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Sona Ghazarian  · Opera Singer  — Sona Ghazarian is a Lebanese-Austrian soprano and Kammersängerin of the Republic of Aust…   ✦   June Squibb  · Performer  — June Squibb's career in American performance spans more than six decades — a testament t…   ✦   Dame Felicity Palmer  · Opera Singer  — Dame Felicity Palmer is one of Britain's most distinguished and enduring vocal artists   ✦   Sir Antonio Pappano  · Conductor  — Sir Antonio Pappano CVO is one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation, reno…   ✦   Kent Nagano  · Conductor  — Kent Nagano is among the most respected conductors of his generation, admired for the in…   ✦   Stephen Schwartz  · Composer — Broadway & Musical Theatre  — Stephen Schwartz is one of Broadway's most celebrated composer-lyricists, whose work has…   ✦   Betty Buckley  · Performer  — Betty Buckley is a Tony Award-winning actress and singer whose artistry has graced virtu…   ✦   John Cameron Mitchell  · Performer, Stage Director & Songwriter  — John Cameron Mitchell is a singular creative force at the intersection of rock, theater,…   ✦   Michel Van der Aa  · Composer — Opera  — Michel van der Aa is a Dutch composer, director, and multimedia artist whose work consis…   ✦   Richard Danielpour  · Composer — Opera  — Richard Danielpour is an American composer whose work spans a wide range of forms — from…   ✦   Jason Graae  · Performer  — Jason Graae is one of American musical theater's most beloved performers — a consummate …   ✦   Sylvie Valayre  · Opera Singer  — Sylvie Valayre is a soprano of uncommon breadth and theatrical intensity whose path to t…   ✦   Danielle de Niese  · Opera Singer  — Dubbed "opera's coolest soprano" by The New York Times Magazine, Danielle de Niese has f…   ✦   Peter Sellars  · Stage Director  — Peter Sellars occupies a singular place in contemporary opera as a director whose work c…   ✦   Peter Volpe  · Opera Singer  — American bass Peter Volpe has built one of the most admired careers in contemporary oper…   ✦   Francisco Araiza  · Opera Singer  — Francisco Araiza is one of the most admired lyric tenors of the late twentieth century —…   ✦   Sarah Bowden  · Performer  — Australian actress, singer, and dancer Sarah Bowden has built an international career of…   ✦   John Corigliano  · Composer — Opera  — John Corigliano stands among the most acclaimed and distinctive voices in American class…   ✦   David Shire  · Composer — Broadway  — David Shire is an American composer, pianist, and arranger whose career has encompassed …   ✦   Richard Maltby, Jr  · Composer — Broadway  — Richard Maltby Jr   ✦   Nikki Renée Daniels  · Broadway Actress & Concert Soloist  — A versatile performer with more than two decades on stage, Nikki Renée Daniels has built…   ✦   Maria Guleghina  · Opera Singer  — Maria Guleghina is widely recognized as one of the defining dramatic sopranos of her era   ✦   Alyson Cambridge  · Opera & Broadway Singer  — Alyson Cambridge is one of the most versatile and captivating voices in the music scene …   ✦   Andrew Lippa  · Tony-Nominated Composer & Lyricist  — Andrew Lippa is a Tony-nominated composer, lyricist, and performer whose work spans Broa…   ✦   Sinéad O'Neill  · Stage Director  — Sinéad O'Neill is a critically acclaimed, award-winning director whose productions are r…   ✦   Jean Philippe Lafont  · Opera Singer  — French baritone Jean-Philippe Lafont is one of his generation's finest interpreters of t…   ✦   Sona Ghazarian  · Opera Singer  — Sona Ghazarian is a Lebanese-Austrian soprano and Kammersängerin of the Republic of Aust…   ✦   June Squibb  · Performer  — June Squibb's career in American performance spans more than six decades — a testament t…   ✦   Dame Felicity Palmer  · Opera Singer  — Dame Felicity Palmer is one of Britain's most distinguished and enduring vocal artists   ✦   Sir Antonio Pappano  · Conductor  — Sir Antonio Pappano CVO is one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation, reno…   ✦   Kent Nagano  · Conductor  — Kent Nagano is among the most respected conductors of his generation, admired for the in…   ✦   Stephen Schwartz  · Composer — Broadway & Musical Theatre  — Stephen Schwartz is one of Broadway's most celebrated composer-lyricists, whose work has…   ✦   Betty Buckley  · Performer  — Betty Buckley is a Tony Award-winning actress and singer whose artistry has graced virtu…   ✦   John Cameron Mitchell  · Performer, Stage Director & Songwriter  — John Cameron Mitchell is a singular creative force at the intersection of rock, theater,…   ✦   Michel Van der Aa  · Composer — Opera  — Michel van der Aa is a Dutch composer, director, and multimedia artist whose work consis…   ✦   Richard Danielpour  · Composer — Opera  — Richard Danielpour is an American composer whose work spans a wide range of forms — from…   ✦   Jason Graae  · Performer  — Jason Graae is one of American musical theater's most beloved performers — a consummate …   ✦   Sylvie Valayre  · Opera Singer  — Sylvie Valayre is a soprano of uncommon breadth and theatrical intensity whose path to t…   ✦   Danielle de Niese  · Opera Singer  — Dubbed "opera's coolest soprano" by The New York Times Magazine, Danielle de Niese has f…   ✦   Peter Sellars  · Stage Director  — Peter Sellars occupies a singular place in contemporary opera as a director whose work c…   ✦   Peter Volpe  · Opera Singer  — American bass Peter Volpe has built one of the most admired careers in contemporary oper…   ✦   Francisco Araiza  · Opera Singer  — Francisco Araiza is one of the most admired lyric tenors of the late twentieth century —…   ✦   Sarah Bowden  · Performer  — Australian actress, singer, and dancer Sarah Bowden has built an international career of…   ✦   John Corigliano  · Composer — Opera  — John Corigliano stands among the most acclaimed and distinctive voices in American class…   ✦   David Shire  · Composer — Broadway  — David Shire is an American composer, pianist, and arranger whose career has encompassed …   ✦   Richard Maltby, Jr  · Composer — Broadway  — Richard Maltby Jr   ✦   Nikki Renée Daniels  · Broadway Actress & Concert Soloist  — A versatile performer with more than two decades on stage, Nikki Renée Daniels has built…   ✦   Maria Guleghina  · Opera Singer  — Maria Guleghina is widely recognized as one of the defining dramatic sopranos of her era   ✦   Alyson Cambridge  · Opera & Broadway Singer  — Alyson Cambridge is one of the most versatile and captivating voices in the music scene …   ✦   Andrew Lippa  · Tony-Nominated Composer & Lyricist  — Andrew Lippa is a Tony-nominated composer, lyricist, and performer whose work spans Broa…   ✦   Sinéad O'Neill  · Stage Director  — Sinéad O'Neill is a critically acclaimed, award-winning director whose productions are r…   ✦   Jean Philippe Lafont  · Opera Singer  — French baritone Jean-Philippe Lafont is one of his generation's finest interpreters of t…   ✦  
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Jane Smith
Soprano  ·  New York, NY
Contact info visible to searchers
Roles She Knows
Violetta (La Traviata) Mimì (La Bohème) Tosca Eliza (My Fair Lady) Maria (West Side Story) Lucia di Lammermoor
Clothing
EU 38 / US 8
Shoe
EU 39 / US 8½
Videos
3 clips