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In her performance career, Penelope Shumate has been described as having a "voice with power" and a "welcome fire" on stage. At Carnegie Hall, she has performed as the Soprano Soloist in the Messiah, Carmina Burana, St. Nicolai Mass and Coronation Mass. Also in New York, she performed the title role of Naughty Marietta in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She has received critical acclaim for her many performances as Violetta in La Traviata: "a convincing actress," "youthful and very beautiful," "an exquisite Violetta," "always in control of her powerful and supple voice," "a beautiful vocal and dramatic performance from start to finish." She has been equally praised for her many other roles including Musetta in La Bohème, Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte, Galatea in Acis and Galatea, and Hanna in The Merry Widow. Returning to Opera on the James for for her sixth appearance, she will sing the role of Marie in La fille du régiment for the 2010/11 season. For the 2009/10 season, she returns for her fifth appearance at Carnegie Hall as the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana with Distinguished Concerts International of New York City. Also this season, she debuts with the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as the Soprano Soloist in the Messiah. With Annapolis Opera, she debuts in “Gifts from Grand Opera.” Returning to ConcertOpera Philadelphia for her third appearance, she performs Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Returning to Center City Opera Theater for her fourth appearance, she will sing the role of Bea in the east coast premier of Three Decembers. She will also perform in an Opera Gala for the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation for the third year in a row. For her sixth appearance with the Drexel University Chorus and Orchestra, she performs as the Soprano Soloist in Haydn’s Theresienmesse. Returning to Schola Cantorum, in her home state of Virginia, she performs as the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana. Recent performances also include Violetta in La Traviata with both Opera on the James and Duluth Festival Opera. Also with Opera on James, she performed the role of Musetta in La Bohème and performed as a soloist in "Opera Cabaret". Her recent debut with the Berkshire Choral Festival as the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was described as "magnificent" and "effortless." Returning to Carnegie Hall, she performed as the Soprano Soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass and in Haydn's St. Nicolai Mass. With the Baltimore Opera, she performed in a concert of Cole Porter favorites and well as two other opera concerts. In Philadelphia, she performed as the Soprano Soloist for both Bach's and Vivaldi's Magnificat with the Drexel University Chorus and Orchestra. She was also delighted to return to her hometown of Waynesboro, Virginia to perform as the Soprano Soloist in Elijah with Schola Cantorum.A favorite of the Baltimore Opera, she has performed the roles of Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride, Lisa in La Sonnambula, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, High Priestess in Aïda, Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, and the Shepherd Boy in Tannhäuser as well as numerous opera concerts. For Opera Roanoke she has performed the roles of Galatea in Acis and Galatea, High Priestess in Aïda, Cunegonde and Gilda in excerpts of Candide and Rigoletto, and well as performing as the soloist in two other opera concerts. She also sang the role of Cunegonde in excerpts of Candide with the Drexel University Orchestra. She performed the role of Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte and was the soloist in two opera concerts with Opera on the James. For the Duluth Festival Opera, she was featured as a soloist for "The Divine Divas of Opera" and two "Opera Cabaret" concerts. She performed the roles of Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Miss Silverpeal in The Impressario, and Don Ettore in La Canterina for ConcertOpera Philadelphia. At the Lake George Opera she performed the roles of Violetta and Donna Anna in excerpts of La Traviata and Don Giovanni. She performed the role title role of Naughty Marietta and was the soloist in Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus with the Little Orchestra Society of New York. For the Jacksonville Lyric Opera, she performed Hanna in The Merry Widow. With the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, she performed the role of Violetta in La Traviata and was the Soprano Soloist for the Messiah. She also performed as the soloist in the Messiah with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, MidAmerica Productions, the Lynchburg College Choral Union, and the Drexel University Chorus and Orchestra. For her Carnegie Hall debut, she performed as the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana for MidAmerica Productions. She has performed as the Soprano Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem for Distinguished Concerts International of New York City and the Drexel University Chorus and Orchestra. With the Luzerne Music Festival, she was featured in a chamber and pops concert. She performed the Queen of the Night in excerpts from Die Zauberflöte with the Kennett Symphony Orchestra. For Rockwell Productions, she sang the role of Magnolia in Show Boat.
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. r e v i e w s...........back to roster....up “Gorgeous also describes Shumate's voice. There was never a sense of effort or strain in any of her selections; I was particularly impressed by her agility in the Donizetti aria, "Chacun le sait," and the ease with which she tossed off its beautiful and truly comic, coloratura runs. …with each successive performance, she got better and better, finally capping off the afternoon's recital with a truly magnificent rendition of "Trees on the Mountain" from Floyd's Susannah.” The Capital, 2009 “Soprano Penelope Shumate was magnificent with her brilliant lyric voice caressing her music and soaring effortlessly to the high D in the arioso, Dulcissime.” “..portrayed by the lovely, and svelte (how many leading sopranos would appear on stage in a swimming suit?), Penelope Shumate. She is an affecting coloratura and convincing actress who breathes life -- and death -- into Violetta in convincing fashion.” “Penelope Shumate has a crystal clear soprano, and can sing standing up, sitting down or laying on tables and floors. An exquisite Violetta. Throughout the story, her passion and her sense of insecurity were communicated by vocal subtlety of the highest degree. She is youthful and very beautiful...” “Penny Shumate, as the innkeeper Lisa, sang with welcome fire…” |
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