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THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN

May 11, 2024

Human and animal worlds collide in Janáček’s enchanting, cinematic modern fable.

Music Director Roberto Kalb conducts, and Artistic Director Yuval Sharon directs his production from The Cleveland Orchestra, which uses playful projections to transform singers into forest creatures, with hand-crafted animations that evoke the fable’s comic- strip origins. Victoria makes her role and house debut as the Rooster. "We are inviting the audience into a deeper reflection of how we interact with nature, think about nature, these forces—animals, trees, the seasons, our relation to the ever-shifting natural world,” says Sharon. “This is incredibly family-friendly [...] and mesmerizing,” says Kalb. “And the cast is spectacular—I truly think that no theatre in the world can boast a better cast than Detroit Opera.” 

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MAY 20, 2023       -

JUNE 24,  2023

Sometimes out of the deepest tragedy springs the greatest hope. Embark on a life-affirming journey of love and creativity in Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, re-imagined with a new prologue and epilogue by composer Damien Sneed and librettist Karen Chilton. Victoria joins Maestro George Manahan and Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, covering the title role

Treemonisha

JULY 22, 2023     

The stellar cast includes soprano Serena Sáenz as norina, tenor Thomas Cilluffo as Ernesto, tenor Alexey Lavrov as Dr. Malatesta, and baritone Lucas Meachem as Don Pasquale. Noah Lindquist leads Festival Orchestra Napa in this enduring tale of love and deception. Jean-Romain Vesperini directs. Victoria covers the role of Norina.

Don Pasquale

The Cunning Little Vixen

MAY 11, 2024            -

MAY 19, 2024

Human and animal worlds collide in Janáček’s enchanting, cinematic modern fable about a clever vixen who tries to outwit her captors. Music Director Roberto Kalb conducts, and Artistic Director Yuval Sharon directs his production from The Cleveland Orchestra, which uses playful projections to transform singers into forest creatures, with hand-crafted animations that evoke the fable’s comic- strip origins. Victoria makes her role and house debut as the Rooster.

Fellow Travelers

JUNE 21, 2024            -

JUNE 23, 2024

 

 

 

 

The West Coast premiere of the opera adaptation of Thomas Mallon’s novel Fellow Travelers, a tender love story and political thriller set in the corridors of power during the McCarthy era. Adapted by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce, this opera shares the message that love will always flourish under persecution. Victoria makes her role and house debut at Opera Parallele in the leading role of Mary Johnson

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"Senza Mamma" from Suor Angelica by Puccini
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PRESS & FEATURES

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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“Victoria Lawal is a full-voiced [Marzelline]…”

BROADWAY WORLD

Fidelio.. Proves Beethoven's Only Opera Is No Museum Piece

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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“Soprano Victoria Lawal is beautifully adept at making [Marzelline]’s aria emblematic of her character…”

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Heartbeat Opera Confronts America's Racial Awakening...

FEBRUARY 14 2022

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"[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

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“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

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“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

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“Lawal [is] confident and charismatic.”

BACHTRACK

LvB meets #BLM in Heartbeat Opera's Fidelio

Check out Victoria Lawal's Story 

JUNE 23 2021   

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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

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