Tamara Hardesty, soprano, was described by noted New York Times music critic James R. Oestreich as "...a particular joy, singing with a clear, agile soprano and spinning out the coloratura with ease." In addition, Andrew Porter wrote in the New Yorker magazine that Hardesty "...gave pleasure in many gentle, fluent, well-shaped passages."
Hardesty has sung lead operatic roles with such opera companies as Connecticut Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera's Merola program and Western Opera Theater Tours, Lake George Opera in New York, Sarasota Opera in Florida, in New York City with L'Opera Francais de New York, Dicapo Opera, and Bronx Opera, and in Georgia with Peach State Summer Theatre. Roles include Woman in Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim, the title role in Massenet’s Manon, Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, Norina in Don Pasquale, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte, and Adele in Die Fledermaus.
Hardesty made her Kennedy Center debut performing the soprano solo in the Monteverdi Vespers with the Washington Chorus. She recently performed the soprano solo in Handel’s Messiah with the Charleston Symphony in South Carolina. She has also been a featured soloist in oratorios and concerts with the Westchester Oratorio Society in New York, the St. Joseph Symphony in Missouri, the Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestra and the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra in Iowa, and the Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. Hardesty has given numerous recitals in New York City at The National Opera Center Scorca Hall, Steinway Hall, St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery, Klavierhaus, St. Peter's Church, St. Paul's Chapel, and in Boston at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A frequent soloist with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, she has sung the soprano solos in Brahm’s Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mahler's Fourth Symphony, Mozart's "Great" Mass, Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, Haydn's The Creation, and Mozart's "Exsultate, Jubilate”.
Hardesty is featured on a recent album of music by composer Luis Andrei Cobo, called “The Disarrange” which can be found on amazon.com and most streaming platforms. https://www.thedisarrange.com
Tamara Hardesty, soprano, tours the country for masterclasses, recitals, concerts, and operatic performances.
Contact her directly at tamara.hardesty@gmail.com for bookings.
Hardesty has sung lead operatic roles with such opera companies as Connecticut Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera's Merola program and Western Opera Theater Tours, Lake George Opera in New York, Sarasota Opera in Florida, in New York City with L'Opera Francais de New York, Dicapo Opera, and Bronx Opera, and in Georgia with Peach State Summer Theatre. Roles include Woman in Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim, the title role in Massenet’s Manon, Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, Norina in Don Pasquale, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte, and Adele in Die Fledermaus.
Hardesty made her Kennedy Center debut performing the soprano solo in the Monteverdi Vespers with the Washington Chorus. She recently performed the soprano solo in Handel’s Messiah with the Charleston Symphony in South Carolina. She has also been a featured soloist in oratorios and concerts with the Westchester Oratorio Society in New York, the St. Joseph Symphony in Missouri, the Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestra and the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra in Iowa, and the Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. Hardesty has given numerous recitals in New York City at The National Opera Center Scorca Hall, Steinway Hall, St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery, Klavierhaus, St. Peter's Church, St. Paul's Chapel, and in Boston at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A frequent soloist with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, she has sung the soprano solos in Brahm’s Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mahler's Fourth Symphony, Mozart's "Great" Mass, Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, Haydn's The Creation, and Mozart's "Exsultate, Jubilate”.
Hardesty is featured on a recent album of music by composer Luis Andrei Cobo, called “The Disarrange” which can be found on amazon.com and most streaming platforms. https://www.thedisarrange.com
Tamara Hardesty, soprano, tours the country for masterclasses, recitals, concerts, and operatic performances.
Contact her directly at tamara.hardesty@gmail.com for bookings.