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Donna
Schaffer is an active soprano and accomplished pianist.
Her operatic roles include: Musetta in Puccini's
La Bohéme with the Opera Theatre
of Connecticut; Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberfløte;
Madame Silverpeal in Mozart's Impressario with
Crystal Opera; Rosina in Rossini's The Barber
of Seville with Opera
New England; Adina in Donizetti's Elixir
of Love;
Susannah in Mozart's Le Nozze
di Figaro; Gretel
in Humperdinck's Hånsel and Gretel with
New York Opera Forum; La Ciesca in Puccini's Gianni
Schicchi; the Shepherd Boy in Puccini's Tosca;
Ida in Die Fledermaus with the Natchez
Music Festival in Mississippi; and Gianetta in Elixir
of Love with Lyric Opera
of New York for their tour in Boca Raton, Florida.
Ms. Schaffer has appeared as
soprano soloist with the New York City Choral Society
in Händel's
Messiah, the Manchester Symphony and Chorale
and the Northeast Concert Choir in Beethoven's Mass
in C, and the Middletown, Connecticut Chorale
in Mozart's Mass in C minor.
She has made numerous recital
appearances throughout the country, including an
appearance for the International Dickens Society
(Rhode Island) and the American Women Composer's
Society in New York (March 2006).
Equally at home in musical theatre
and contemporary music, Donna's recent shows include: "Into the Woods," "Parade," "Music Man," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Jekyll and Hyde." In addition, she has toured with her band, Studio 7, throughout the southeast.
Ms. Schaffer holds
a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan
and a Master of Music from the University of Connecticut.
She is a student of Florence Milyko of New York City.
She has served on the faculty at the University of
Connecticut, the Ethel Walker School and the Young
People's Institute. Currently Donna owns and operates
Summit
Studios, a performing arts studio which serves
over 700 clients per week in Manchester, Connecticut.
Click
here to download Donna's resume (PDF, 75k).
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