Described as a singer with "clear-toned elegance and dignity," Texas native Rebecca Grimes has been featured in such roles as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro for Worcester Opera Works, Roxanne in L'Europe Galante for the Amherst Early Music Festival, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for Opera in the Ozarks, Angelina in Trial by Jury and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Opera, The Shepherdess in L'enfant et les sortilèges for Loyola University Opera and The Second Knitter in A Game of Chance with the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop. Other roles include Rosina in Haydn's La Vera Costanza and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas for the University of Connecticut Opera Theater. As an oratorio soloist, Grimes has been featured in such works as Bach's Cantata 51 ("Jauchzet Gott") with the Cape Cod Consort and Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the St. Paul's Chamber Music Society in Houston, Texas. Other solo oratorio performances include Brahms's Ein Deutches Requiem, Gasparini's L'oraculo del Fato, Handel's Messiah, Faure's Requiem and Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb. As a 2004 winner of the University of Connecticut Concerto Competition, Grimes was featured with the UConn Orchestra in an all-Handel program. In her appearance with the Falmouth Chorale's Mozart Mass in C Minor, Grimes was critically praised for her "supreme musicality, grace, ease, and discriminating ornamentation." Upcoming projects include a solo appearance with the Opera Providence FireWater Concert, the premier of John Cooper's Peace Cantata at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a return to Worcester Opera Works singing Silberklang in The Impresario. In addition to her work as a performer, Grimes is the co-founder and stage director of Opera del West, a regional opera company based in the Boston/MetroWest area. Grimes has been featured in recital throughout the greater Boston area and holds a master's degree from New England Conservatory in Boston. Grimes is a doctoral student and lecturer at the University of Connecticut, where she maintains a studio of voice students.
Described as a singer with "clear-toned elegance and dignity," Texas native Rebecca Grimes has been featured in such roles as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro for Worcester Opera Works, Roxanne in L'Europe Galante for the Amherst Early Music Festival, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for Opera in the Ozarks, Angelina in Trial by Jury and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Opera, The Shepherdess in L'enfant et les sortilèges for Loyola University Opera and The Second Knitter in A Game of Chance with the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop. Other roles include Rosina in Haydn's La Vera Costanza and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas for the University of Connecticut Opera Theater. As an oratorio soloist, Grimes has been featured in such works as Bach's Cantata 51 ("Jauchzet Gott") with the Cape Cod Consort and Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the St. Paul's Chamber Music Society in Houston, Texas. Other solo oratorio performances include Brahms's Ein Deutches Requiem, Gasparini's L'oraculo del Fato, Handel's Messiah, Faure's Requiem and Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb. As a 2004 winner of the University of Connecticut Concerto Competition, Grimes was featured with the UConn Orchestra in an all-Handel program. In her appearance with the Falmouth Chorale's Mozart Mass in C Minor, Grimes was critically praised for her "supreme musicality, grace, ease, and discriminating ornamentation." Upcoming projects include a solo appearance with the Opera Providence FireWater Concert, the premier of John Cooper's Peace Cantata at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a return to Worcester Opera Works singing Silberklang in The Impresario. In addition to her work as a performer, Grimes is the co-founder and stage director of Opera del West, a regional opera company based in the Boston/MetroWest area. Grimes has been featured in recital throughout the greater Boston area and holds a master's degree from New England Conservatory in Boston. Grimes is a doctoral student and lecturer at the University of Connecticut, where she maintains a studio of voice students.