MONICA DANILOV, MEZZO SOPRANO

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1 Monica Danilov received her BM in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music and completed her MM in Vocal Performance from the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College (CUNY) under the tutelage of Patricia McCaffrey. Ms. Danilov has worked with conductors such as Jun Nakabayashi, Alan Gilbert, Dante Ranieri, Kent Tritle, Richard Barrett, Oliver Grangean, Ricardo Jaramillo, Rodolfo Fischer, Carmen Helena Tellez, Marc Moncusí, Gerassim Voronkov, and with directors like Mitch Sebastian, Dona Vaughn, Yefim Maizel, Natalia Menendez, Jose Dario Innella, and others. She was chosen to participate in the master class entitled Music for the Masses at the Metropolitan Opera Guild, with renowned conductor Kent Tritle She has been a soloist at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Americas Society, 92 nd Street Y, Avery Fischer Hall, Memorial Auditorium (Sacramento, CA), Cairo Opera House, Salle IBN Radio Algerienne (Algeria), and has worked in Colombia and in South America in theatres such as Museo Nacional de Bogotá, Teatro Metropoliano de Medellín, Pablo Tobon de Medellin, en el Teatro Colsubsidio de Bogotá, Teatro Colon in Bogota and Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. Ms. Danilov sang in Beauty, Grief and Grandeur (world premier) by Marjorie Merryman, directed by Kent Tritle and Jose Mauricio Nuñes Garcia s Requiem (US Premier).She debuted in 2016 in Poulenc s Gloria with the Colombian National Symphony and sang again with them a few months later in El Cerco de Numancia by Miguel Cervantes (production by Colombia s Ministry of Cultural affairs and Teatro Colon), where she sang an aria from Agrippina by Händel at the celebration of the signing of the Colombian Peace Treaty. This production won the India Catalina prize for 2017: Best Production of Public Interest. She also sang the role of Angel in Mendelssohn s Elijah at the Teatro Colon of Bogota (September 2017). She also was the mezzo soloist in Pergolesi s Stabat Mater with the EAFIT Symphony (2018). Ms. Danilov has also performed in musicals and concerts such as Maria in The Sound of Music, produced by MISI PRODUCCIONES, directed and choreographed by Mitch Sebastian, and recently the role of Aldonza/Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha performed at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo in Bogota, Colombia (2016). Ms. Danilov has also performed her first Zarzuela roles as Aurora La Beltrana in Doña Francisquita by Vives with Prolirica de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia (2016) and later Clarita in La del Manojo de Rosas by Sorozabal (2017). She performed two years in a row, the role of Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catan in Bogota Colombia, debuted in the role of Mercedes in the opera Carmen, and Flora Bervoix in la Traviata (2018). In 2016 and twice in 2017, Danilov sang solo recitals accompanied by the Russian pianist Sergei Sichkov at the Salle Ibn Khaldoun (Radio Algerie) in Algiers, Algeria sponsored by the Colombian Embassy in Algiers. In 2018 she performed a solo recital at the Cairo Opera House, and in Accra Ghana. Her future engagements include the title role of Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly (Debut Opera of Colombia), and will sing for the second time the role of Valencienne in the Merry Widow by Lehar.

2 Operatic Roles Flora La Traviata Verdi Teatro Enrique Buenaventura (2018) Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly Puccini Opera de Colombia (2019) Dido Dido & Aeneas Purcell Auditorio Mario Laserna (2019) Mercedes Carmen Prolirica de Antioquia (2018) Paula Florencia en el Amazonas Catán Jorge Eliecer Gaitan/ Teatro Colsubsidio (Oct 2017) Teatro Colon COL (Oct. 2018) Mädchen Aufstieg und fall der Weill Teatro Major Julio Mario Stadt Mahagonny Santo Domingo (2018) Valencienne The Merry Widow Lehar Prolirica de Antioquia, Medellín (2015/ 2019) Maddalena Il Viaggio a Reims Rossini EnCanta Collective, New York Conservatory of Music Brooklyn College (CUNY) Contessa Ceprano Rigoletto Verdi Conservatory of Music Brooklyn College (CUNY) Concert Experience Solo Recital Cairo Opera House Cairo, Egypt (July 18) Solo Recital Kempinsky Hotel Accra, Ghana (July 18) Tejiendo Paz (Signing of peace process in Colombia) Plaza de Bolivar (2017) Solo Recital Salle Ibn Khaldoun, Algiers Algeria (July 16) (July 17) (Dec 17) Soloist Mass in F Major Zipoli Kennedy Center Washington DC The Americas Society Soloist Mass in C Minor Mozart Metropolitan Opera Guild Soloist Gloria Poulenc Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia Angel Elijah Mendelssohn Teatro Colon, Bogota (2017) Soloist Stabat Mater Pergolesi Orquesta EAFIT, COL (2018) Soloist Requiem in D Minor Nunes Garcia Manhattan School of Music (US Premier) Soloist Beauty, Grief and Merryman Manhattan School of Music (NY Premier) Grandeur

3 Zarzuela Roles Aurora la Beltrana Doña Francisquita Vives Prolirica de Antioquia (2016) Clarita Manojo de Rosas Sorozábal Prolirica de Antioquia (2016) Musical Theatre Roles Maria The Sound of Music R &H MISI PRODUCCIONES Aldonza Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh Teatro Julio Mario Santodomingo Fredrika Armfeldt A Little Night Music S. Sondheim encanta Collective Conductors and Directors: Alan Gilbert, Kent Tritle, Jun Nakabayashi, Philippe Entremont, Olivier Grangean, Rodolfo Fischer, Marc Moncusi, Carmen Helena Tellez, Pedro Pablo Prudencio, Dona Vaughn, Mitch Sebastian, Natalia Menendez, Federico Figueroa, Jose Dario Innella, Federico Figueroa, Marcelo Lombardero. Education Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College (CUNY), New York Voice Teacher: Patricia McCaffrey Master of Music in Vocal Performance Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance Voice Teacher: Patricia McCaffrey Languages : English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent), Serbian (Advanced), Italian (Advanced), Nationality: USA & Colombia

4 OPERATIC REPERTOIRE Berlioz: Didon Troyens Bizet: Carmen, Mercedes Carmen Britten: Hermia Midsummer Night s Dream Catan: Paula Florencia en el Amazonas Debussy: Melisande Peleas et Melisande Delibes: Malika - Lakme Donizetti: Sara Roberto Devereux Gilbert & Sullivan: Edith, Kate The Pirates of Penzance Gluck: Orfeo Orfeo e Euridice Humperdinck: Hansel Hansel und Gretel Lehar: Valencienne The Merry Widow Massenet: Charlotte Werther Cendrillon - Cendrillon Mozart: Dorabella Cosi fan tutte Zerlina Don Giovanni Sesto La Clemenza di Tito Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro Offenbach: La Perichole La Perichole Puccini: Suzuki, Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly Purcelll: Dido Dido & Aeneas Rossini: Isabella L Italiana in Algeri Rossina Il barbiere di Siviglia Cenerentola, Tisbe La cenerentola Maddalena Il Viaggio a Rheims Verdi: Flora La Traviata Maddalena - Rigoletto

5 ZARZUELA Barbieri: La Paloma El baberillo de lavapies Moreno: Luisa Fernanda Luisa Fernanda Moreno: Clarita Manojo de Rosas Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires Maria de Buenos Aires Vives: Aurora La Beltrana Dona Fracisquita ORCHESTRAL/ORATORIO REPERTOIRE Mendelssohn: Woe Unto them who forsake him O rest in the Lord Mozart: Laudamus te Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

6 REVIEWS OPERA WIRE Mezzo-soprano Mónica Danilov was quite impactful in her appearances, her thick mezzo a radiant presence. Of all the soloists, her diction was the most refined, every word crystal clear. Her finest moments came in the first half of the oratorio, Woe unto those who forsake him, her solo passages sung with prayer-like delicacy. You could feel the build-up throughout the arioso, but Danilov retained a gentle approach throughout, her final enunciations of Woe unto them, given a subtle portamento (on the first) and crescendo (on the repetition of the phrase) that added a tragic dimension to the passage. David Salazar OPERA WIRE Vocally, Danilov brought a solid mezzo in her opening duet, the quartet and the quintet always showcasing her technical prowess. And in the second act when Paula finally gets a solo, Danilov brought all the emotional range of her character that finally allowed audiences to see Paula s internal feelings. Danilov began the aria lying down on the floor, uttering the first words with delicacy and fragility. But as she repeated the name Alvaro, she stood up to let her voice bloom. Here one could see the character s suffering for the loss of her husband and as the aria developed, her timbre obtained a rounder and fuller quality, that gave an emotional pull and resonated throughout the Teatro Colón. Francisco Salazar OPERAWORLD Magnificent Flora sung by Mezzo Soprano Monica Danilov, who showed precise and powerful singing, plus some great acting qualities as well David Minota EL TIEMPO "Monica Danilov, the Mezzo Soprano and actress that plays Maria, the lead, makes the audience fall in love with her with her carisma and beautiful voice. Alberto Sanabria

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