Harolyn Blackwell
Vocalists
Soprano Harolyn Blackwell is recognized for her expressive and exuberant performances, with a career that has spanned opera, concert and recital stages around the world. Following college, the Washington, D.C. native began her career on Broadway in Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”. Shortly afterwards, she was selected as a finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and her career path changed from musical theatre to opera.
Since then, she has performed with many of the major national and international opera companies, and at festivals around the world, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Glyndebourne Festival, Teatro Colon de Buenes Aires, Seattle Opera, Opera de Nice, Miami Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Opera Orchestra of
New York and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival.
She has appeared in several productions at the Metropolitan Opera,including “Un Ballo in Mascara,” ”Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Manon,” “Die Fledermaus,” “Werther” and
“La Fille du Regiment”.
She starred in the Broadway revival of “Candide” in 1997.
An accomplished recitalist, she has performed in several acclaimed concert series, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The San Francisco Performance Series at the Herbst Hall and the Ambassador Foundation Performing Arts Series in Los Angeles.
Ms. Blackwell is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, one of which provided her the opportunity to study in Italy with Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi.