Soprano Angela Mortellaro, who holds degrees in music performance from Rice University and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is a versatile performer, well versed in both operatic and concert repertoire. Her operatic roles include Sandrina (La finta giardiniera), Diana (La Calisto), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), and The Governess (The Turn of the Screw) with Rice University’s Opera Theater at the Shepherd School of Music. She has also been a participant in some of the leading opera festivals and programs including Opera Festival di Roma, where she performed the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and the Aspen Music Festival, where she performed the role of Zerbinetta in excerpts from Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as Nanetta in excerpts from Falstaff. On the concert stage Ms. Mortellaro has performed such pieces as Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with members of the Shepherd School of Music, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the Rice Symphony Orchestra, Poulenc’s Gloria with the Rice Chorale, and Mozart’s Davide Penitente under the baton of Hans Graf. Ms. Mortellaro has also received numerous awards and recognitions for her singing, including the Encouragement award at the Upper-Midwest Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions and first prize in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Concerto Competition.