Resident Artists
Jan Cornelius, soprano
AVA fourth-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: Second prize, Connecticut Opera Guild’s Vocal Competition, 2010; semifinalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2009; second prize, Loren Zachary Vocal Competition, 2009; second prize, Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Competition, 2009; grant winner, Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2009; second place, Giargari Bel Canto Competition, 2008; second prize, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008; first prize, Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition, 2008; finalist, Shreveport Opera Competition, 2003; second place, Birmingham Opera Competition, 2002; second place, Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Competition, 2002; second place, Mobile Opera/Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, 2001.
Roles at AVA: Mimi, La bohème; Countess, Capriccio; title role, Manon Lescaut (Act ll); Violetta, La traviata; title role, Anna Bolena; Silvana, La fiamma.
Other Roles: Micaëla, Carmen, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival; 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.
Upcoming: Musetta, La bohème, Atlanta Opera; Fiordilidgi. Così fan tutte, Virginia Opera.
Website: www.JanCornelius.com
