DianaBriscoe Opera Singer from Los Angeles, CA

Diana Briscoe is a Los Angeles based soprano of operatic caliber who also crosses over into musical theater, rock, and pop. She had performed and recorded in all genres and is trained in theater as well as improv. Diana Briscoe Biography Diana Briscoe performed as,"The Voice" in the world premiere of George Herm's," The Artist's Life", a free jazz opera at Roy and Edna Disney Hall's Theatre at The Music Center.Other new work includes performing Michael Shapiro's "HMS Headwind" and performing staged readings readings of Peter Wing Healey's" The Blur,or how to marry a billionaire" and "Aesopera" By Jonathan Price. Other roles include Musetta with Los Angeles Met Opera's debut performance of" La Boheme","Briscoe pulled out all the stops, playing Musetta as the sexy provocateur who drives Marcello to fits. Her soprano was up to the demands of this character role." as stated by critic Libby Montika . In 2009/2010 she also performed Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata and Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte with LAMET, the "Vixen Chanteuse" for Kirk Smith's musical review," Standard Men" at the Sierra Madre playhouse and The Raven Playhouse in North Hollywood. She premiered the role of the Mother Goddess Bridget in Mellissa Brown and Mary Webber's play," Enchanted Winster Solstice" at the Actors Forum Theatre, the roles of Queen Cassandra in Jonathan Price's new chamber opera," The Queen and the Dragon", part of the NOHO Mini Musical Festival this past summer, as well as premiering the role of Della in Mr. Price's world premier of his new opera, 'The Gift of the Magi"i. She has performed with Opera Pasadena, Southern California Lyric Theatre, Opera of the Foothills, Repertory Opera, Celestial Opera, and Intimate Opera Company in opera and concert .Ms.Briscoe has also performed the roles of Victorian School Teacher and Opera Singer in, "This is not a Pipe Dream" at Barnsdall Art Park's Shakespeare in the Park series and performed improv with G City's Improv Theatre at Theatre West.