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"Smooth-voiced
yet strong."
NEW YORK TIMES
FIDELIO
February 10-27
Heartbeat Opera, National Tour
Victoria Lawal debuts the role of Marzelline in Heartbeat Opera's touring production of Beethoven's Fidelio. Lauded by The New York Times as "urgent, powerful, and poignant", this innovative production features a new english dialogue co-written by Directed by Ethan Heard Marcus Scott.
Dubbed “singularly unconventional” by Opera News, “a radical endeavor” by Alex Ross in The New Yorker, and “pioneers” by The Wall Street Journal—Heartbeat Opera is a young company intent upon reimagining opera in intimate spaces for a new generation.
APRIL 29, 2022
MAY 1, 2022
Victoria debut's the role of Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème at Opera Birmingham. Candace Evans Directs this co-production with Annapolis Opera, presented at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater. Cris Frisco conducts.
La Bohème
JULY 15, 2022 -
AUGUST 26, 2022
Bizet’s Carmen takes the Glimmerglass Festival's Alice Busch Theatre stage for 10 performances in a new production directed by 2022 Artist in Residence Denyce Graves. Victoria covers the role Micaëla, excerpts of which can be heard in performances of The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson.
Carmen
AUGUST 15, 2022
AUGUST 16, 2022
Victoria reprises the role of Isabelle/Micaëla in an extended revision of The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson. The play by Sandra Seaton with music contributed by Carlos Simon celebrates the founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company and premiered in 2021 at the Glimmerglass Festival. Denyce Graves returns in the title role.
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson
MAY 21, 2022
Led by Maestra Lidyia Yankovskaya, Victoria covers the roles of Queer Kid and
Azraele in this contemporary Double Bill. Directed by Chloe Treat, Kamala Sankaram and Jerre Dye's 2018 opera Taking up Serpents is paired with the world premiere of Holy Ground by Damien Geter and Lila Palmer, commissioned by The Glimmerglass Festival.
Taking Up Serpents &
Holy Ground
PRESS & FEATURES
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
ACCLAIM
“Victoria Lawal is a full-voiced [Marzelline]…”
BROADWAY WORLD
Fidelio.. Proves Beethoven's Only Opera Is No Museum Piece
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
ACCLAIM
“Soprano Victoria Lawal is beautifully adept at making [Marzelline]’s aria emblematic of her character…”
BLOG CRITICS
Heartbeat Opera Confronts America's Racial Awakening...
FEBRUARY 14 2022
ACCLAIM
"[Marzelline], smooth-voiced yet strong in the soprano Victoria Lawal’s portrayal"
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter
Heartbeat Opera’s heroic, harrowing
Fidelio hits the road
FEBRUARY 14 2022
ACCLAIM
“Victoria Lawal as [Marzelline] is a bright, effervescent presence on stage, who effectively gives voice to the young woman’s professional and personal dilemmas…”
SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
ACCLAIM
“Marzelline, hardly the innocent, duped soubrette of the original, was sung by the stunning Victoria Lawal…”
OPERA GAZET
Beethoven’s Message in “Fidelio” Clear and strong in Stripped-down Version
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
ACCLAIM
“Lawal [is] confident and charismatic.”
BACHTRACK
LvB meets #BLM in Heartbeat Opera's Fidelio
Check out Victoria Lawal's Story
JUNE 23 2021
FEATURE
Victoria shares future engagements and personal musings in interview with VoyageLA, which can be seen online and in print.
VOYAGE LA
MARCH 1, 2021
FEATURE
Victoria is featured in Long Beach Opera's new series, Stages, highlighting their core musicians as they shelter in place.
LONG BEACH OPERA
Long Beach Opera: Stages
