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Liu in Puccini’s Turandot at the San Francisco Opera under Giuseppe Patane
Liu in Puccini’s Turandot at the San Francisco Opera under Giuseppe Patane
Mastery requires a constancy of focused vision.
Intellectual learning is the automatic pilot; combined with intuition, this can lead to artistic flight.


The limpid voiced Jane Marsh sings Puccini reminiscent of Tebaldi.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES


Jane Marsh has been described as a “Universally Brilliant Singer”.

Born in San Francisco and a Graduate of Oberlin College/Conservatory, she was invited by the White House to represent the U.S. in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and was the first singer ever to win the Gold Medal in that competition.

Debut in opera in Europe: Spoleto, Italy (Desdemona in Verdi's Otello) at the FESTIVAL OF TWO WORLDS, under Thomas Schippers (conductor-director). Debut in opera in the USA: Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the San Francisco Opera. Many further roles sung in Italy and San Francisco. Operas and concerts sung in the USA and Europe with conductors, such as: Leinsdorf, Ormandy, Maazel, Pritchard, Patané, Kubelik, Matacic, Aronowitch, von Karajan, Blomstedt, Klobucar, Böhm, Albrecht, Ozawa, Plasson, Bernstein, Schippers, Slatkin, Gui, Molinari-Pradelli, Khaikin, Erede, Zinman, Frübeck de Burgos, Zagrosek, Stein, Kubelik, Ancerl, Neumann.

Recipient of the New York Handel - Medaille (Leontyne Price and Maria Callas were awarded this) for special and exceptional contribution to the world of music: Presidential Award from White House, Washington, D.C.; U.S. News and World Reports Achievement Award; Mademoiselle Magazine's Special Achievement Award; 4-H High Achievement Award, Time/Life Award, Keys to cities of San Francisco and New York.

Engagement at the opera house in Düsseldorf. Guest appearances at La Fenice (Venice), San Carlo (Naples), Trieste, Parma, Palermo, Turin, Rome, Florence, Milano, and all the major opera centers of Italy; the Munich, Hamburg and Vienna State Opera Companies; West and East Berlin opera houses, Dresden, Amsterdam, Madrid in well known roles, such as Mozart's Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Figaro), Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Elettra (Idomeneo), Vitellia in (Clemenza di Tito); Bellini’s Norma; Verdi roles, such as: Violetta (La Traviata), Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Amelia (Simon Boccanegra), Desdemona (Otello), Leonora (La Forza del Destino), Abigaille (Nabucco), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth); Wagner and Strauss roles, such as: Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Daphne, Liebe der Danae (Danae), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier); Tchaikovsky's Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), Lisa (Pique Dame), Johanna (Maid of Orleans), title role in Rimsky Korsakov's Invisible City of Kitisch and the Maiden Fevronia; not to mention the numerous unknown roles created, many for radio.

Guest at international festivals in London, Perugia (Sagra Umbra), Florence (Maggio Musicale), Verona (Verdi Requiem, Liu Turandot), USA (New York, Detroit, Worchester Festival) Ossiach (Carinthischer Sommer Festival), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Bruckner Festival in Linz. In Salzburg, at the Salzburg Festival, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni, Verdi’s Requiem, under Herbert von Karajan, as well as Carl Orff's World Premiere of De Temporum Fine Comoedia, also under von Karajan, Missa Solemnis (Beethoven) and Britten's War Requiem, Otmar Schoeck's Pentisilea, under Gerd Albrecht.

Appeared on television in the USA: with satirist Art Buchwald in Washington D.C., Ed Sullivan in New York. Variety shows from Hollywood with Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Red Skelton, Danny Kaye. Live from Tanglewood Festival, a concert with Boston Symphony and conductor Erich Leinsdorf- Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) and Aida (Verdi).

International European TV and radio - appearances and recordings: Italy (RAI), Austria (ORF), Germany (WDR, NDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk), London (BBC), Dutch, Spanish and Scandinavian radio and TV – Networks as Guest Artist and Show – Moderator.

Recordings with RCA Victor, Deutsche Grammophon, Melodia, Stil, ORF, Opera D’Oro, Orfeus, iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody.

World Premieres: Rorem song cycle – NY Philharmonic (Neumann); von Einem song cycles – Erich Werba, Gerd Ohlssen (accompanists), ORF Orchestra, Vienna Symphony (Wahlberg); Orff Opera – WDR Symphony Orchestra, Bayerische Rundfunk (von Karajan, Kubelik).

Overwhelming success as Handel stylist in such roles as: Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Semele, Alcina, Deidamia, in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, U.S.A.

Also much success as Lieder singer and Lied coach: Ms. Marsh has sung international Lieder recitals throughout Europe, South Africa and parts of the USA. Such programs as: Rossini/Poulenc/DeFalla, Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninoff, Schubert/Schumann, complete Strauss and complete Wolf programs, Hindemith's Marienleben, Potpourri of Delicacies (20 songs/20 composers), American Songs & Encores; programs using themes, such as: "Great Women in History", "Goethe", "Christmas" (from famous composers); Ms. Marsh also introduced "Super Titles" for the first time into the concert hall. She introduced the lush Joseph Marx Italienisches Liederbuch to New York audiences for the first time in December of 2006. These, the remaining poems from Paul von Heyse not used by Hugo Wolf for his Italienisches Liederbuch.

A particularly wide range of Opera, Concert, Oratorio, and Lieder is covered by this artist. She also conducts Master Classes, a result of which has led to much success as an Interpretation Coach and Advisor to singers launching new careers and/or new images to their careers.

Ms. Marsh is also a Lecturer and a Judge for vocal competitions, is often Mistress of Ceremonies, and takes part on advisory committees for international competitions. She translates program texts, has written a book of anecdotes and three musical anthologies on the themes of Advent & Christmas Songs, and Funerals and Sacred Music, and Easter and Lent. The first of which was published in September of 2008 by Oxford University Press, entitled Spirit be joyful.

Ms. Marsh was added to the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Lectures and Community Programs Lecturer and Master Teacher Roster in 2007, and has lectured on diverse themes including Mozart’s women and the classical era; bel canto composers, works and style; Verdi works and style; Puccini and Versimo style; Wagner works and style; and Strauss’ women and singing the roles. In addition to her lectures, she has given master classes focusing on themes of Verdi, Strauss, Bel Canto, and presented a Russian Operatic Repertoire class and a Recital Programming class in the 2010-2011 season. She also launched the Guild’s Summer Series on May 19, with a four a part series on Puccini Death Scenes, which was repeated in December 2011.

Ms. Marsh offers an interestingly themed class at the Guild in March 2012 on, Creating the Role of Lady Macbeth. Ms. Marsh also recently lectured as well for the Metropolitan Opera, in regard to its upcoming HD production of Rossini’s Comte Ory, and also in March, 2012 will branch out to New York’s CUNY Graduate Center for a recital and master class of, Opera Composers in Song. In addition to her lecture and master class facilitation, Ms. Marsh is Artistic Consultant for the Guild’s Masterly Singing Series, Mock Audition and Panel discussions, and professional development workshops and classes for young and emerging singers.

Visit www.janemarsh.com, Facebook, and Linkedin for information and insight.


Alcina in Handel’s Alcina at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein under Edward Downes
Alcina in Handel’s Alcina at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein under Edward Downes
Part of establishing a career house is to think, at the foundation, of the goals involved, and understand when to commence planning.
In the middle of an aria, applause is often ones greatest soul mate, in that it enables one to rest and oxygenate oneself, in order to sail to the end.

The beautiful voiced Jane Marsh sang with elegance and powerful agility.
WASHINGTON POST

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TELEVISION IN USA
Johnny Carson Show - Musical Theater / Opera
Mike Douglas Show - Musical Theater / Opera
Merv Griffin Show - Musical Theater
Red Skelton Show - Musical Theater / Opera
Hollywood Palace - Opera
Hollywood Christmas Special - Christmas Arrangements
Bell Telephone Hour (Tanglewood) - Opera

TELEVISION IN EUROPE
East Berlin Staatsoper Special (Germany) —Opera
Hermann Prey Show (Munich) - Opera
Marcel Prawy Show (Vienna) - Opera / Discussion
Scenes and Monologues (BBC London) - Opera, Songs
Verdi "Otello" (BBC London) - Commentary / Opera

VOICEOVER
Documentary
"Sports Racing and Toy Cars" - Lowell / Skarda Associates

GUEST APPEARANCES AT WORLD'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CENTERS AND FESTIVALS
Opera
Major works: Baroque, Bel Canto, Mozart ,Czech, Russian, Strauss, Verdi, and Wagner, Modern/Contemporary

Oratorio
Major works: Bach Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Bruckner, Dvorak, Handel, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Modern/Contemporary

Recitals
Programs: Mahler, Hindemith, Rossini / Poulenc / de Falla, Schubert / Schumann, Strauss, Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninoff, Wolf
Themes: Christmas, Great Women in History, Life of Maria, Spanish Songbook, Popouri of Delicacies

Recordings
Radio Productions: Austria, Britain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, and Russia
Records: Deutsche Grammophon, Melodia, ORF, RCA, Stil,
Opera D’Oro, Orfeus

AWARDS
New York Handel Medaille (New York’s highest honor, for Special Contribution to Music World)
International Tchaikovsky Competition (First Singer to win Gold Medal in voice)
Presidential Award from White House
US World Achievement Award
Time / Life Merit Award
Mademoiselle Magazine Special Merit Award
Key to New York City
Key to San Francisco

TRAINING
Singing: Oberlin College / Conservatory
Acting: Elisabeth Holloway School

SPECIAL SKILLS / INTERESTS
Languages: German, Italian, French, and Russian . . All dialects
Sports: Horses, Swimming, Skiing
Body Language: Movement on Stage
WRITING: Cookbook, Anecdotes, Translations (multilingual)
ANTHOLOGIES: Encores, Christmas
MASTER CLASSES (Opera / Songs)
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Siena, Palermo, Nice, Como, Rome, Geneva, Klagenfurt, Zürich, Dortmund, Düsseldorf

LECTURER & LECTURES: San Francisco State University, Santa Rosa State College, Mannes College, Marymount College, Columbia University, Juilliard School, Opera Index, Inc Vocal Competition Yearly Lecture Series, NYC, Metropolitan Opera Lectures

MEMBER; SAG, AGMA



Left to right: Pianist Linda Hall, Master Class Coordinator & Mistress of Ceremonies Jane Marsh, Tenor Michael Szczesniak, Mezzo Kate Lindsey, Soprano Yana Eminova.<
On February 23, 2006, at the Austrian Cultural Forum in NYC, Jane put together an innovative Master Class Showcase of Mozart & Salieri works, showcasing Opera Index Vocal Competition singer quality. Left to right: Pianist Linda Hall, Master Class Coordinator & Mistress of Ceremonies Jane Marsh, Tenor Michael Szczesniak, Mezzo Kate Lindsey, Soprano Yana Eminova.
Each vocal category has it’s own longevity, with few exceptions.


Left to right: Soprano Jane Marsh, Stage Director Dona Vaughn, Soprano Martina Arroyo.
Left to right: Soprano Jane Marsh, Stage Director Dona Vaughn, Soprano Martina Arroyo.
Jane Marsh at Mannes College, before September 2004 Lecture/Master Class, Building a Career in Opera (Including Reinvention)
Jane Marsh at Mannes College, before September 2004 Lecture/Master Class, Building a Career in Opera (Including Reinvention)
Video at Marymount Manhattan College 2004
Video at Marymount Manhattan College 2004
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Master Classes, in Opera & Song Repertoire, given in:
New York, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Siena, Palermo, Como, Rome, Klagenfurt, Düsseldorf, Cologne, London, Zürich

Themes:
Advent & Christmas Delicacies-English, French, German, Italian, Russian
Opera from French & Italian Baroque to Verdi & Wagner & Beyond
Mozart & Salieri Showcase & Comparison-Italian, German, French
Mozart Da Ponte Opera & Lieder-Italian, German, French
Mozart Operas & Songs-Italian, German, French
Wolf Lieder-Spanisches Liederbuch-German
Wolf Lieder-Mörike, Italienisches Liederbuch, Goethe, Mixed Poets-German
Hindemith-Das Marienleben-German
Mahler Lieder-Des Knaben Wunderhorn-German
Bel Canto & Early Verdi Operas-Italian
Schubert Goethe Lieder-German
Schumann-Fantasy Requirement-German
Strauss Operas & Lieder-German
Tchaikovsky Children’s Songs & Operas-Russian
Building a Career in Opera (Including Reinvention)


“Master Classes are quantity and quality in a very short time, so cutting to the chase is important. I enjoy the challenge of getting results quickly, without trespassing on vocal technical territory-not requested in a normal Master Class, which encompasses many aspects-unless it’s a Master Class solely in Vocal Technique.”



Jane Marsh and Martina Arroyo with singers from the Martina Arroyo Foundation Master Class Summer Series inauguration, conducted by Jane Marsh, July 2, 2005, at the CUNY Graduate Center NYC



Puccini Foundation Vocal Competition's Board of Directors, Cesare Santaremo and Soprano Jane Marsh
Seated, Dr. Robert Campbell and Soprano Anna Moffo
Puccini Foundation Vocal Competition’s Board of Directors, Cesare Santaremo and Soprano Jane Marsh Seated, Dr. Robert Campbell and Soprano Anna Moffo
Index Vice President and composer Philip Hagemann, Jane Marsh, and Opera Index President and periodontist Murray Rosenthal.
It would be wise to consider the asset of age in dramatic voices, such as needed for Verdi and Wagner, when deciding age limits in competitions.




Opera Index Inc. (Vocal Competion) Gala, left to right, Ira Siff, Diane Arnstein, Jane Marsh, Austrian Consulate General Brigitta Blaha

Opera Index Inc. (Vocal Competion) Gala, left to right, Ira Siff, Diane Arnstein, Jane Marsh, Austrian Consulate General Brigitta Blaha

Opera Index Gala 2008,
Left to right: Announcer-Midge Woolsey, Conductor-Eve Queler, Diva Sopranos-Jane Marsh, Licia Albanese, Lucine Amara, Martina Arroyo

Opera Index Gala 2008, Left to right: Announcer-Midge Woolsey, Conductor-Eve Queler, Diva Sopranos-Jane Marsh, Licia Albanese, Lucine Amara, Martina Arroyo

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Jury Panelist or Head of Jury:
New York Oratorio Society
Metropolitan Opera Auditions
Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Auditions
New Triad Song Recital Auditions
New York Gari Foundation Auditions
New York Opera Index, Inc. Auditions
New Jersey State Opera Auditions
Perugia Bel Canto
Robert Schumann Lied Wettbewerb
Tchaikovsky Competition
Loren L. Zachary Society Auditions
New York Contemporary Opera Auditions
Lola Hayes Vocal Competition
Florum Opera Auditions
National Opera Association Auditions


Jane has judged the Opera Index Vocal Competition in New York and is now launching a new, yearly lecture series for Opera Index.

Jane was invited to begin a lecture series for the Opera Index Vocal Competition in New York.
Jane was invited to begin a lecture series for the Opera Index Vocal Competition in New York.

(left to right):
Baritone-Sherrill Milnes, Soprano-Jane Marsh, Los Angeles Opera Board of Directors-Sherwin Sloan
Short pre-Master Class lectures are small "donkey bridges" of information for listeners and participants.

Jordan Shanahan and Jane Marsh  (OPERA INDEX winner, who attended Jane's 2005 Opera Index lecture,
Jordan Shanahan and Jane Marsh  (OPERA INDEX winner, who attended Jane's 2005 Opera Index lecture, "Reinventing Your Career")
Part of establishing a career house is to think, at the foundation, of the goals involved, and understand when to commence planning.
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Lecturer & Lectures given at:
San Francisco State University, Santa Rosa State College, Marymount Manhattan College,
Columbia University, Julliard School, Mozarteum, Society for Bel Canto

New York Joy in Singing, New School University (Mannes College NYC), Opera Index, Inc. Vocal Competition, NYC, Metropolitan Opera Guild 2007 Lecture Series (Bel Canto)

Jane Marsh Lecture Series (yearly lectures with different career oriented themes)

Jane Marsh Lecture Series (yearly lectures with different career oriented themes).

“A View of Recital from the Inside Out” view program

Themes:
"Understanding the Learning Tempo and the Automatic Pilot Through Practice”
"Presentation of Artist & Program”
"Architecture Importance in Style & Color”
"Bel Canto & Verdi”
"Mahler, Natur Bursch-The Nature Boy“
"Courage to Create Ones Own Podium & Thumbprint via Adapting the Rules”
“Understanding Preparation for an Opera Career”
“Presenting Yourself & Your Program”
“Recital Preparation”
“Reinventing your Career”
“Finding a Voice Teacher, Coach, Accompanist, Manager, & Press Agent”
“Bel Canto Spanned the 17th to 19th Centuries”
“Bel Canto Operas: Le Fille du Regiment & Il Barbiere di Siviglia”

Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Teatro alla Scala under Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Teatro alla Scala under Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
The idea of hosting a media vehicle as a communication source for stars and new talents, to say nothing of giving me opportunity to talk with some of these people in their own languages, has gala and globally informative overtones.
Super titles should be placed in every hall where text is sung. I sang a recital using super titles at the Santa Rosa State College, in 1990. This lifts the language barrier and builds publics.


It is evident that Ms. Marsh possesses a vocal timbre of unusual beauty.
THE GUARDIAN
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Jane Marsh and Isabella Mederi - RUSSIAN MASTER CLASS, Met Opera Guild, March 22. 2011
Soprano - Claire Coolen - Verdi's "Ave Maria"

Soprano - Claire Coolen- Bellini's "Per pietá bel idol mio

"Cutting up" with Claire Coolen

Soprano - Elizabeth Beers-Kataria - Strauss' "Kling"

Mezzo - Amber Smoke - Massenet's "Elégie"

Abridged, five minute interview with Jane Marsh and TV hostess Lina del Tinto (Lina del Tinto Show, 2006), explaining Marsh career highlight of first Metropolitan Opera offer, “Met’s” interest and introduction to major conductors, Italy’s Festivale dei due Mondi and singing Desdemona in Italy, languages, career attitudes and more…


Hosting & Some Practical Panel Themes:
Artist & Artistic Choices & Respecting the Bottom Line
Super Titles in Every Hall-Lifts Language Barrier, Builds Publics
Understanding Voice Category Longevity & Planning Goals
Technical Security, Energy, Self Esteem, Vision & Understanding Artistry

Jane Talks Commentary:
It was as guest on the Theo Adam Show at the Staatsoper Berlin-a TV show, conducted in
German, with an intermission, round table discussion, theme: “Applause”-and the Art
Buchwald Show, in Washington D.C., theme: “Tchaikovsky Competition, Russia – USA Cultural Importance”,
and just, plain fun-where I first noticed a particular comfort and ease in public speaking.


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