Camille Gifford (Soprano) is a frequent soloist on the opera,
concert, oratorio, and recital stage. She has performed with many
companies in the Mid-West and the New York area, including: Lyric Opera of
Kansas City, Pittsburgh Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Tulsa Opera,
Chattanooga Opera, Springfield Regional Opera, Reimann Opera Theatre,
Brandenburg Opera, New York Opera Forum, New York Vocal Artists,
Pittsburgh Opera Center, Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program, Inspiration Point
Fine Arts Colony and the Middle America Apprentice Program. Ms. Gifford
completed the Middle America Apprentice Program which is the training
program of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program,
Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Program, and the Pittsburgh Opera
Center at Duquesne.
Roles for Ms. Gifford have included: La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Mother
(Amahl and the Night Visitors), Berta (The Red Mill), Leonore (Fidelio),
Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Female Chorus
(The Rape of Lucretia), Minnie (La Fanciulla del West), La Contessa,
Cherubino, & Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro), Orlofsky (Die
Fledermaus), Charlotte (Werther), Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Komponist &
Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Siebel (Faust), Sarah/Emcee (Hotel Eden),
Emilia (Otello), Maria Corona (The Saint of Bleecker Street), Cousin Hebe (H.
M.S. Pinafore), Giovanna (Rigoletto), Giulietta, Antonia's Mother, & Nicklausse
(Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Flora (La Traviata), Bertarido (Rodelinda), Baba
(The Medium), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Kate Pinkerton (Madama
Butterfly), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Zaida (Il Turco in Italia), Mercèdes
(Carmen), and Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor).
While Ms. Gifford began her operatic career performing the mezzo soprano
roles on the operatic stage, her voice is more suited to the heavier soprano
roles, specifically the Wagnerian soprano repertoire. Ms. Gifford has been the
recipient of many vocal awards, including the prestigious Richard F. Gold
Career Grant of the Shoshana Foundation, for artistic and vocal merit with the
Pittsburgh Opera Young Artist Program under the direction of Tito
Capobianco, a winner of the Kansas City District Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and Midwest Regional finalist, two times National Opera Association
Competition Finalist and has also received the Singer’s Encouragement Grant
from the Wagner Society of New York City.
Ms. Gifford is an accomplished pianist as well and received a Bachelor of
Music Degree in Piano Performance from Southwest Missouri State University
graduating summa cum laude, Teaching Certificate for Vocal Music (grades
K-12), Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the University of
Missouri - Kansas City and has also completed work towards the Doctor of
Musical Arts Degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Missouri -
Kansas City. For more information, please visit www.CamilleGifford.com.
concert, oratorio, and recital stage. She has performed with many
companies in the Mid-West and the New York area, including: Lyric Opera of
Kansas City, Pittsburgh Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Tulsa Opera,
Chattanooga Opera, Springfield Regional Opera, Reimann Opera Theatre,
Brandenburg Opera, New York Opera Forum, New York Vocal Artists,
Pittsburgh Opera Center, Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program, Inspiration Point
Fine Arts Colony and the Middle America Apprentice Program. Ms. Gifford
completed the Middle America Apprentice Program which is the training
program of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program,
Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Program, and the Pittsburgh Opera
Center at Duquesne.
Roles for Ms. Gifford have included: La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Mother
(Amahl and the Night Visitors), Berta (The Red Mill), Leonore (Fidelio),
Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Female Chorus
(The Rape of Lucretia), Minnie (La Fanciulla del West), La Contessa,
Cherubino, & Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro), Orlofsky (Die
Fledermaus), Charlotte (Werther), Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Komponist &
Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Siebel (Faust), Sarah/Emcee (Hotel Eden),
Emilia (Otello), Maria Corona (The Saint of Bleecker Street), Cousin Hebe (H.
M.S. Pinafore), Giovanna (Rigoletto), Giulietta, Antonia's Mother, & Nicklausse
(Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Flora (La Traviata), Bertarido (Rodelinda), Baba
(The Medium), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Kate Pinkerton (Madama
Butterfly), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Zaida (Il Turco in Italia), Mercèdes
(Carmen), and Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor).
While Ms. Gifford began her operatic career performing the mezzo soprano
roles on the operatic stage, her voice is more suited to the heavier soprano
roles, specifically the Wagnerian soprano repertoire. Ms. Gifford has been the
recipient of many vocal awards, including the prestigious Richard F. Gold
Career Grant of the Shoshana Foundation, for artistic and vocal merit with the
Pittsburgh Opera Young Artist Program under the direction of Tito
Capobianco, a winner of the Kansas City District Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and Midwest Regional finalist, two times National Opera Association
Competition Finalist and has also received the Singer’s Encouragement Grant
from the Wagner Society of New York City.
Ms. Gifford is an accomplished pianist as well and received a Bachelor of
Music Degree in Piano Performance from Southwest Missouri State University
graduating summa cum laude, Teaching Certificate for Vocal Music (grades
K-12), Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the University of
Missouri - Kansas City and has also completed work towards the Doctor of
Musical Arts Degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Missouri -
Kansas City. For more information, please visit www.CamilleGifford.com.
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