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Reviews
for Maine Grand Opera´s Die Fledermaus:
Although
the entire company was warmly applauded at the end, the audience favorites
were (rightly) Devin Dukes as the flirtatious maid Adele, and Thomas Mark
Fallon´s amazing counter tenor performance as Orlofsky - Alicia Anstead
/Bangor Daily News
Devin
Dukes, as the aspiring housemaid gave a strong, consistent performance
in good voice throughout and had a strong stage presence both as a bouncy
maid and, in disguise, as a lady of the upper class. She is a talented
actress and fine singer and clearly has the stage presence, voice, youth
and energy to do more. - Paul Joseph Walkowski /OperaOnline.us
| Devin
has performed a number of principal roles with companies on both coasts
of the United States. With West Bay Opera in Palo Alto, CA,
she sang the part of Alice in Le Comte Ory in 1993, and Annina in
La Traviata in 1994. Two years later she appeared as Lisa in Countess
Maritza with Euro-Operetta. Also in New York at Opera Nova, she sang
Gretel in Hansel and Gretel in 1997; and in 1998 Marie in La Fille
du Regiment and the title role in Cendrillon. Performances with New
York´s Amato Opera include Adele in Die Fledermaus in 1999 and
Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro in 2000. That same year Devin sang the
part of Violet in Violet GW/Eraclea with Opera Nova, Najade in Ariadne
auf Naxos with dell´Arte Opera Ensemble and Musetta in La Bohème
with Amato Opera. Other roles at Amato include Zerlina in Don Giovanni
and Nannetta in Falstaff in 2001, Yum Yum in The Mikado in 2002, and
Despina in Così fan tutte in 2003. 2004 saw her in the Gilbert
& Sullivan Victorian Valentine with Actors´ Opera and in
the Maine Grand Opera Summer Series. Most recent appearances include
Musetta in La Bohème with Longwood Opera and Adele in Die Fledermaus
with Maine Grand Opera. Devin is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
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