoming Engagements
Soloist Dvorak - Stabat Mater Oakland East Bay Symphony 2/2006
Donna Anna Don Giovanni San Francisco Opera 6-7/07
Donna Anna Don Giovanni Opera Frankfurt 2006
Hanna Merry Widow Pacific Symphony 8/05
Amelia Un Ballo in maschera Festival Opera 6-7/05
Soloist Orchestra Concert Symphony Parnassus 6/2005
Duchess of Parma Doktor Faustus Stattstheater Stuttgart 5,12/05
First Lady Die Zauberflöte Opera Frankfurt 2004
Duchess of Parma Doktor Faust San Francisco Opera 2004

Opera Engagements
First Lady Die Zauberflöte Opera Frankfurt 2004
Duchess of Parma Doktor Faust San Francisco Opera 2004
Diva Three Mo' Divas San Diego Repertory Theatre 2004
Countess Marriage of Figaro Opera Company of Brooklyn 2003
High Priestess Aida Festival Opera 6-7/03
Aida (cover) Aida Festival Opera 6-7/03
Leonora Il Trovatore Operesque Classical Concerts 05/03
Donna Anna Don Giovanni Operesque Classical Concerts 02/03
Micaela Carmen Opera Co. Of Brooklyn 03/03
Paula River of Women Theater Artaud 2001
Mimi La Boheme San Francisco Opera Guild 1999
Suor Angelica Suor Angelica Pacific Repertory Opera 1999
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Opera San Jose 1999
Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly San Francisco Opera Guild 1998
Countess Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro Apollo Opera 1998
Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte Opera San Jose 1998
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni North Bay Opera 1998
Erste Dame (cover) Die Zauberflöte Sarasota Opera 1996
Strawberry Woman Porgy and Bess Houston Grand Opera Nat. Tour 1995
Serena Porgy and Bess Houston Grand Opera Nat. Tour 1995
Bess Porgy and Bess Aspen Opera Theater 1994
Countess Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro Calif. State Univ. Fullerton 1994
Rosalinda Die Fledermaus Calif. State Univ. Fullerton 1993

Study Roles
Tosca Tosca
Liu Turandot

Concert/Oratorio
Soloist Merry Widow    
Soloist I Will Lift up Mine Eyes San Antonio Symphony 2002
Soloist Verdi Requiem San Francisco Choral Society 2000
Bess Porgy and Bess Redwood Symphony 2000
Soloist Musical Moments of the Millenium Oakland Lyric Opera 2000
Recital Leonardo da Vinci Cultural Society 1999
Soloist Bachianas Brasilieras Oakland Youth Orchestra 1998
Soloist Mozart Requiem Masterworks Choral 1998
Soloist Vivaldi Gloria Masterworks Choral 1998
Soloist Mendelssohn Psalm 120 Oakland Youth Orchestra 1997
Soloist Mozart Coronation Mass Oakland Youth Orchestra 1997

Awards
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Barkley Fund. Study Grant, 2000
Encouragement Award, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, 2000
National Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 1997
Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Pacific Region, 1997
Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council International Vocal Competition, 1997
Study Grant, Opera Buffs of Northern California, 1995, 1994, 1993
Full Scholarship, Aspen Music Festival, 1994, 1993
Winner, Kim Allman Opera Award, CSU Fullerton, 1994
Winner, Outstanding Vocalist Award, CSU Fullerton, May 1993
Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Western Region, 1993
Second Place, Metrpolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Orange County, CA 1993