Cast Biographies

MARIE SOKOLOVA was a Regional Finalist with the Metropolitan Opera National Council. Awards include the Marquis Award in the Young Artist Category at the Classical Singer Magazine Audcomps 2006, the National Association of Teachers of Singers, the Jon Vickers award for the most promising undergraduate singer, as well as the Handel Award at the Orpheus Competition. Some of her favorite operatic roles have included Olga, Cherubino, the Witch (Hansel and Gretel), and the Sorceress (Dido & Aeneas). Mrs. Sokolova is a graduate of DePauw University and earned her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.