| | Marquita Lister, MET New England Region |
 | | Washington D.C. native Marquita Lister is taking audiences everywhere by storm with her intense, expressive portrayals of operatic roles and her enormous versatility. |
 | | Lister spent two years and appeared in roles such as that of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Micaela in Carmen, and that of the High Priestess in the spectacular Wortham Theater Center's inaugural production of Aida with Mirella Freni and Placido Domingo (with a televised broadcast). |
 | | Lister will also appear as Bess at the Atlanta Opera (November), as Salome (November and December - Semperoper Dresden; June - Michigan Opera Theater), as Lady Macbeth (February and July - Semperoper Dresden), and finally as Elena in I Vespri siciliani at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (May). |
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