World renowned American soprano, Joelle Lamarre is an in-demand performer of new works by today's living composers. Notable performances include those in George Lewis’s Afterword: The AACM (as) Opera and his new work The Comet / Poppea; the Chicago premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking; Sean Griffin and Charles Gaines’ experimental forms Manifestos 2; the South Shore Opera of Chicago production of Nkeiru Okoye’s Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom; the Lyric Opera Unlimited new comedic opera, Factotum, by Liverman DJ Rico & Maharaj; the Lyric Opera of Chicago performance of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones & Champion; Chicago Opera Theater’s world premiere of Elizabeth Alumond, Quamino’s Map, and Long Beach Opera’s production of Anthony Davis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera Central Park Five.
Recordings: Long Beach Opera Central Park Five led; EP the Other American; Charles Gaines’ experimental forms Manifestos 2; George Lewis’s Afterword: An Opera in Two Acts.
