Reviews:
"Soprano Charlene Pauls has a clear, attractive voice, which was heard to excellent effect on this occasion. Her account of the well-known Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre was a performance highlight, her coloratura runs spot on, and the entire aria delivered with the zing and vivacity it needs."
Calgary Herald, (April 11, 2004)
"... a solo Christmas cantata by Allessandro Scarlatti and Handel's recently discover Gloria, featured Charlene Pauls. Her strong voice and comfort with the music's idiom were among the keenest of the evening's pleasures."
Ottawa Citizen, (December 9, 2003)
"Soprano Charlene Pauls was glowing in the Laudamus te, her strong flexible voice echoed by the solo violin lines. In duet with tenor Nils Brown her voice floated free as bird song.."
(The Tribune, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 6, 2002)
"Pauls' radiant voice is always a pleasure to hear."
(Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 22, 2002)
"...for the austere and beautiful counterpoint between soprano Charlene Pauls and mezzo-soprano Rosemarie Vanderhooft."
(Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, February 4, 2002)
"Pauls is a wonderful singer whose vocal colouring brought ample nuance to her character's journey."
(Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 21, 2002)
"You couldn't have hoped for a more individually radiant, well-balanced or emotionally sympathetic quartet of singers than soprano Charlene Pauls, mezzo Susan Platts, tenor Benjamin Butterfield and baritone James Westman."
(The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 21, 2001)
Education
Repertoire
Opera:
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Role |
Work |
Composer |
| Frasquita | Carmen |
G. Bizet |
| Norina | Don Pasquale |
G. Donizetti |
| Cleopatra |
Giulio Cesare |
G.F. Handel |
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Galatea |
Acis and Galatea |
G.F. Handel |
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Hannah Glawari |
Die Lustige Witwe (Merry Widow) |
F. Lehar |
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Fiordiligi |
Così fan tutte |
W.A. Mozart |
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First Lady |
Magic Flute |
W.A. Mozart |
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Susanna |
Le Nozze di Figaro |
W.A. Mozart |
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Messagiera/Proserpina |
L'Orfeo |
C. Monteverdi |
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Venere |
Il Ballo Della Ingrate |
C. Monteverdi |
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Nurse |
The Princess and the Pea |
Ernst Toch |
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Priestess |
Aïda |
G. Verdi |
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Anna |
The Seven Deadly Sins |
K. Weill |
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Oratorio: |
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Composer |
Work |
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| J.S. Bach |
St. Matthew Passion St. John Passion Magnificat Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 Mass in B Minor Weichet nur (Wedding Cantata), BWV 202 |
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Beethoven |
Mass in C |
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Brahms |
Requiem |
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Britten |
Ceremony of Carols |
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Cantaloube |
Chants d'Auvergne (selections) |
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Daley, Eleanor |
Requiem |
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Fauré |
Requiem |
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Gorecki |
Symphony No. 3 |
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Handel |
Messiah |
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Haydn |
Creation |
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Hatzis |
Sepulcher of Life |
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Kapilow |
Green Eggs and Ham |
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Mendelssohn |
Hear my Prayer |
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Mozart |
Mass in C Minor |
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Pergolesi |
Stabat Mater |
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Raminsh |
Magnificat |
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Scarlatti |
Cantate Pastorale |
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Schubert |
Mass in E flat |
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| Tippett | The Crown of the Year | |
| Vivaldi |
Gloria |
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Recital: |
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| List available upon request |
Discography