Bio

Mezzo soprano, Tiffany Carmel spends much of her time between Los Angeles and San Diego.

Milliner in Der Rosenkavalier

From 2005-2007, Ms. Carmel toured Southern California with the San Diego Opera Ensemble where she premiered the role of Evilina in an original production of The Sleeping Beauty.  During her years with San Diego Opera, she sang several small roles on the mainstage including the Milliner in Der Rosenkavalier, the second peasant in The Marriage of Figaro, and one of the soloist handmaidens in Turandot.  Some other selected highlights throughout Ms. Carmel’s career include Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Flora (La Traviata), La Principessa (Suor Angelica), Mercedes (Carmen), Third Lady (Die Zauberfloete), Nicklausse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), and the title role in L’Enfant et les Sortileges.  Her oratorio credits include Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Mozart’s Requiem.

Ms. Carmel has sung as a core chorister in more than fifty productions with San Diego Opera.  She has also performed with Long Beach Opera, with the production DoJump! at the renowned Geffen Playhouse, and with Video Games Live at The Greek Theatre.  She has also added her vocal talents to a wide variety of programs while touring Japan with the Roger Wagner Chorale, and she co-wrote and performed in an original production called Stages.

At the other end of the musical spectrum, Ms. Carmel sang with Christina Aguilera at the 2004 Grammy Awards for Ms. Aguilera’s award winning song Beautiful.  A CD of original music composed by Tracy Bartelle and featuring Tiffany has been released internationally through Fable Music (BMI).  Her voice can also be heard portraying several characters in the archives of the Spike and Mike Animation Festival.

Ms. Carmel holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in classical vocal performance from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).  She is also the author of the Stelletwal fantasy series currently available through Virtualbookworm Publishing and Amazon.

SOLOIST REPERTOIRE for OPERA

SOLOIST REPERTOIRE for ORATORIO and CONCERT

UPCOMING and CURRENT PERFORMANCES

Mezzo Soloist - REQUIEM (Duruflé) - Nancy Sulahian conducting (FUMCG)

OTHER SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

A regular performer with THE ALCHEMY (a non-profit arts organization based in Los Angeles)

ROGER WAGNER CHORALE (concert tours to Japan)

LABYRINTH MASQUERADE (LOJ) The Elven Choir (alto 2), Park Plaza (Los Angeles)

STAGES (an original collaborative cabaret-style production)

VIDEO GAMES LIVE     The Greek Theatre     (Jack Wall Conducting)

SAN DIEGO OPERA ENSEMBLE and OUTREACH

GRAMMY AWARDS     Christina Aguilera (song: Beautiful)     Staples Center

SAN DIEGO OPERA (Core);

Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Great Scott
La Bohème, Don Giovanni, Nixon in China, 50th Anniversary Concert
Pagliacci, Elixir of Love, Masked Ball, Verdi’s Requiem (concert), Don Quixote
Daughter of the Regiment, Samson and Delilah, Murder in the Cathedral, Aida
Don Pasquale
Turandot, Der Rosenkavalier, Faust, Carmen
La Bohème, Nabucco, Romeo and Juliet, La Traviata
Boris Godunov, Samson and Delilah, Il Trovatore, Wozzeck (Berg), Marriage of Figaro
Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Julius Caesar in Egypt, Magic Flute
Turandot, Pearl Fishers, Don Carlo, Katya Kabanova, La Traviata
Fidelio, Norma, Otello, Madama Butterfly
Ariodante, Tosca, Don Pasquale, Flying Dutchman
Magic Flute, Faust, Cold Sassy Tree, Idomeneo, Aida, Verdi’s Requiem (concert)

EDUCATION

Degrees: Master of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts from CalArts (Classical Vocal Performance)