EDITH DOWD, Contralto

Contralto Edith Dowd’s opera performances have spanned the centuries fromMonteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria to Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, and Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites. Ms. Dowd has performed extensively with the New York City Opera including performance of  Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor,Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte,Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Verdi’s La Traviata, Douglas Moore’s Ballad of Baby Doe, Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Il Tabarro, and Suor Angelica,among others.  Her operatic performances include the title role in Carmen, “Hansel” in Hansel and Gretel with Nashville Opera, and with Chattanooga Opera as “Count Orlovsky” in Die Fledermaus.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms. Dowd has sung with Pocket Opera in its productionsof Handel’s Alcina, Rinaldo,and Xerxes as well as with Berkeley Opera inDvořák’s Rusalka.  She has also performed in Europe and Taiwan.

Ms. Dowd’s concert performances include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat with the Bozeman Symphony, Copland’s In the Beginning, Mozart’s Requiem, Resphigi’s Il Tramonto, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, and Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody.  Ms. Dowd makes her debut with Maestro Scott and the Helena Symphony in Handel’s Messiah.