Beverly Butrie
As a singing actress with a voice of surprising size and beauty, Beverly has been "crossing over" for most of her career. She has performed principal roles in traditional opera – The Marriage of Figaro, rock opera – Vamp, punk music – Angry Housewives, and many principal roles in traditional musical theater. No stranger to early music, she is the co-founder of the Bach and Handel Chorale and has performed as soloist in countless Bach cantatas and most especially Cantata #51 for solo soprano, trumpet and orchestra.
She has recently performed Gilda in West Side Opera Society's production of Rigoletto and Amina in their production of La Sonnambula. Bruce-Michale Gelbert of New York Q News wrote – "a colorful soprano encompassing a bright high range and low register of dark, almost mezzo-soprano timbre…Butrie's instrument took on an eerie purity… after a creamy legato, she brought the evening, punctuated by her ringing high F, to a conclusion with a brilliant 'Ah! non giunge.'"
This spring she will sing the title role in SM Opera's production of Anna Bolena.