Biography

Dominican-American mezzo Gina Razón is becoming known as a young singer to watch in her current home state of Colorado. Ms. Razón recently debuted with Loveland Opera Theatre as Third Lady in The Magic Flute . She has also performed with the Opera Fort Collins, OpenStage Theatre, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Lyric Theatre Festival, Pendulum Concert Series, The Academy Music Series. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Music from the University of Denver, both in voice performance. In addition to her stage appearances, Ms. Razón is a gifted recitalist; specializing in new compositions and twentieth century literature.

Stage performances include Third Lady in The Magic Flute; Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera; Carmen in Carmen*; Mrs. Olsen in Street Scene*; Handmaiden in Turandot; Tituba in The Crucible*; Sarah in Quilters*; Suzuki in Madame Butterfly*; Rosette in Manon*; Flowermaiden in Parsifal*; Lady Jane in Patience; La Viuda Soto in the world premiere of Mark Medoff's Sara McKinnon; Third Spirit in The Magic Flute; Ruth in Pirates of Penzance; Principal and ensemble in S'Wonderful, a review of the works of George and Ira Gershwin; Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music; Peep-Bo in The Mikado; Une Grosse Dame in Les Mamelles du Tiresías; Praskovia in The Merry Widow; Little Buttercup in HMS Pinafore; Mrs. Henry Banks in The Devil and Daniel Webster; and the Mother, Witch and Sandman in Hansel and Gretel with CU Children's Opera Outreach.

Ms. Razón premiered Noche y Luna, Mar y Fuego, the first of two song cycles written for her by American Composer, Timothy Buckman in February of 2004 and will premiere the second, a together-coloured instant in 2009.

*indicates partial work performed.