Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller

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Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller in 2008

Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller (born 1978), credited as Lisa Hopkins until 2008, is an American classical singer and actress from Simi Valley, California. She holds a B.A. in Theater Studies and Acting from Yale University and a M.M. in Classical Voice from the Manhattan School of Music.

She is best known for her portrayal of Mimi in

Utah Symphony and Opera, and at several music festivals. She was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
for her role in the recording of Volpone with the Wolftrap Opera Company.

Early life and training

Seegmiller was born Lisa Hopkins in

the Waterford School in Sandy, Utah[3] and began to study voice at age 16.[1]

Seegmiller received her B.A. in Theater Studies and Acting from

LDS Church.[2]

She received her

Tel Aviv, Israel
with Trish McCaffrey.

Career

In 2002–03, while Seegmiller completed her Master's Degree, she appeared on

cast album, singing the final act, and she sang excerpts from the role at the televised performance during the 2003 Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall
.

Seegmiller was the soprano soloist in the

Brooklyn, New York. Newsday wrote, "The only member of the cast to escape the director's unmusical ministrations was Lisa Hopkins, who, as Donna Anna, managed to ignore the squeezebox screeches coming from the pit and speakers and deliver a sensitive lament."[9]

In 2007,

Die Zauberflöte (August, 2007).[14] The Washington Post wrote, "Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, so expressive with her big Bette Davis eyes and fluttery voice, was deliciously funny as Corvina" (in Volpone)[15] The recording of Volpone (and Seegmiller as a principal soloist) was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.[16] In December 2007, she was the soprano soloist in the Messiah in Greenwich, Connecticut.[17]

In the summer of 2008, Seegmiller was a resident artist at the Greenwich Music Festival, appearing as Amore in Claudio Monteverdi's Return of Ulysses[18] and the soprano soloist in the love songs from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals.[19] After giving birth to her first child in 2008, Seegmiller returned to the concert stage in May 2009, performing in the Sing for Hope benefit concert at Yale University[20][21] and the Bernstein MASS with the Utah Symphony.[22] She was a soprano soloist at the Virginia Arts Festival in Bernstein’s MASS in April 2010.[23] From June to August 2010, Seegmiller played Grizabella in Cats at the Tuacahn Amphitheater in Ivins, Utah. The review in The Salt Lake Tribune commented that in the show's signature song, "Memory", she "creates a moment that's beautifully painful ... and melancholy with a glimmer of hope. Her voice seems to penetrate each word of the familiar lyrics, extracting the core meaning".[24] In October 2011, Seegmiller performed at the Mentors International 2011 Gala.[25]

In 2013, she revisited the role of Mimi in Utah Lyric Opera's production of La bohème

Peter Pan at the Tuacahn.[29] She also performs a one-woman show called "Billboard & Operatic Hits of the Decades".[30]

Since 2012, Seegmiller has been the Artistic Director of St. George Opera.[27] She continues to sing in concerts,[31] teaches voice privately and is a visiting member of the Voice Faculty at Dixie State University.[32]

Personal life

Lisa Seegmiller married Travis Seegmiller in 2006. She lives in St. George, Utah, with her husband and children.[33]

References

  1. ^ a b Winn, Steven. "About the Mimis and Rodolfos", San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2002
  2. ^ a b Schulman, Michael. "Hopkins '01 heads off to Broadway", Yale Daily News, February 7, 2003, Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  3. ^ At the Waterford School, Seegmiller won an Emerson Prize in 1998 for her essay on Thomas Jefferson.
  4. ^ Lisa Hopkins' profile at agent's site Archived 2006-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Lisa Hopkins' profile at the LDS "film personalities" site
  6. ^ Baker, Celia R. "Down-Home Diva", The Salt Lake Tribune, March 16, 2003, Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  7. ^ Brantley, Ben. "Sudden Streak of Red Warms a Cold Garret", New York Times, December 9, 2002, Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  8. ^ Concert schedule Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Davidson, Justin. "Roll over, Mozart: Your Don Giovann'i' is wailing". Newsday, December 15, 2006, accessed January 6, 2011
  10. ^ Opera News, April 2007
  11. ^ Schweitzer, Vivien. "Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini", The New York Times, January 27, 2007, Retrieved on July 8, 2008.
  12. ^ Forbes, Harry. "Il Signor Bruschino", Backstage.com, January 29, 2007, Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  13. ^ "Filene Young Artist Alumni" Archived 2014-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, Wolf Trap, accessed July 3, 2014
  14. ^ "Sound system bedevils 'Flute'", The Washington Times (review praising the three ladies), August 20, 2007. Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  15. ^ Huizenga, Tom. "'Volpone': Putting On Heirs", Washington Post, June 25, 2007, p. C05, Retrieved on July 8, 2008
  16. ^ "The Wolf Trap Opera Company Honored with Grammy Nomination for Recording of John Musto's Volpone" Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, prnewswire.com, December 4, 2009
  17. ^ "This Season of Gifts", First Congregational Church of Greenwich website, December 9, 2007, Retrieved on November 12, 2008
  18. ^ "Video: Greenwich Music Festival: Return of Ulysses Trailer (2008) part of Lisa Hopkins". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03., Allvoices.com, accessed July 3, 2014
  19. ^ "The Greenwich Arts Council presents Monteverdi’s Love Songs: Madrigali Amorosi" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Greenwich Music Festival, June 9, 2008, accessed July 3, 2014
  20. ^ Sing for Hope benefit at Yale University[permanent dead link], singforhope.org, May 15, 2009
  21. ^ Keddy, Genevieve Rafter. "'Sing for Hope' Yale Benefit", Broadwayworld.com, May 17, 2009
  22. ^ Newton, Catherine Reese. "Leaving on a high note: Utah Symphony conductor says musical goodbye",[permanent dead link] The Salt Lake Tribune, May 30, 2009
  23. ^ "Leonard Bernstein’s MASS" Archived 2010-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Virginia Arts Festival, accessed November 6, 2011
  24. ^ Orellana, Roxana. "Tuacahn's Cats revival delivers knock-out 'Memory'" Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 16, 2010
  25. ^ "Jenny Oaks Baker and Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller Performing at Mentors Gala!", Mentors International, Wordpress.com, accessed November 6, 2011
  26. ^ Wyatt, Michael. "Utah Lyric Opera Presents First Rate La Bohème", Reichel Recommends, February 9, 2013
  27. ^ a b "Alumni Newsletter Spring 2013: Class Notes" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Waterford School, April 24, 2013, accessed July 2, 2013
  28. ^ Brutsch, Rachel. "Tuacahn’s Joseph dances to a different, delightful beat", Deseret News, September 27, 2014, accessed August 4, 2015
  29. ^ Passey, Brian. "'Peter Pan and Tarzan are flying into Tuacahn", The Spectrum, May 26, 2016
  30. ^ Seegmiller, Lisa. "Bio", LisaHopkinsSeegmiller.com, accessed September 9, 2021
  31. ^ "Fibonacci Gallery and Fine Arts Center" Archived 2014-07-06 at archive.today, St. George Health & Wellness, January 2014; "Mother-daughter duo joins Heritage Choir in ‘A Celebration of Song’", StGeorgeutah.com, April 9, 2015; and Bossick, Karen. "Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller Dazzles in Heart Stirring Concert", Eye on Sun Valley, August 22, 2021
  32. ^ Seegmiller, Lisa. "Voice Lessons: Seegmiller Studios" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, accessed July 2, 2014
  33. ^ "Hollywood Meets Opera Meets Broadway" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, accessed 2 July 2014

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