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Takesha Meshé Kizart
Soprano
A young and rising spinto soprano,
Ms Kizart is an honors vocal performance graduate
of the University of North Texas, where her operatic
credits included Giorgetta and Suor Angelica in Il
Trittico, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi
in Cosi’ fan Tutte, Countess Almiviva
in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Hanna Glawari in The
Merry Widow.
This Chicago native has appeared with
Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Fort Worth Symphony,
Amarillo Opera, and many others.
Ms. Kizart’s awards include:
winner of the 2001 Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition
and the 2001 National Association of Negro Musicians
Competition, finalist in the 2003 Palm Beach Opera
Vocal Competition, national semi-finalist in the 2004
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, second
place winner in the 2004 Giargiari Bel Canto Competition,
International Finalist in; the Hans Gabor Belvedere
Singing Competition in Vienna, Austria, winner of
the 2005 Opera Index Incorporated Vocal Competition
and award winner in the 2005 Marian Anderson Historical
Society Scholars’ Program.
For the Academy of Vocal Arts she
portrayed the role of Musetta in La Bohème,
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Anna in Le
Villi.
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