Suzanne Galer 
COLORATURA SOPRANO
Department of Music, Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN 46953
(765) 677-2155
Suzanne.Galer@indwes.edu

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OPERA


  • Soloist, A Night at the Opera
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion, IN
Alexander Platt, conductor
(2004)

  • Lakmé in Delibe’s Lakmé and
Philine in Thomas’s Mignon (scenes)
Comic Opera Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
Tom Petiet, director
(2002)

  • Dew Fairy, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
Indianapolis Opera, Indianapolis, IN
James Carraher, conductor (1999)

  • Puccini Gala
New Rochelle Opera, New Rochelle, NY
Cammille Coppola, conductor (2000)

  • Mother Abbess in Puccini's Suor Angelica
Bel Canto Festival, Portland, OR (1999)

  • La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi
Crossroads Opera, Muncie, IN
Joe Valente, conductor (1999)

  • Queen of the Night, Mozart's Magic Flute:
Whitewater Opera, Richmond, IN
David Heusel, conductor (1996)
--Sorg Opera, Middletown, OH
David Heusel, conductor (1996)
-- Rome Festival, Rome, Italy
Fritz Maraffi, conductor (1991)
-- Lake Charles Symphony, Lake Charles, LA
Lamar Robertson, conductor (1993)
--Indiana Opera Theatre, Bloomington, IN
Thomas Baldner, conductor (1988)

  • Frasquita, Bizet's Carmen
II Piccolo Opera, New York, NY
Susan Almashi, conductor (1997)

  • Lakmé in Delibe’s Lakmé (scenes)
West Park Chamber Society, New York, NY
Monica VanderVeen, conductor (1997)

  • Anina in Verdi's La Traviata:
Rockland Opera, Rockland, NY
Haim Elisha, conductor (1995)
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Lyric Opera of Long Island, Huntington, NY
Bernard Gilberti, conductor (1995)

  • Najade in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos
Shreveport Opera, Shreveport, LA
Peter Leonard, conductor (1992)

   • Coloratura in Argento's Postcard from Morocco
Stony Brook Opera, Stony Brook, NY
David Lawton, conductor (1995)

  • Governess in Britten's Turn of the Screw
Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs, AR
Carroll Freeman, director (1992)

  • Orfeo in Monteverdi's Orfeo,
Indiana Opera Theatre, Bloomington, IN
Thomas Binkley & Stanley Ricci, conductors (1988)


ORATORIO


  • deFalla’s El Amor Brujo
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion, IN
Alexander Platt, conductor (2003)

  • Returning 1st Place Winner/ New York Vocal Artists
Carnegie Hall/Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY
Brian Douglas, conductor (2000, 1999, 1998)

  • Jenny Lind Recital
Arts Club of Manhattan, New York, NY
Mara Waldman, pianist (2000)

• Saint Paul’s Chapel, Solo Recital
Wall Street, New York, NY
Mara Waldman, pianist (1998)

  • CAMI Recital Hall Debut, New York, NY
Brian Douglas, conductor (1996)

  • Orff’s Carmina Burana
Lake Charles Symphony, Lake Charles, LA
William Kushner, conductor (1994)

  • Honneger’s King David
Midland-Odessa Symphony, Midland, TX
Don Jaeger, conductor (1993)

BROADWAY

  • Glinda in The Wizard of Oz
Manisteee Civic Players, Manistee, MI

Bill Donnahue, conductor (2003)

  • Anna in The King and I
Manisteee Civic Players, Manistee, MI

Bill Donnahue, conductor (2001)

WORLD MUSIC

  • Gerard Edery World Music Ensemble, soloist
Congregation B’nai Jacob, Ft. Wayne, IN
Gerard Edery, conductor (2002)

  • Gerard Edery World Music Ensemble, soloist
Temple Bethel Zadic, Indianapolis, IN
Gerard Edery, conductor (2001)

AWARDS
• First-Place Winner, New York Vocal Artists, 1996
• Queens Opera Contest, Finalist, 1995
• Lyric Opera of Chicago, Center for American Artists, National Finalist, 1992
• Metropolitan National Council, Regional Finalist, 1991



 
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