Frances Barrows

Frannie Barrows is a soprano from Rockport, Maine. She received her MM in Vocal Performance at the University of Arizona, and received her BM in Vocal Performance at the same institution under the tutelage of Dr. Kristin Dauphinais. With the University of Arizona Opera Theater Frannie has performed in productions of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel), the American premiere of Elena Langer’s Rhondda Rips it Up! (Sybil), Massenet’s Cendrillon (Noemie), Daniel Catan’s La Hija de Rappaccini (Flower/Beatriz cover), and more under the baton of Thomas Cockrell, Kristin Roach, and Michael Dauphinais. She has also performed in multiple scenes programs in scenes from operas such as Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze), Der Schauspieldirektor (Mme. Herz), Susannah (Susannah), Faust (Marguerite), La Boheme (Mimi), Lakmé (Lakmé), The Crucible (Abigail), and Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna). Frannie has also appeared in various events including The Tucson Desert Song Festival and as a soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass. In 2019 Frannie placed 2nd in the Amelia Rieman competition and in 2018 she placed 2nd in the Opera Guild of Southern Arizona's annual Quest for the Best competition. In July 2019 Frannie trained at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar and performed as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte. In the summer of 2018, Frannie sang with Chicago Summer Opera as the Third Knitter in Samuel Barab's A Game of Chance and in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte as First Spirit and Queen of the Night (cover). During the summer of 2017, Frannie trained in Salzburg, Austria, at the University of Miami Frost School of Music in Salzburg program. She performed in multiple concerts including a flash mob as part of the annual Salzburg Festival.Frannie currently lives in Tucson, AZ.

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