{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"An Interview with: Carrie Hennessey","description":"And Yet She Persisted, Much Like the characters she plays Carrie Hennessey is outdoing herself and performing up a storm in 2021. We talk about the preparation process for big projects, what it feels like to return to singing and LAUGH! We also talk about solutions to the problems Opera is facing as stages reopen and opportunities to innovate along the way. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did! Known for her soaring voice and richly nuanced characters, soprano Carrie Hennessey is consistently thrilling audiences and critics in opera and concert appearances around the world. Ms. Hennessey\u2019s much awaited debut in Previn\u2019s A Streetcar Named Desire \u201cgave us a Blanche that let us burrow into her character\u2019s soul, even into the darkest crevices\u2026Hennessey, using a one-two punch of music and drama, made it resonate in a way that equaled the finest stage performances of the part I\u2019ve seen.\u201d (Fresno Bee) Ms. Hennessey\u2019s embodiment of the title role in the West Coast Premiere of Tobias Picker\u2019s opera Emmeline earned her a Bay Area Broadway World Awards for \u201cBest Leading Actress in a Musical\u201d nomination. Praised for bringing her signature \u201cexquisite vocal purity and range to the title role\u201dand was \u201cnothing short of sensational\u201d (San Francisco Classical Voice). As Mim\u00ec in La Boh\u00e8me, Ms. Hennessey \u201c..possessed of a full, powerful lyric soprano, which delivers Puccini\u2019s arias and duets richly. Her \u201cMi chiamano Mim\u00ec\u201d (Yes, they call me Mim\u00ec) in Act 1 is gorgeous\u201d. (San Francisco Classical Voice) On only one day\u2019s notice, Ms. Hennessey made her debut with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra, as soprano soloist in Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 4, to great acclaim. The 2021\/2022 joyous return to the stage includes title role debut in K\u00e1t\u2019\u00e1 Kabanov\u00e1 by Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek with West Edge Opera and Rose in At the Statue of Venus with Festival Opera accompanied on piano by composer Jake Heggie. Ms. Hennessey will appear in the inaugural season of the Capitol Public Radio Garden Concert Series, as soloist of operatic arias with the Cleveland Philharmonic, as well as numerous recitals, chamber music concerts and continuous music education projects. You can read more about Carrie HERE Facebook Instagram Twitter ","author_name":"Opera Uprising","author_url":"https:\/\/www.OperaUprising.com","html":"