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Mezzo-soprano Brooke Larimer has established herself as an accomplished presence on opera and concert stages across the East Coast.

Ms. Larimer has performed a diverse array of opera roles at a variety of houses. Past engagements include: Dritte Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Cugina in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Granite State Opera; Mrs. Soames in Rorem’s Our Town with Raylynmor Opera Company; Jenny in Weill’s The Threepenny Opera with Commonwealth Opera; La Maestra delle Novizie in Puccini’s Suor Angelica with Lakes Region Opera Company and a role debut as Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel with Longwood Opera. During the 2011-2012 season, Ms. Larimer will cover the role of Ursule in Opera Boston’s production of Béatrice et Bénédict.

Ms. Larimer has also built a substantial association with Boston Opera Collaborative, for which she has performed a number of principal roles. Most recently, she performed the role of Mistress Quickly in their production of Falstaff for which she was hailed for “some of the most convincing physical realization of character in the whole production.” In 2007, she sang Sr. Mathilde and covered Mère Marie in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites and was subsequently engaged to sing the roles of Phobia in La pizza con funghi, Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicci, Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina and the title role in Bizet’s Carmen in 2009, a portrayal which the Boston Musical Intelligencer hailed as “dark, husky … [and] rapacious.”

Equally at home on the concert platform, Ms. Larimer brings an intelligent musicality to her oratorio performances.  From 2008-2010, she served as Alto Artist-in-Residence at Brookline Chorus where she performed alto solos in Schütz’s Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb. Ms. Larimer delighted audiences with the alto solos in Mozart’s Mass in C minor with Quincy Choral Society and Mozart’s Requiem with Harvard Pro Musica and Choral Art Society of the South Shore, Schubert’s Mass in E-Flat with Nashoba Valley Chorale, Handel’s Messiah with Commonwealth Opera and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus with Music at St. Mary’s (Boston College) and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Boston. She has also been a featured performer in concert series with organizations such as Longwood Opera, Opera del West and Opera by the Bay and is a standing ensemble member with many prestigious organizations including Opera Boston (Mo. Gil Rose) and the Lorelei Ensemble (Mo. Beth Willer).  During the 2011-2012 season, solo oratorio engagements for Ms. Larimer will return to the Choral Art Society of the South Shore where she will be heard as alto soloist in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War.

Brooke Larimer was a member of the Young Artist Program at Natchez Festival of Music in 2008 and 2010, a Finalist in the Capitol Region Opera Idol Competition in 2007 and a Semi-Finalist in the New Hampshire Opera Idol Competition. Ms. Larimer received her Masters in Music from The Boston Conservatory in 2005. She currently resides in the Boston area where she studies voice with Rebecca Folsom.

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