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Regina Webster, Mezzo-Soprano

Regina Webster, Mezzo-Soprano, a consummate actress, comedienne, and vocalist, has performed extensively throughout the Chicago area in opera, operetta and musical theatre. Most recently she was Vera Boronol in Chamber Opera Chicago’s The Consul. Other recent roles include the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors for Artcraft Theatre in Chicago, Basio in I Gioielli della Madonna for Amici Opera, Philadelphia, and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro for St. Martin Chamber Players, Peoria, Illinois. She has sung principal roles in many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas including the Fairy Queen in Iolanthe with Park Ridge Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Dame Carruthers in Yeomen of the Guard with the Savoy-Aires, and Cousin Hebe in HMS Pinafore for both the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the Park Ridge Gilbert and Sullivan Society and was commended by the Chicago Tribune as “a Lively Cousin Hebe.” In Musical Theatre she sang the Mother Abbess in the Sound of Music with Winnetka Theatre, and Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods with Theatre-Hikes. She has been a featured vocalist in the CSPS Performance Series, the “Under the Picasso” Performance Series at the Richard J Daley Center and with the classical outreach series of the Artists in Resonance. She has also performed with Light Opera Works, has participated in multiple seasons of da Corneto Opera as alto section leader and in comprimario roles (Martha, Attila, La Traviata, Verdi’s Requiem), and has sung in operas at Bowen Park Opera, including Merry Wives of Windsor and La Traviata. She is currently contracted to sing Miss Newkirk in The Globolinks with Chamber Opera Chicago’s Menotti Showcase.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Vera Boronel	The Consul	Chamber Opera Chicago
Elizabeth Proctor-cover	The Crucible	Chamber Opera Chicago
Mother	Amahl & The Night Visitors	Artcraft Theatre, Chicago, IL
Basio	I Giogelli della Madonna	Amici Opera, Philadelphia, PA
Marcellina	Le Nozze de Figaro	St. Martin’s Chamber Players, Peoria, IL
Fairy Queen	Iolanthe	Park Ridge Gilbert & Sullivan, Pk Ridge, IL
Duchess of Plaza-Toro	The Gondoliers	Park Ridge Gilbert & Sullivan, Pk Ridge, IL
Cousin Hebe	H.M.S Pinaforte	Park Ridge Gilbert & Sullivan, Pk Ridge,IL Gilbert & Sullivan Opera, Chicago, IL
Lady Blanche	Princess Ida	Park Ridge Gilbert & Sullivan, Pk Ridge, IL
Gertie Simmons	Prairie Lights	Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL
Dame Carruthers	Yeomen of the Guard	Savoy-Aires, Evanston, IL

CONCERT PERFORMED

Messiah	Chicago Park District
Under the Picasso	Chicago City Symphony Richard J. Daley Center
Summer Concert Series	Whiting Festival Orchestra Whiting, IN
Artists in Resonance	Outreach Concerts Park Ridge, Morton Grove, Il

PARTIAL ROLES PERFORMED

Maddelena	Rigoletto
Augusta	Ballad of Baby Doe
Adelaide	Guys and Dolls
Amneris	Aida
Orlofsky	Die Fledermaus
Marcellina	Le Nozze di Figaro
Dinah	Trouble in Tahiti
Witch	Hansel und Gretl
Mrs. Lovett	Sweeney Todd
Dido	Dido and Aeneis
Charlotte	Werther
Mallika	Lakme
Dorabella	Cosi Fan Tutte
Laura Adorno	La Gioconda
Azucena	Il Trovatore
Pitti-Sing	Mikado
Orfeo	Orfeo e Euridice
Delila	Samson et Delila

TRAINING

Voice Teachers: Janice Pantazelos.
Coaches: Giulio Favario, George Tenegal, Ed Zelnis, Richard Boldrey.
Conductors: Victoria Bond, Roger Bingamen, Rudy Macciochi, Robert Vodnoy, Andrea Molina, Lynn Shornick, Daniel Robinson, Barbara Schubert
Directors: Michael Kotze, Lara Teeter, Nick Sandys, Francis Menotti, Beaumont Glass
Acting: John Green, Derryl Capes,Grant Stokes-Viewpoints (Act One Studios, Chicago), Janet Louer, Suzanne Thompson, Players Workshop of the Second City, Chicago, IL, Tria Smith, Polly Liontis.

Skills

Regina Webster is an actor equity membership candidate and has acted professionally on the stage in the Chicago area, both in straight plays (Shakespeare, drama, classics, comedy) and musical theatre.

Languages

English; French (read and understand). Read: Italian, German and Spanish.

Reviews

"Regina Webster made a lively Cousin Hebe." Chicago Tribune.