Daryl Freedman - Concepción
Mama / The Chinese Cup / The Dragonfly

Mezzo Soprano

Portland Opera Studio Artist

Previously at Portland Opera:   
Aglaonice, Orphée (2009); Venere, Il Ballo delle ingrate (2010); Dinah, Trouble in Tahiti (2010); Sandman, Hansel and Gretel (2010)

Mezzo soprano Daryl Freedman comes to us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her opera credits include Juno in Semele, Thelma Yablonski in Later the Same Evening and Olga Olsen in Street Scene at Manhattan School of Music; Sorceress and Spirit in Dido and Aeneas at Central City Opera; Aloès and Zinnia in L’Étoile at Wolf Trap Opera; and she sang Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann, Soeur Cadette in Les Malheurs d’Orphee and covered the role of Meg in Falstaff at Temple University. Daryl graduated with a Masters of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.  She received a Bachelor of Music from Temple University and has been a member of the Central City Opera Studio, Wolf Trap Opera Studio, Académie Internationale d’Été de Nice and Opera Theatre Music Festival of Lucca.  Last season she sang Aglaonice in Orphée, Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti and Venere in Il Ballo delle ingrate and covered the roles of Dorabella in Così fan Tutte and Rosina in The Barber of Seville.  This season she sings Sandman in Hansel and Gretel, Concepcion in L’heure espagnole and Mama in L’enfant et les sortilèges, and covers the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel.