Lisa Vroman is an American

United States

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 lyric soprano and stage actress. She graduated from South Jefferson Central School in New York State in 1975, the Crane School of Music

Crane School of Music

The Crane School of Music is located in Potsdam, New York, and is one of three schools which make up the State University of New York at Potsdam....

 at SUNY Potsdam in 1979, and she did her graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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She made her debut on Broadway in 1990 in the Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

 musical Aspects of Love

Aspects of Love

Aspects of Love is a musical/chamber opera with a book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is famous for the song "Love Changes Everything."...

, yet she is most well known for playing the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...

for two years in New York

New York

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 and five years in San Francisco. She also appeared in a concert version of Sweeney Todd (as Johanna) in San Francisco.

Ms. Vroman is a frequent guest soloist with orchestras. She recently made her debut with the New York Festival of Song and the New York City Opera

New York City Opera

The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in New York City.The company, called "the people's opera" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943 with the aim of making opera financially accessible to a wide audience, producing an innovative choice of repertory, and...

, in the latter starring as Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella

The Most Happy Fella

The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The story, about a romance between an older man and younger woman, is based on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard...

. In the summer of 2006 she sang the role of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences...

at Utah Opera. In the summer of 2008 she will star as Lili Vanessi/Kate in Glimmerglass Opera's production of Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.Kiss...

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Ms. Vroman makes her home in Pasadena, California.

External links

• Official site