Janice Edwards has appeared frequently with opera companies and orchestras throughout New England since moving to New Hampshire in 1999. Granite State Opera appearances have included Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Her repertoire includes the principal Wagner and Verdi heroines as well as the major concert works of Mahler, Bach, Beethoven, and Handel with organizations both in the US and in Europe (Arizona Opera, Kentucky Opera, New Hampshire Music Festival, New Hampshire Symphony, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dvořák Summer Music Festival, Karlsbad Symphony Orchestra, Janáček Philharmonic, and the Danish Sinfonietta, among others). Recent engagements have included Farewell, Vienna, a play with music about the life and music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold in Portland, Oregon. Upcoming engagements include Mama Lucia with Granite State Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana and Brahms's Alto Rhapsodie with the Portsmouth Men's Chorus. In addition to her performing engagements, Ms. Edwards has an active voice studio in Manchester, NH.
mezzo-soprano