Maria Antoinette Freeman
soprano

Maria Freeman enjoys being an opera singer, a concert recitalist, and a soprano soloist. Her performing credits include The Countess (The Marriage of Figaro), First Lady (The Magic Flute), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Mimi (La Boheme), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Tosca (Tosca), Frasquita (Carmen), Violetta (La Traviata), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), The High Priestess (Aida), Giannetta (L'Elisir d'Amore), Lauretta (Gianni Schicci), Marzelline (Fidelio), The Voice of Antonia's Mother (The Tales of Hoffmann), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Maritza (The Merry Widow), Desdemona (Otello), Sally (Die Fledermaus), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Ninfa III in (Monteverdi's Orfeo). Miss Freeman has also performed in Ahmal and the Night Visitors, HMS Pinafore, Cavalliera Rusticana, Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly, La Forza del Destino, Rigoletto, and Un Ballo in Maschera.

Roles in preparation include Aida, Madame Butterfly, Liu, and Tosca.

Miss Freeman has worked with notable vocal coaches and teachers including Bill Neill, Craig Rutenberg, Scott Barnes, Martin Katz, Stephen Lord, Nico Castel, Philip Highfill, Margo Garrett, Marlena Malas, Jay Lesenger, Janet Bookspan, Tal Fountleroy, Joanna Levy, Zehava Gal, Andrew Frierson, Terri Decima, Earl Buys, Glenn Morton, Jonathan Faiman, Tamara Cashour, Sidney Wright, David Rebhun, Eleanor Steber, Gerald Souzay, Phyllis Curtain, Hans Hotter, Tony Amato, Edward Jackson, Marcello Garofalo, Kurt Masur, Julius Williams, Noel DaCosta, Christopher Cooley, Bill Lewis, Lauren Flanigan, and James Davis Jr.

Miss Freeman received her Masters from Manhattan School of Music completing her voice studies with Charles Bressler. She performed with the opera Workshop and opera theater, and appeared in the premiere of Haydn’s La Primiata Fideltá.

Miss Freeman received her Bachelors of Music from New England Conservatory of Music completing her voice studies with Geraldine Martin, where she performed with the NEC Chorus under Lorna Cooke DeVaron and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. She has trained at such recognized vocal programs as the Blossom Music Festival and Tanglewood Music Festival and made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Verdi's Requiem with Voices Saint Paulia and Symphony Saint Paulia.

Manhattan School of Music (MM)
New England Conservatory of Music (BM)
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (HS Dip)
Blossom Festival of Music (Vocal Fellow)
Tanglewood Festival of Music (Vocal Fellow, Phyllis Curtain Seminar)

Miss Freeman is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.