Professional Studies
Voice Teachers/Coaches:  Debbie Berry, Gretchen D’Armand, Shirley Bolen, Martha Deatheridge, Tom Getty, Luke Housner, Elden Little,
                                      Greg Ritchey, Tatiana Stepanova Storozheva, Nikita Storojev
Conductors/Directors: Richard Buckley, Ken Cazan, Robert DeSimone, Michael Ehrman, Marc Erck,  Nicholas Kraemer, John Moriarty,
                                 David Neely, Kevin Noe, Christopher Zemliauskas
Masterclasses: Thilde Beuing, Oren Brown, Grace Bumbry,Mignon Dunn, Mary Dunleavy, Renee Fleming, Robert Larsen,Valerie Errante
                   William Lavonis, Hugo Rinaldi                               
Operatic Roles
The Witch
Donna Elvira (youth performance)        
Virtue
Mary
Drusilla (cover)
Aksinya/Woman Convict                
5th Maid                        
Tatiana
Fortuna
Donna Anna
Lauretta
Lucy
Nanetta
Geraldine
Amelia
Anna Gomez
Countess
Despina
Belinda

Scenes Performed/Roles Studied
First Lady
Juliette
Musetta
Adina
Zerbinetta                        
The Queen of the Night                
Laurie              
Violetta        

Into the Woods
Don Giovanni                
L’incoronazione di Poppea         
The Ballad of Baby Doe        
L’incoronazione di Poppea          
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk                              
Elektra                        
Eugene Onegin
L'incoronazione di Poppea              
Don Giovanni                                       
Gianni Schicchi                
The Telephone                                     
Falstaff                        
Hand of Bridge                
Amelia Goes to the Ball        
The Consul                
Le Nozze di Figaro        
Così fan Tutte                
Dido and Aeneas                


Die Zauberflöte                
Roméo et Juliette         
La Boheme                
L'Elisir d'Amore
Ariadne auf Naxos
Die Zauberflöte
Tender Land
La Traviata

Sondheim
Mozart        
Monteverdi
Moore
Monteverdi  
Shostakovich
Strauss
Tchaikovsky
Monteverdi
Mozart
Puccini
Menotti
Verdi
Barber
Menotti
Menotti
Mozart
Mozart                
Purcell


Mozart
Gounod
Puccini
Donizetti
Strauss
Mozart
Copland
Verdi  

Campanile Center for the Arts
Central City Opera House Association                
Central City Opera House Association                
Central City Opera House Association                
Central City Opera House Association                
Austin Lyric Opera                            
Austin Lyric Opera
Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center (UT Austin)       
University of Texas at Austin - Opera Theatre
University of Texas at Austin - Opera Theatre     
University of Texas at Austin - Opera Theatre
University of Texas at Austin - Opera Theatre
Stephen F. Austin State University - Opera Theatre       
Stephen F. Austin State University - Opera Theatre       
SFASU Summer Opera Theatre
SFASU Summer Opera Theatre
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point  
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point           


Central City Opera House Association  
Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center (UT Austin)        
Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center (UT Austin)        
Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center (UT Austin)        
University of Texas at Austin     
University of Texas at Austin
Stephen F. Austin State University         
Stephen F. Austin State University                       
Resume
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Awards
Fielder Grant for Vocal Career Advancement - Wednesday Morning Music Club, 3rd Place, 2006                                        
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Southwest Region, Regional Semi-finalist/ District Winner, 2005-06                
Laureen Butler Vocal Competition, El Paso Opera, 3rd Place, 2005                                                
Orpheus National Music Competition for Vocalists, Middle TN Choral Society, Encouragement Award, 2005                         
San Francisco Opera Merola Program, San Francisco Opera Center, Regional Finalist, 2004-05                        
SFASU Music Department & Friends of the Arts, President’s Award, 2002                        
Stephen F. Austin State University Voice Faculty, Vocal Recitalist of the Year, 2002                 
Stephen F. Austin State University Music Department, Concerto Competition Winner, 2001
Apprenticeships/Education
Central City Opera House Association, Denver, CO        
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX                
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX         
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI        

The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program (AGMA)       
Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice & Opera                                         
Master of Music - Vocal Performance                                
Bachelor of Music - Applied Voice                                        

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Désirée Wattelet
Soprano
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