Caroline Nielson, vocalist, will perform with piano accompaniment.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Caroline Nielson completed her undergraduate degree at Belmont University, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a minor in German. She is a second-year graduate student in Voice Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, where she studies with Kathryn Cowdrick.
Thus far at Eastman, Caroline has performed the roles of the Abbess in Suor Angelica and the Madre superiora in Mese Mariano with the Eastman Opera Theatre. She has been a featured soloist in three Bach Cantatas at Eastman and in several student recitals. While at Belmont, Caroline performed roles including Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites. In 2015, she performed in the ensemble of the Nashville Opera’s production of Pirates of Penzance.
Last summer, Caroline portrayed Nancy in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring at Opera in the Ozarks, as well as Dorabella in a concert performance of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in Portland, Oregon. Next month, Caroline looks forward to performing the role of the stepsister Dorothée in Massenet’s Cendrillon with Eastman Opera Theatre.