American soprano Rachel Cobb has earned critical acclaim in the United States and Europe as a total performer with incredible dramatic intensity. Notable roles in her repertoire include Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Nedda in Pagliacci, Marguerite in Faust, Micaëla in Carmen, and Countess in Le nozze di Figaro. First prize winner of the Farwell Award in Chicago, second place winner at the Metropolitan National Council Auditions in Chicago, she also is a 2007 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition Grant Winner and a two-time finalist in the highly esteemed Loren L. Zachary Competition.

As Mimì in Opera Pacific's production of La bohème conducted by John DeMain, she was named Most Promising Young Artist. She also has achieved success on the concert stage in recent appearances with the Fairbanks Symphony in performances of the Verdi Requiem, and in Washington D.C. in November 2008 with Strauss' Four Last Songs.

Praised by the New York Times for his "impressive ...bright-voiced tenor," Scott Ramsay is establishing himself as a leading tenor on the opera and concert stages of America and abroad. Following his acclaimed performance of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Lyric Opera, his European debut in the same role at the Dublin International Opera Festival received equal praise.

In the 2008-09 season, Ramsay performed in Lyric's new production of Lulu conducted by Sir Andrew Davis in addition to many other debuts in opera and concert roles. His 209-10 season includes in return to Opera New Jersey for his role debut as Belmonte in a new production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Rodolfo in La bohème at Duluth Festival Opera, Fritz in La Grand Duchesse de Gerolstein with Opera Boston, and Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Arizona Opera. On the concert stage, he appears as soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony; Verdi’s Requiem with both the Louisville Orchestra and the Bel Canto Chorus in Milwaukee; and Mozart's Requiem with Music of the Baroque and the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra.

Tchaikovsky
Overture-Fantasy Romeo and Juliet

Operatic Highlights
Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi,
Gounod, Rossini

Rachel Cobb. Soprano
Scott Ramsay, Tenor