Lindsay Westra

“[Other singers] do not move me the way Lindsay Feldmeth and Nani Sinha do. Theirs are truly the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.”

— Darlene Vlasek, VP Programs, Los Angeles Philharmonic Peninsula Committee

“The San Pedro Opera Company is truly a gem in our midst. Their glorious voices and wonderful operatic vignettes are absolutely first rate.”

– Ann Ehrenclou, music educator

More Audience Reactions:

I just enjoyed a moving, funny, lyrical and spectacular evening with performances by two of opera’s strong women, Lindsay Feldmeth and Nani Sinha!!! Wow…totally blown away. What a treat! – Susan S.

This was a stunning concert with phenomenal singing and music-making! – Judith T.

What a stranger we can become to being thrilled… but this was rekindled tonight in the presentations of possibly the two most perfectly blended and beautiful voices and actresses on the planet, Lindsay Feldmeth and Nani Sinha. Catch them next time… I know I will. – Charlene B.

Beautiful singing, with such style and nuance! I’m still smiling from such fabulous music. – Casey R.

Had the most wonderful time at the performance last night. Lindsay Feldmeth and Nani Sinha were stellar! So lovely. – Cheryl R.

Konzertrepertoire
Ausgewählte Lieder:Brahms, Mahler, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss, Wolf /Bellini, Verdi / Debussy, Duparc, Fauré / Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov / de Falla, Granados/ Barber, Berlin, Bernstein, Copland, Ellington, Gershwin, Porter
 
Orchesterlieder:
            R. Strauss – Vier Letzte Lieder
Wagner – Wesendoncklieder
 
Einstudierte Partien
Mozart            Cosí fan tutte                       Fiordiligi
Verdi                Il Trovatore                        Leonora
Wagner            Die Walküre                       Sieglinde
 
Rollen in Vorbereitung
Beethoven       Fidelio                                   Leonore
R. Strauss        Elektra                               Chrysothemis
Wagner            Tannhäuser                        Elisabeth
 
Aufführungen:
 Der Rosenkavalier               Marschallin*              
Manon Lescaut                    Manon*                      
Così fan tutte                       Fiordiligi*                
Die Fledermaus                   Rosalinda                   
Madama Butterfly                Cio-Cio-San*             
Pagliacci                              Nedda*                       
Norma                                 Norma*                    
Il Trovatore                          Leonora*                   
La Bohème                          Musetta                   
Le Nozze di Figaro              Susanna                     
La Finta Giardiniera             Sandrina                      
Die Zauberflöte                    Königin der Nacht          
* Verkürtzte Produktionen und Opernszenen
 
Vorsingarien
Beethoven    Fidelio                  Leonore            “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?”
Bellini           Norma                   Norma              “Casta diva... ah bello!”
Donizetti       Lucrezia Borgia    Lucrezia            “Com’è bello”
Massenet     Le Cid                   Chimène            “Pleurez mes yeux”
Mozart          Cosi fan tutte        Fiordiligi             “Temerari… Come scoglio”
Mozart          Idomeneo             Elettra                “D’Oreste, d’Ajace”
Puccini         Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio-San       “Un bel di vedremo”
Puccini         Manon Lescaut     Manon                “In quelle trine morbide”
J. Strauss     Die Fledermaus    Rosalinde           “Klänge der Heimat”
R. Strauss    Ariadne auf Naxos    Ariadne           “Es gibt ein Reich”
Verdi             Il Trovatore            Leonora             “Tacea la notte... di tale amor”
Verdi             Il Trovatore            Leonora             “D’amor sull’ali rosee”
Wagner        Der Fliegende Holländer   Senta             “Traft ihr das Schiff”
Wagner        Lohengrin                Elsa                  “Einsam in trüben Tagen”
Wagner        Tannhäuser             Elisabeth           “Dich teure Halle”
Wagner        Die Walküre            Sieglinde            “Du bist der Lenz”
Weber           Der Freischütz         Agathe              "Und ob die Wolken"
Weber           Oberon                   Rezia                  “Ozean! du Ungeheuer”

Lindsay Feldmeth Westra
Dramatic Soprano

Education :

2009, Private Study with Ruth Falcon in New York City
2006, Artist Diploma in Opera Studies at CUBEC in Vignola, Italy2004
M.A. in opera (summa cum laude), Mozarteum University 2002-3,
Guest of the Lied Class at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany
B.M. in voice performance, Mozarteum University in Salzburg, 2001

Teachers:  Horiana Branisteanu, Mirella Freni, Ruth Falcon              
Coaches: Armen Guzelimian, Leonardo Angelini, Francisco Poyato
Conductors:  Dennis Russell Davies, Kristof van Grysperre, Elisabeth Fuchs    
Directors: Mark Lamanna, Wolfgang Kolneder, Gidon Saks

Masterclasses with Jeannine Altmeyer, Montserrat Caballé, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hartmut Höll, Mitsuko Shirai, Lamberto Puggelli, and Vera Calabria

Roles in Preparation: Elisabeth (Tannhäuser); Elsa; Sieglinde; Chrysothemis;

Opera Scenes:
Helmwige, Die Walkure, Repertory Opera Company
Brunnhilde, Gotterdammerung, Repertory Opera Company
Elisabetta, Don Carlo, Repertory Opera Company
Norma, Norma, Pasadena Community Orchestra
Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier, Hillhouse Opera
Manon, Manon Lescaut, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival
Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, International House New York
Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly,  Intimate Opera
Nedda,  Pagliacci, Intimate Opera

Full Opera Roles:
Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana, San Pedro Opera
Leonora, Il Trovatore, Repertory Opera Company
Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus, Intimate Opera
Musetta, La Boheme, Opera Toscana
Frasquita, Carmen, Opera Garden (Aberdeen, UK)
Momo, Momo und die Zeitdiebe, Mozarteum
Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozarteum
Sandrina, La Finta Giardiniera, Mozarteum
Olympia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Mozarteum
Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflote, Karl-Bohm-Saal, Salzburg Festspielhaus

Concert Performances:
* Opera Concerts and One-Woman-Shows with San Pedro Opera
* More than 100 solo opera recitals for Concerto Classico in Italy
* Benefit concerts for Child SHARE, AMALA & Hope Partnership Nepal
* Solo concert tours in Austria, Japan, and the United States
* Lied recitals in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Los Angeles and Tokyo with the pianist Ayako Watanabe
* Radio and television performances: Times FM Nepal, Voice of Russia, Televisión Española, Kantipur TV 
* Featured soloist at concerts, festivals and worship services in Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.

Oratorio Performances
* Soprano Soloist, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Claremont Symphony Orchestra
* Soprano Soloist, Handel's Messiah, Claremont Community Orchestra
* Soprano Soloist, Mahler's 4th Symphony, Grosse Aula Salzburg
* Soprano Soloist, world premiere of Gunther Firlinger's Grosse Messe in C
* Soprano Soloist, Messe a la memoire de Jeanne d'Arc, Salzburger Dom

Prizes & Grants:
2009 - Davis Projects for Peace
2008 - Opera Buffs Award
2005 - Europa Fund Language

Skills: English (native speaker); German (fluent); Italian (semi-fluent); French (advanced);  Spanish (basic); Russian (phonetic)
 
Email: [email protected]
  
 

Lindsay Feldmeth Westra
Dramatischer Sopran

Ausbildung : Schulzeit            Musicals, Tanz-, Jazz- & Saxofonunterricht,                           Ensemblesingen: Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
1997 - 2001       Gesangsstudium bei Prof. Horiana Branisteanu                           an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
2001 - 2004       Magisterstudium am Mozarteum im Fach Oper                
                          und Musiktheater mit Auszeichnung abgeschlossen
2005 - 2006      Opernstudio bei Mirella Freni am Centro Universale
                         del Bel Canto in Vignola, Italien
2007 - 2009      Privatstudium bei Prof. Ruth Falcon                          (Mannes College of Music) in New York City

Meisterkurse bei Montserrat Caballé, Jeannine Altmeyer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hartmut Höll, Sergio Bertocchi, Lamberto Puggelli, und Vera Calabria, u.A.

Rollen in Vorbereitung: Elisabeth (Tannhäuser); Elsa; Sieglinde;

Opernaufführungen:
Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana, San Pedro Opera
Leonora, Il Trovatore, Repertory Opera Company
Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus, Intimate Opera
Musetta, La Boheme, Opera Toscana
Frasquita, Carmen, Opera Garden (Aberdeen, UK)
Momo, Momo und die Zeitdiebe, Mozarteum
Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozarteum
Sandrina, La Finta Giardiniera, Mozarteum
Olympia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Mozarteum
Königin der Nacht, Die Zauberflote, Karl-Bohm-Saal, Salzburg Festspielhaus

Opernszenen
 
Tätigkeitsbereiche: Reiche Konzerttätigkeit im Oper, Oratorien- und Liedfach.  Jährliche Benefizkonzerte für nepalesiche Musikstudenten und missbrauchte Kinder.  Sängerin für Radio und Fernsehen (Times FM Nepal, Voice of Russia, Televisión Española, Kantipur TV.) Zahlreiche Solorezitale und Kozertauftritte in Deutschland, Grossbritanien, Italien, Japan, Nepal, Oesterreich, Russland, Schweiz, Spanien, USA. Stipendien: 2009 - Davis Projects for Peace; 2008 - Opera Buffs Award; 2005 - Europa Fund Sprachkentnisse: Englisch (Muttersprache); Deutsch (fließend) ; Italienisch (fließend);
Französisch (gute Kentnisse);  Spanisch (Grundkenntnisse); Russisch (phonetisch)

    Email: [email protected]