
JULIE SCHOONOVER
SOPRANO
Julie Schoonover, soprano, is based in New York City and Paris. She performs opera, oratorio, art songs and jazz. She has appeared with L’Ensemble Chorus 14, New York Opera Forum, Mercury Opera, the Nathan Felix Opera Collective, Morningside Opera Company and L’Oeuvre d’Art Vivant. She made her operatic début singing Marzelline in Fidelio. Since then she has performed Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) and Ilia (Idomeneo). She is the Soprano 2 Section Leader at St. Michael’s Church in New York. She studies with Sharla Nafziger, Carol Baggott-Forte, and coach Gary Norden, and previously worked with Riccardo Calleo.
REPERTOIRE
OPERA
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BEETHOVEN
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CIMAROSA
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DONIZETTI
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MOZART
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RAVEL
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VERDI
Fidelio: Marzelline*
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Il matrimonio segreto: Carolina* (partial)
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L’elisir d’amore: Adina* (partial)
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Così fan tutte: Despina
Idomeneo: Ilia*
Le nozze di Figaro: Cherubino*
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L’enfant et les sortilèges: Le Feu
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Aida: High Priestess*
Rigoletto: Gilda* (partial)
ART SONGS
Repertoire includes works by Barber, Bellini, Britten, Debussy, Fauré, Hahn, Handel, Obradors, Purcell, Rodrigo, Schubert
CONCERT & ORATORIO
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BACH
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BRAHMS
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FAURE
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HANDEL
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HAYDN
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MENDELSSOHN
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MOZART
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ORFF
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SCHUBERT
Magnificat*
St. John Passion
St. Matthew Passion*
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Ein Deutsches Requiem*
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Requiem*
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Messiah
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Creation
Missa Brevis*
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Christmas Oratorio
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Exultate, Jubilate*
Laudate Dominum*
Mass in C minor
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Carmina Burana
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Mass in G*
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LANGUAGES:
INSTRUMENTS:
DANCE:
Fluent French; advanced Italian and Spanish
Classically trained violinist and pianist
Swing, blues, salsa