Teressa Foss

• Review Highlights:
• Daily Variety / "an impressively powerful performance of Verdi’s difficult ‘Vieni! t’affretta’ aria from MacBeth"
• San Diego Union Tribune / "a knockout soprano who’s like the family’s closet Carmen”
• San Francisco Examiner / "[her] soprano voice hits all the right chords, reaching deep into the audience’s hearts”
• Clayton Pioneer / “the voice for an opera house and the skill to deliver both massive and delicate tones with equal ease / the kind of actor an audience can trust not to adorn a character with excessive or empty gestures / 300-volt delivery of the show’s signature song “Children of the Wind"
• Benicia Herald / "stunning emotion and vocal control in the intensely dramatic scenes”
• Santa Maria Sun / "dynamite combination of a powerful soprano voice and an innocent, yet ardent longing for love"
• L.A. Weekly / "wonderfully appealing heroine”
• San Francisco Classical Voice / "lovely"
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• Recognition:
• Theatre Bay Area Nomination – Outstanding Principal Female Actor (Play), "Delicate Particle Logic", Indra's Net Theatre
• BroadwayWorld.com Nomination – Best Leading Actress in a Play, "Delicate Particle Logic", Indra's Net Theatre
• BroadwayWorld.com Nomination – Featured Actress, Musical - "Little Me", 42nd St. Moon
• BroadwayWorld.com Nomination – Featured Actress, Musical - "Zorba", 42nd St. Moon
• Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nomination – Lead Actress, Musical - "Oh Kay", 42nd St. Moon
• AriZoni Nomination – Supporting Actress, Musical - "The Light in the Piazza", Phoenix Theatre
• Backstage West Garland Honorable Mention – Lead Actress, Musical - "Phantom", Fullerton Civic Light Opera
• Robby (Rob Stevens) Award Nomination - Supporting Actress, Musical - "King of Hearts", Colony Theatre
• Best Actress, 2010 Eerie Horror Film Festival ("Bottles")
• Best Actress Nomination, 2010 Indy Horror Film Fest ("Bottles")
• 2015 Theatre Bay Area TITAN Award Finalist

Teressa Foss, soprano, has been praised as “vivacious”, “scene-stealing”, and “possessed of a laser-focused whiz-bang of a soprano voice… her effortless flights above the staff were as admirable as they were totally unexpected” (Berta/Il barbiere di Siviglia/Opera San Jose, OperaToday.com).

With her wide vocal and theatrical range, she has sung both soprano and mezzo roles for Opera San Jose: Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Suzy (La Rondine), Nurse/Ghost/Eunice Hubbell cover (A Streetcar Named Desire); soprano and mezzo chorus for Opera San Jose: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Carmen, Tosca, Die Zauberflöte; soprano and mezzo roles for Opera San Jose’s noted Outreach Program: Gretel/Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), Mother/Granny (Little Red Riding Hood), soprano soloist in the lecture-demonstration “What Is Opera”. Opera roles performed at other companies and producing groups include the title roles of Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, and Norma, Micaela (Carmen), Nedda (I pagliacci), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), and Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte). Choral work includes Opera San Jose, Livermore Valley Opera, and Festival Opera Walnut Creek.

A lengthy list of professional musical roles at regional theatres across the USA includes: Franca Naccarelli & Signora Naccarelli in several productions of The Light in the Piazza, Sharon Graham in four mountings of Terrence McNally’s Master Class, Lilli Vanessi (Kiss Me Kate), Christine Daae (Phantom), Rebecca Hershkowitz and Anna/Gertrude in productions of Rags, the Widow (Zorba), Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady), and the title role in Oh, Kay!.

Theatre companies performed at include Sacramento Theatre Company, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, Lyric Theatre of San Jose, 42nd Street Moon, Indra’s Net, Lambs Players, Willows Theatre, Phoenix Theatre (AZ), Boston Court, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Cabrillo Stage, the Hollywood Bowl, West Coast Jewish Theatre, GeVa Theatre (NY), PCPA Theatrefest, Reprise! Los Angeles, Berkeley Repertory, Odyssey Theatre, Fountain Theatre, Colony Theatre, and Ensemble Theater Santa Barbara. She has been nominated for theatre acting awards by Theatre Bay Area, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, AriZoni Theatre Awards, BroadwayWorld.com and Backstage West.

In concert, Ms. Foss has been a repeat soprano soloist for Bay Area choral and orchestral group Viva La Musica, singing Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, Rutter’s Magnificat, the Hayes and Ruggieri Glorias, Beethoven’s Fantasia in C-minor, Ola Gieilo’s “Night of the Soul” works, and the West Coast premiere of Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living”. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus, Napa’s Jarvis Institute, Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon Chamber Ensemble, and several of Goat Hall Production’s Fresh Voices festivals.

Also an on-camera artist, her acting credits in independent film include “Bottles” (Best Actress, Eerie Film Festival), “Pintauro Road”, “Nominated – The Movie”, and “Life Without”. Her films have screened in festivals across the U.S. and overseas, garnering multiple awards and nominations. She has performed principal roles and voiceover in national commercials for AT&T, Xfinity and Healthy Choice.

Ms. Foss is a member of AGMA, AEA and SAG/AFTRA. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UCLA, and studies voice with Neil Semer (NY). For more information, please visit her website at www.teressafoss.net.

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