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Celina Lindsley, BMus in Voice & Literature, (Eastman School of Music), MMus in Opera, (University of Maryland) Head of Area Soprano T: +61 2 6125 5770 E: Celina.Lindsley@anu.edu.au

The American soprano graduated from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland with respectively Bachelor of Music and Master of Music. In 1978 she launched her European career in Düsseldorf’s prestigious Deutsche Oper am Rhein. A frequent guest soloist in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, as well as in the opera houses of Geneva, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Hamburg Frankfurt, Japan and all three opera houses in Berlin. Beginning her career in the mainstream coloratura repertoire (Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta, Olympia, Blondchen), her vocal development lead to the roles of Traviata, Lucia, Konstanze, Manon, Arabella as well as many contemporary operas.

In addition to her extensive stage experience, Ms. Lindsley’s European debut on the concert stage was jump-started with the Berlin Philharmonic under Dohnanyi and continued to thrive performing opera, oratorio and Lieder with orchestra and chamber orchestra from a long list of composers from Bach to Schoenberg, Elliott Carter and Hans Werner Henze. She has performed with fine conductors such as James Levine, Harnoncourt, Colin Davis, Barenboim, Menuhin, Markus Stenz and Frühbeck de Burgos with the Cleveland Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic and the Spanish National Orchestra to mention a few. She has participated in such world-famous music festivals as the Salzburger Festspiele,Maggio Musicale (Florence), Bregenzer Festspiele, Blossom Festival (Cleveland) as well as appearances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Ms Lindsley has also recorded a long list of CDs, live television and radio broadcasts. Her Australian debut was in the State Theater in Melbourne and the Sydney Opera House with Nicolette Fraillon conducting the Australian Ballet’s production of “Bella Trilogy”. In addition, Ms. Lindsley has performed in recital with John Luxton in Llewellyn Hall, participated twice in the Canberra Chamber Music Festival, most recently with Haydn’s one-act opera “Ariana a Naxos” for soprano and fortepiano with Geoffrey Lancaster.

Celina Lindsley’s tertiary teaching career began in Europe as a faculty member of the Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik where her successful students were engaged in opera houses throughout Germany as soloists or as professional chorus members either in opera houses or those affiliated with the major radio and symphony orchestras. As Co-Director of “Knowbody’s Singing” Workshops (Body Awareness Coaching for Singers) Ms. Lindsley has been active in Europe and the USA with prospective seminars in Australia and Canada in 2005. A Senior Lecturer in the Vocal Studies Area at the Australian National University’s School of Music since January 2003, Ms.Lindsley teaches voices of all vocal categories from undergraduates to doctoral candidates. She was most recently guest performing artist and lecturer in the inaugural season of the Armidale Liederfest.

School of Music faculty member since 2003.