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Liesl Odenweller
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“The public’s overwhelming consensus was easily won by the young American soprano Liesl Odenweller, who possesses an impressively effortless and secure technique. This was evident particularly in her interpretation of Gilda in Rigoletto, a role that is perfect for her vocal abilities, which allow her to soar in impressive pyrotechnics with great agility and ease even in the highest register.” -- Il Gazzettino di Venezia, February 1999

Lyric soprano Liesl Odenweller enjoys a busy career in her native United States and in Europe. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Liederkranz Prize in the US, the International Bellini Prize, and the Italian “Il Virtuoso” Prize. Now a resident of Italy, she has received much acclaim for her performances as Violetta in La traviata in several European and American theaters and has enjoyed great success as Gilda, Konstanze, Marguerite Faust, and Adina. She can effortlessly navigate the pyrotechnics of the Queen of the Night as well as the lyrical pathos of Pamina.

Recent opera engagements include First Knappe and Blumenmädchen Parsifal and First Maid Daphne at Teatro La Fenice. For La Fenice she has also sung Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, and covered Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2004 she made her début as Bastienne Bastien und Bastienne at Vicenza’s historic Teatro Olimpico in a joint production of La Fenice and the Settimane Musicali all’Olimpico that was also broadcast on Italian Radio.

Major concert engagements have included her Carnegie Hall début in the Poulenc Gloria and the Bach Magnificat in 2004. Also in 2004, she had the honor of being selected by the Teatro La Fenice as soloist in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, performed in memory of Maestro Marcello Viotti. In 2005 she returned to Riccardo Chailly’s Orchestra Verdi di Milano to sing the Mozart Requiem and Szymanovsky Stabat Mater, having sung Brahms Requiem there in 2002 under Romano Gandolfi. Most recently she sang the Fauré Requiem at the opening of the Festival of La Ciotat and the Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris.

Miss Odenweller has been particularly acclaimed for her interpretations of the recital repertoire of Rossini, Debussy, Strauss, Verdi, Mozart, and Tosti. She made her Lincoln Center début at Avery Fisher Hall in 1997 and her London recital début in 2003.

Miss Odenweller’s recording début CD was “This Son So Young,” issued on the Tower Hill label. She is presently working on a disc of Venetian songs, entitled “Girl in a Gondola”.

In addition to being featured in performance on Italian television and radio, one of her more interesting opportunities to date was a small part in the film Year Of The Gun, starring Andrew McCarthy and Sharon Stone and directed by John Frankenheimer.

Miss Odenweller’s forthcoming engagements include First Lady in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro La Fenice, Beatrice in Beatrice Di Tenda, Cleopatra Giulio Cesare, Queen of the Night The Magic Flute, Gilda Rigoletto, Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor, Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Juliette Romeo et Juliette, and symphonic concerts and recitals in Milan, Paris, London, Venice, Verona, Rome, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York.

Liesl Odenweller Repertoire

Liesl Odenweller Symphonic and Oratorio Repertoire