Deanna Breiwick
American soprano Deanna Breiwick, hailed by The New York Times for her “sweet sound and floating high notes” and for being a “vocal trapeze artist,” is enjoying an exciting and diverse career. In the 24/25 season, Deanna Breiwick will sing Lisette in La Rondine at Opéra de Monte Carlo, Adele in Die Fledermaus at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and join the Utah Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, the Allentown Symphony for Vaughan-Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem as well as present recitals under the auspices of Florentine Opera and the Pacific Vocal Series in Laguna Beach, CA.
In recent seasons, Ms. Breiwick returned to The Dallas Opera for the world premiere of Gene Scheer and Jody Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, singing the role of Claude. In concert, she performed Lisette in La Rondine with Washington Concert Opera, Messiah with the Oregon Symphony, Vaughan-Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Venice and Owensboro Symphonies and held a residency with the Moab Music Festival. In recital, she returned to the Laguna Art Museum to present a solo recital. At the Metropolitan Opera, Deanna Breiwick has been featured as La Charmeuse in Massenet’s Thaïs, a Flower Maiden in Wagner’s Parsifal, a Shadow in the North American premiere of Nico Muhly’s Marnie, Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos, and a featured soloist in the company’s Summer Recital Series.
Deanna Breiwick is a Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finalist, a Grand Prize Winner of the Sullivan Foundation Vocal Competition, and a First Prize Winner of the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition. She also holds awards from the George London Foundation, the Giulio Gari Foundation, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant. Ms. Breiwick is a native of Seattle, WA.