Cynthia Haymon
soprano

Performance Dates
January 11 8:00 PM
BEETHOVEN: "Ode to Joy", Symphony No.9 Finale

Cynthia Haymon made her debut in 1985 in the title role of Thea Musgrave’s Harriet: A Woman Called Moses, in the world-premiere performance for the Virginia Opera.  Since then, her career has taken her around the United States to engagements with the San Francisco Opera and the Seattle Opera.  In 1986 she made her European debut as Bess in Trevor Nunn’s production of Porgy and Bess at Glyndebourne, with Sir Simon Rattle.  Professor Haymon also created the role of Coretta King in the musical King, opposite Simon Estes in London’s West End.  In concert, Professor Haymon has appeared with the Israel Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, the London Symphony Orchestra under both Myung-Whun Chung and Michael Tilson Thomas, and the Cleveland Orchestra under Isaiah Jackson.  She has perfomed in the world premieres of Portraits by Richard Danielpour, with Yo-Yo Ma and Emmanuel Ax; and John Williams’ first song cycle, Seven for Luck.

Updated: 11/3/06