Irish Soprano Franzita Whelan, a fellow of The Royal College of Music(London), makes her Seattle Opera debut with these performance as Donna Anna...
Opera
"Franzita Whelan has already shown herself to prossess the kind of voice whose basic clarity and agility suits the classical repertoire..."
The Denver Post
"Providing an ideal match as Eurydice is soprano Franzita Whelan, whose rich, full voice is perfectly suited to this character..."
Soprano Franzita's academic and vocal training commenced atThe Royal Irish Academy of Music (Dublin).
This was followed by a further 3 years at The Royal College of Music(London) and The National Opera Studio (London)...
Franzita Whelan powerfully takes center stage ('Katya Kabanova' for Opera Ireland') to excellantly delineate a women torn apart by guilt, desire and confusion. There is nothing easy about Katya's role...