Resident Artists
Jan Cornelius, soprano
AVA first-year resident artist
Hometown: Deer Park, Texas
Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston Moore School of Music; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University
Competitions: Finalist, Shreveport Opera Competition, 2003; 2nd place, Birmingham Opera Competition, 2002; 2nd place, Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Competition, 2002; 2nd place, Mobile Opera/Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, 2001.
Roles at AVA: title role, Manon Lescaut (Act ll), Violetta, La traviata
Roles: Micaëla, Carmen, Chautauqua Opera; Giannetta, The Elixir of Love, Chautauqua Opera; Nedda, I Pagliacci, Frasquita, Carmen, Micaëla (cover), Carmen, Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro, Madam Witch, Sleeping Beauty, all with Virginia Opera; Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana, Atlantic Coast Opera; Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Estella, Miss Havisham's Fire, Clarissa, For the Love of Three Oranges, all with the Moores School of Music; Stephano (cover), Romeo and Juliet, Chautauqua Opera; Mercedes, Carmen, Birmingham Opera; Carmen, Carmen, Dorabella, Così fan tutte, both with Louisiana State University.
