Opera Singer, Crystal Dawn

Opera singer available for wedding ceremonies, corporate events, award ceremonies, birthdays, anniversaries, any parties. 20 years experience singing for opera companies in New Jersey, New York, and abroad.

Will sing between 1-4 operatic arias or requested liturgical pieces, either accompanied by in house church pianist/organist, or with licensed orchestral backing track, as shown in my video. If working with your church pianist/organist, I will have a rehearsal with them, which can also be as part of your rehearsal for your wedding or other event. If you don't have a pianist as part of your ceremony, one can be hired who will receive their usual fee.

Aria choices with in church pianist (most pianists are fine with these, but we will need to get the consent of the pianist):
Quando m'en vo, Puccini
O mio babbino caro, Puccini
Un bel di vedremo, Puccini
Ave Maria, Schubert
Ave Maria Bach/Gounod
Ombra mai fu, Handel
Depuis le jour, Charpentier

Aria choices with licensed orchestral backing tracks:
Quando m'en vo, Puccini
O mio babbino caro, Puccini
Nessun dorma, Puccini
Ave Maria from Otello, Verdi

Crystal Dawn is an Italian American soprano. She has recently appeared as Fiorilla in Il Turco in Italia with Amici Opera in Philadelphia, and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Clyde Opera in Glasgow. She also portrayed Nedda in Pagliacci and Gutrune and Wellgunde in Götterdämmerung with the New York Opera Forum. She has appeared in many productions with the Metro Lyric Opera Company of Asbury Park, New Jersey, under the baton of Maestro Anton Coppola, including Micaëla in Carmen and Flora in La Traviata. She also appeared in a New York Times critically acclaimed production of André Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-Lion, as Colette, with the American Classical Orchestra in New York. Crystal earned her Master of Music at SUNY Purchase Conservatory, where she sang the roles of Frasquita in Carmen, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, and La Fée in Cendrillon. She also loves singing for weddings and other events, making people's special event as special as possible.

For weddings, if I will not be singing with your in church pianist, I will need to use the sound system of the church or space, via bluetooth or cable. Someone will need to turn on the track and also do a sound balance test. This can be worked out at the rehearsal. For other events, I will also need the sound system of the event space, and a person to turn on the track or tracks I am singing with.