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"Rose Sawvel (La Fée) possesses a gorgeous upper range, and an ethereal quality, which gives her character the magic necessary for us to believe in fairies." - Noel Johnston, The Greeley Tribune
Lyric coloratura soprano Rose Sawvel discovered a passion for opera while earning her Bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Northern Colorado. Choosing to pursue opera in her graduate studies, she completed her Master of Music degree in vocal performance at UNC under the guidance of Dr. Melissa Malde. She is a member of the Psi Chi Honors Society and received the Graduate Dean's Citation for Excellence upon her graduation from UNC.
Upcoming engagements include the Opera Fort Collins Guild's Songs of Summer concert with tenor Andrew Lunsford and mezzo soprano Kate Davis on August 4, 2011 at the home of Carol Ann and Gary Hixon in Fort Collins, CO and guest artist at the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra's Love is in the Aria concert on November 12, 2011 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, CO, where she will sing excerpts from Bernstein's Candide. Rose currently studies with Charmaine Coppom.
Recent roles include Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance and the title character in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, La Fée in Massenet's Cendrillon, Adina in Donizetti's Elixir of Love, Blondie in PDQ Bach's The Abduction of Figaro, Despina in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Amy March in Mark Adamo's Little Women, Dew Fairy and Sandman in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Mařenka in Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Anne Page in Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Eustazio in Handel's Rinaldo. Opera Scenes roles include Magda in Puccini's La Rondine and Alice in Verdi's Falstaff.
Rose was a Regional Finalist in the 2011 and District Finalist in the 2009 and 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2011 Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition finalist, finished first in the 2010 and 2006 District NATSAA, the 2007 Regional NATS Singer of the Year and first in the graduate women division and won the 2006 Rocky Mountain Competition. She is also the recipient of a Bel Canto Institute Performance Award, New York Opera Project Performance Award, a Denver Lyric Opera scholarship, the Joe Tennesen PVA scholarship and the President's Leadership scholarship.
Performances as a soloist with orchestras include Mozart's Regina coeli K. 108 with the Greeley Philharmopnic Orchestra and UNC combined choirs under the baton of Maestro Glen Cortese, excerpts from Berio's Sinfonia with the Colorado Contemporary Music Consort in UNC's Music of Our Time concert series under the baton of Luis Vicaría, Kaija Saariaho's Lohn for soprano and electronics with Ensemble Acerata, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with cello ensemble under the direction of David Chew, Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture, Rogers' Three Japanese Dances and the premier of arrangements of Rossini's Una voce poco fa and Mozart's Ruhe sanft for soprano and wind ensemble with the University of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble under the direction of Kenneth Singleton, soprano soloist for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra's Poinsettia Pops concert under the baton of Glen Cortese, soprano soloist for A. Scarlatti's Christmas cantata with string quartet at First Congregational Church's Advent Series, excerpts from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with the Greeley Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Dan Frantz and soprano soloist at the Greeley Chorale's 2010 holiday concert under the baton of Dr. Galen Darrough. Recent recital and collaborative performances include an Alumna recital at the University of Northern Colorado, the New York Opera Project recital in Manhattan, N.Y., the Bel Canto Performance Award recitals in Lake George and High Falls, N.Y., and Florence, Italy, and the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Recital for scholarship recipients.
Rose attended the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy and has been a young artist with Emerald City Opera Company's Artist Institute, The University of Northern Colorado's Summer Opera Tour with Opera Classica Europa, The Bel Canto Institute and Bel Canto Northwest. Over the past five years, Rose has performed in recitals, workshops, and masterclasses throughout Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the U.S. with music and drama specialists Jane Bakken Klaviter, David Chew, Dean Williamson, Garrie Davislim, Whit Kellogg, Vincenzo Taramelli, Roger Malouf, Keith Miller, David Malis, Caleb Harris, Brian Clay Luedloff, Fredrick Martell, Stephen Goldstein, and Ashley Putnam.
Rose also loves to show horses and is co-author of several scientific botanical publications including an on-line Lucid interactive key of Gossia/Myrtaceae.