Listen to The Girls from the Burbs podcast on 1/25/2022, and listen to the quirky Colleen Marcello-Brecker!!
Colleen Marcello is a frequent Western New York soloist. Ms. Marcello's recent performance of Wagner's "Träume" with the Buffalo Chamber Players was described as "marvelous" by the Buffalo News. Ms. Brecker "won the audience over" (Buffalo News) as Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ in Opera Sacra's production of The Dialogues of the Carmelites. Past appearances with Opera Sacra include Maria Stuarda (Elisabetta), Riders to the Sea (Nora), and the title role of Suor Angelica. In demand on the concert stage, Ms. Marcello was the featured soprano soloist for the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus performance of Handel’s Messiah and the soprano soloist with the Vocalis Chamber Choir’s performance of the Nelson Mass. Ms. Marcello has been a featured soloist under the baton of Robert Franz (“Maria” in West Side Story) and Marvin Hamlisch with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
In addition to performing locally, Ms. Marcello performed in Off- Broadway musical theater and professional opera productions in New York City and New Jersey. Her favorite roles include: “Gretel” (Hansel and Gretel), “Margie Frake” (State Fair), “Peggy Sawyer “(42nd Street), “Tuptim “(King and I), and “Hodel” (Fiddler on the Roof).
Ms. Marcello received her Master of Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College. When Ms. Marcello is not singing for Western New York audiences she is running her family's childcare business and enjoying time with her husband, Jeff and her daughter, Madeline.
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