IRINA RINDZUNER, Mezzo Soprano

Russian mezzo-soprano Irina Rindzuner possesses a large, plush, beautiful voice typical of the Russian school of singing, uniquely suited to a broad repertoire which includes Verdi roles such as Eboli and Amneris, the more dramatic of the bel canto roles such as Adalgisa, Jane Seymour and Leonora in LaFavorite, Wagner’s Fricka and Brangäne, the big French roles, Dalila, Carmen and Charlotte and of course the great Russian roles such as Marina in Boris Godunov, Paulina in Pique Dame, Lubasha in The Czar’s Bride and Joan of Arc in The Maid of Orleans.

In her native Russia Ms. Rindzuner has sung Olga in Eugene Onegin, Silva in Csardas Princess, Paulina in Pique Dame as well as solo recitals. In New York with the International Vocal Arts Institute she added several important roles to her repertoire, namely Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Lubasha in The Czar’s Bride, the title role of Carmen and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. With Joseph Colaneri at New York’s Kaye Playhouse she sang Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Charlotte in Werther and The Principessa in Suor Angelica. In Italy she sang her first Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea at Teatro Comunale di Casa Maggiore and her first Eboli in Santa Chiara.

Irina Rindzuner completed her postgraduate musical studies in the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She earned a Diploma of Successful Performance in the First Open International Vocal Competition of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and was the third-prize winner of the IBLA International Vocal Competition in Raguzza, Italy. Since moving to the United States she has completed the Professional Studies Program at the Mannes College of Music, which she attended on a full scholarship.

Ms. Rindzuner most recently sang in the Montreal Opera Gala, and made her Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Choral Society as alto soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. She returns to Carnegie Hall for Alexander Nevsky with the New York Choral Society and for the Duruflé

Requiem with Mid-America Productions with whom she also appears in Warsaw as Klytemnestra in Sergei Tanejev’s Orestia Trilogy part one Agamemnon. She sings an all-Berlioz program with Norfolk Symphony and, in a co-production between New Israeli Opera and the International Vocal Arts Institute, she sings the title role of Carmen in Tel-Aviv.

 

Mi Yong Park, Soprano

Young Korean soprano Mi Yong Park recently made her American debut performing the title role in Madama Butterfly in New York. She has performed frequently throughout Europe, as Mimi in La Boheme in Casal Maggiore, Italy and at the Budapest Opera House in Hungary, as Violetta in La Traviata at the National Theater of Seoul in Korea and in Italy, as Micaela in Carmen at the Music Festival of Trento, Italy, and as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly in Munich, Germany and in Italy.

She is also a frequent concert performer, having worked with the Metropolitan Orchestra in New York, with the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie throughout Germany, Greece, and Austria, and appeared in a concert performance of Violetta in La Traviata at the Hall of Baldini in Rome.

Notable roles in her repertoire also include Alice in Falstaff, Liu in Turandot, Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Marguerite in Faust, Adina in L=Elisir d=Amore, Nedda in I Pagliacci, and the title roles in Luisa Miller, Bastiana e Bastiano.

She won First Place with Neglia and Bellini competitions in Italy, Special Jury Prize in Kyoto, Japan, and Third Place with Volpi and Caniglia competitions in Italy as well as in Torroella Montgri, Spain. She received her Bachelor of Music at the Seoul National University, a Diploma of Music at the S. Cecilia conservatory of Rome and continued her professional studies at the S. Cecilia National Academy.

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