About Me
Possessing a luminous voice with "the breadth of dramatic inflection to make for a powerfully effective performance" (Opera), soprano Arianna Zukerman is equally in demand for opera and concert performances. The Washington Post observes "Arianna Zukerman possesses a remarkable voice that combines the range, warmth and facility of a Rossini mezzo with shimmering, round high notes and exquisite pianissimos that would make any soprano jealous."In 2008-09, Arianna Zukerman sings as soloist in Mozart’s Requiem in a return to the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman conducting; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard with the Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting; Verdi’s Requiem with the Springfield Symphony; Messiah with both the Rochester Philharmonic and Alabama Symphony, Christopher Seaman and Raymond Leppard conducting; and in Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate and L’amero saro costante with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. She also appears in recital at Joplin Pro Musica, at the University of Montevallo, and at the Austrian Embassy in Washington , DC. In 2009 Ms. Zukerman sings First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Lyra Ottawa.Her 2007-08 season included performing as soloist in Haydn's The Seasons with Music of the Baroque, under Jane Glover; Niekrug’s Nachtlieder and Debussy's Fall of the House of Usher with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Lawrence Foster conducting; her return to the National Philharmonic for Britten’s War Requiem under Stan Engebretson; Mozart's Requiem with the Long Island Philharmonic; Musetta in La bohème with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, at Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, with Rossen Milanov conducting; and performances of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2008 Ms. Zukerman appeared in recital with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Series.Ms. Zukerman's 2006-07 season included her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine in Moses und Aron; her first collaboration with Lorin Maazel as Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, with performances at the conductor's farm in Virginia; the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa for the Verdi Requiem conducted by Pinchas Zukerman; appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Virginia Symphony singing Messiah; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with the National Philharmonic; appearing as soloist at the Kennedy Center's New Year's Eve Gala; a return to the University of California at Davis for a concert of Mozart works; and performing as soloist in Dvorák's Stabat Mater with the Chancel Choir in Dallas. The season also included a new collaboration between Ms. Zukerman and the Miami String Quartet which took them to many prominent chamber music venues in the United States including Kent State University, the Hartt School, the Chamber Music Series at the University of Oregon, and the Pro Arte Musical in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the summer of 2007 Arianna Zukerman made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra as soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Rossen Milanov conducting, also at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with Charles Dutoit conducting. In addition, she sang Mozart's Regina Coeli and Coronation Mass with the New Hampshire Music Festival.Arianna Zukerman debuted with the New York City Opera in the 2005-06 season in Mark Adamo's Lysistrata. She recently sang the Governess in The Turn of the Screw with Chicago Opera Theater, for which she was praised by the Chicago Sun Times as "a thoughtful presence onstage, and through her expressive eyes as well as her agile voice we could almost see her character evolving." Recent operatic highlights include her return to the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera to sing Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice; her debut with Arizona Opera as Despina in Così fan tutte; Micaëla in Carmen with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Vail Valley Music Festival; Nannetta in Falstaff with Opera Illinois; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Illinois and Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre; Marzelline in Fidelio with the Minnesota Orchestra (Andrew Litton conducting); Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Chattanooga Opera; Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Berkshire Opera Company; Nizza in the world premiere of Donizetti's Elisabeth, conducted by Will Crutchfield, at the Caramoor Music Festival; Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, with the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon; and the role of Wilma in the world premiere of Jean-Michel Damase's Ochelata's Wedding at the OK Mozart Festival.Equally comfortable in repertoire from oratorio to "pops", Ms. Zukerman performed as soloist in Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate with the Pittsburgh and Jackson Symphony Orchestras, in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Long Island Philharmonic, "ch'io mi scordi di te" with Seattle Symphony, in the holiday concerts presented at the Kennedy Center by the Choral Arts Society of Washington, and returned to sing chamber music at the Savannah Music Festival. In concert she has performed with an impressive group of conductors including Jane Glover with Berkshire Choral Festival in Mozart's Requiem, Pinchas Zukerman with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and for Winterthur Musikkollegium in Mozart concert arias, and Christopher Seaman with Rochester Philharmonic in Libby Larsen's Notes Slipped Under the Door. She has sung Messiah under William Boughton with National Arts Centre Orchestra, Jeffrey Thomas with American Bach Soloists (recorded for Delos label), and Marin Alsop with the Colorado Symphony. Other highlights include Mozart's Coronation Mass and Schubert lieder (staged by director Peter Kazaras) with Eos Orchestra, Haydn's Creation for the University Music Society in Ann Arbor, and an all-Sondheim concert for Pasadena Pops.Internationally, she has performed Mozart's C Minor Mass and Handel's Solomon with the Israel Philharmonic with Ivor Bolton conducting; Messiah with the English Symphony Orchestra; and Mozart's Requiem, Mozart arias and Vivaldi's Gloria with Moscow Chamber Orchestra under Constantine Orbelian.Ms. Zukerman appears frequently in solo recitals in the United States and Europe. An accomplished chamber musician, she also performs regularly at the Vail Valley Music Festival, the Savannah Music Festival and the Caramoor Music Festival.A past recipient of the Sullivan Foundation Award, Arianna Zukerman was a member of the Bavarian State Opera Junges Ensemble. She studied theatre at Brown University and received her Bachelor of Music from the Juilliard School. Ms. Zukerman resides with her husband in Washington, DC.
