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Opera Western Reserve > Current Production (Carmen) > Dione Parker Bennett, Soprano (Micaela)

Dione Parker Bennett

Soprano
(Micaela)

Bennett's voice has been heard in recitals, operas, and guest appearances across the country. She has performed operatic roles such as Bess in Porgy and Bess; Mimi in La Boheme, Gertrude in Hansel and Gretel, and Lucy in Treemonisha. Her oratorio performances include Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Mass in C, Schubert's Mass in G, Dubois' Seven Last Words of Christ, and Mozart's Vespers. More recently, she sang the role of Suor Genevieffa in Puccini's Suor Angelica with the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra of Columbus. Recently, she was featured in the Cantilena Concert Series Rags to Riches at the Columbus Museum of Art. Bennett is currently on the faculty at Ashland University. Her studies have taken her to the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Australia. Bennett is a graduate of the University of Akron and a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinios. Her upcoming endeavors include a returning performance with the Cantilena Concert Series in December and a featured performance at King Arts Center in Columbus, Ohio.

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