Teacher

Lorie Harken is an American Soprano who is a Classically trained dramatic and spinto soprano. Lories voice is known as having a very rich emotive timbre with rich warm tones and power which enables her to sing both Wagner and Italian verismo She has sung at Carnegie Hall classical concert for conductor Vincent Laselva, New World Orchestra , Lorie has also sang as opening soloist for the NYS State Fair opening of NHL as well in concerts at NYS fair, Italian festivals and German Festivals.

She is a winner of several international voice competitions as well as American voice competitions. She is a spotlighted guest artist heard and seen on International Italian Television and NPR Radio and PBS. Lorie is known for her excellent breathing technique and vocalist have traveled internationally to study her technique. Specializing in Italian and Wagnerian repertoire singing with large orchestras, she enjoys teaching masterclasses to ambitious singers of all age groups and level of singers master classes on vocal technique and opera workshops

Directs and produces numerus concerts, organizes very large venues for classical singers and instrumentalist. She is also a judge for vocal competitions across the USA. Album Discography- Italian Opera Arias, Old Italian favorite songs, American and Italian patriotic music, old Irish songs and music

Concertsm recitals, premiering new music and stage performances include in Italian, German French and Latin. Roles include Isolde, Tristan und Isolde, Turandot as Turandot, Suor Angelica in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Franz Lehár, Giuditta Mimi in La Boheme, Elisabeth, Tannhäuser (Wagner), Elsa, Lohengrin (Wagner) Sieglinde, Die Walküre (Wagner), Desdemona, Otello (Verdi), La forza del destino, Adriana,

Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea), Gian Carlo Menotti Mother, Sound of Music, Mother Abbess

La Wally (Alfredo Catalan) Manon, Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Santuzza, Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni), Floria Tosca, Tosca (Puccini). Soloist for Messa da Requiem (Verdi)

Many competitions won or placed from Italian Arts Counsel, Queens Opera, New York Grand Opera First place national Association of Teachers of Singing Studied with The International School of Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA,Sang and performed with conductors Vincent La Selva New York Grand Opera , Conductor Joseph Rescigno NYC, Dr. RIECKER Voice (New York Metropolitan Opera)artistic Staff from The Metropolitan Opera, Phyllis Curtin of Tanglewood, Mark Oswald Voice Manhattan School Of Music, Diction and language Nico Castel Metropolitan Opera.