DIANA CANTRELLE
Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto, Actor, Composer, Teacher
5’ 5”; Dark Auburn Hair; Hazel Eyes cell: (410) 207-8687
www.dianacantrelle.com www.opusconcerttheatre.com http://www.youtube.com/dianacantrellediva dianacantrelle@gmail.com
SAG, AGMA
Bellini Norma Adalgisa
Bizet Carmen-Vive la Liberté Carmen
Edna Boyle-Lewicki Between Their Lov’d Homes Dolley Madison
Cantrelle Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) Bootsie the Cat
Cantrelle Demented Diva & her Merry Misfits-Part Un Writer/Singer
Cantrelle-McKinney Celtic Migration – Journeys Home Writer/Singer
Darion & Leigh Man of La Mancha Aldonza
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol Belle / Charwoman
Donizetti La Favorita Leonora
Gilbert & Sullivan Mikado Katisha
Pirates of Penzance Ruth
Heggie Dead Man Walking Jade Boucher/Mrs.DeRocher (cover)
Humperdinck Hänsel & Gretel Witch
Lorka & Wimhurst Blood Wedding Mother-in-Law/ Fate
Menotti Amahl & the Night Visitors Mother
The Medium Madame Flora (Baba)
Norman & Simon Secret Garden Martha
Puccini Suor Angelica Zia Principessa & Mother Abbess
Gianni Schicchi Zita
Madama Butterfly Suzuki
Purcell Dido & Aeneas Dido & Sorceress
Rogers & Hammerstein The King & I Lady Thiang
Romberg The Desert Song Clementina
Rossini La Cenerentola Tisbe
Stravinsky The Rakes Progress Mother Goose
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Moscow Ballet Tour – Vocals
Letters of Tchaikovsky Nadezhda von Meck
Tozer & Cantrelle All that Glitters Rusty the Pirate
Verdi AÏDA Amneris
Don Carlo Eboli
La Forza del Destino Gypsy Preziosilla
Rigoletto Maddalena
Il Trovatore Azucena
Un Ballo in Maschera Ulrica
Von Bingen Ordo Virtutum Chastita
COMPANIES:
Maryland Lyric Opera – Strathmore; Chalice Concert Series; Hippodrome-Moscow Ballet; Baltimore Lyric; Vocalypse – Nova Scotia; Opus Concert Theatre; Divertimento Orchestra-Canada; Oratorio & Orchestra Society of Philadelphia; Undercroft Pittsburgh Opera; Washington Savoyards; Young Victorian Theatre; Silesian Theatre-Czech; Amici Opera; Clarence Brown Theatre; Wolf Trap Opera; Kennedy Center; Townsend Opera Players; Olympian Theatre-Greece; Cincinnati Opera; Pacific Symphony; Opera Anne Arundel; Opera Santa Barbara; Peabody Opera, Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, Daughters of the American Revolution
AWARDS:
IAM Creativity Award; Classical Singer Finalist; The American Prize Finalist-Opera, Art Song/Oratorio; Best of Columbia Award; Lillian Howard Mann Memorial Voice Award; Peabody Conservatory Scholarship; Peabody Career Grant- Vive la France CD – featuring my own compositions– Le Chat Botté – Puss in Boots – 1 Act Opera; AIMS Graz, Austria; Goethe Institut-Murnau, Germany Scholarship; MacAllister Awards LA; MET Encouragement Award; Pasadena Opera Guild Award.
CONDUCTORS –
Julian Benichou, Anna Binneweg, Doug Byerly, Eileen Cornett, John DeMain, T. Herbert Dimmock, Klaus Donath, Quinton Folks, J. Ernest Green, James Harp, Martin Knoblaugh, Luke Housner, Nonna Kaler-Slutsky, Robert McFarland, Brent McMunn, Ghenady Meirson, Walter Morales, Edoardo Müller, Hajime Teri Murai, Thomas Pedersen, Edward Polochick, Richard Allen Roe, Valéry Ryvkin, Louis Salemno, Simeone Tartaglione, Jordan Randall Smith, Gordon Slater, Georg Tintner, Antony Walker, Steven White, Darryl Winston.
TV & FILM
4 Corners TV – Web Series Washington, DC
Equity – Victoria Nivchar
Tales from the BWA (Brois) – Mama CalaBash/Queen Gosleve
The Wire Numerous Episodes HBO – Baltimore, MD
Step Up – Parent/Teacher – Disney Pictures
Something the Lord Made Lousia-Party Guest HBO – Baltimore, MD
Pledge Drive – Co-Host – KOCE – TV California
American Musical Recital Lead Greek National Television
French/German Translator Voiceover Talent Palencia Properties
Bargaining with God – Rachel PSA – West Hills Medical – California
Hallmark Partners – Concourse Voiceover Talent – Webcast & DVD
ORATORIO Contralto SOLOIST – Brahms Opus 91; Bach Cantatas 162 & 188; Christmas Oratorio; Vivaldi Gloria, Bach Magnificat in D, Howell Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th – Soloist (ready); Beethoven Mass in C, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Copland In the Beginning, Handel Messiah, Haydn Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart Solemn Vespers, Saint-Sæns – Oratorio de Nőel; Cantorial Soloist in Catholic and Jewish Traditions
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Current Teachers – Dr. John Van Cura – Voice, Craig Wallace – Shakespeare, Tom Todoroff – Acting
Peabody Conservatory of Music –
Masters in Voice Performance/Vocal Pedagogy 2012 GPA – 3.9
VOICE: Carmen Balthrop, François Loup, William Sharp
Composition Minor Lessons – Judah Adashi
Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache – Goethe Institute – Murnau, Germany & Washington, DC; Russian Opera Workshop;
BA – Communications – Florida State University; Teachers – Marvellee Cariaga, Florence Kopleff
ACTING:
Tom Todoroff Intensive-DC & NYC (current), John Astin, Garnett Bruce,Roger Brunyate, MAKO, Frank Wittow, Peter Harrower Opera Workshop, AIMS – Graz, Austria, Marc Verzatt, Lin White
COACHES:
Singing Sondheim & Musical Theatre – Bobby Smith; Voice Overs – Craig Klein; Comedy Songs – Evan Casey; Craig Wallace – Shakespeare; James Harp; Susan Morton, Eileen Cornett, Robert Hiller-Stuttgart Hochschüle für Musik, Robert Muckenfuss, Joy Schreier, Henri Venanzi, John Shirley-Quirk.
OTHER SKILLS:
Voiceover Artist; Accents & Regional Dialects; Fluent in German & French, Proficient in Italian & Spanish; Equestrienne, Composer, Cantor, Dancer (Tap, Modern, Jazz, Ballroom) Plays Guitar, Flute, Piano and Percussion;
Librettist with the Heart of a Poet 😀
DISCOGRAPHY: http://www.dianacantrelle.com/discography/ ; dianacantrellemckinney.bandcamp.com
https://dianacantrelle.hearnow.com and on all major streaming sites
- Vive la France – A Celebration of France & Friendship
- Celtic Migration – Journeys Home 2023
- Brahms, Mahler & Me! – release November 2024
- “Arise, O Earth” – Garth Baxter – YouTube September 2024 Arise, O Earth by Garth Baxter, Composer
https://youtu.be/dhd4XEAoPEw?si=qy45KZgUCkkMmTH9
