"Cinderella - christmas at the castle"

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Praised for her "beautifully ruby-throated quality" (Classical Voice North Carolina) and her "pointed wit and sparkling tone wielded with comedic potency" (Voix des Arts), Minnesota native Victoria Erickson is a uniquely promising and vibrant soprano. Recent roles include Nella in Gianni Schicchi (Hometown Opera), Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Off-Brand Opera), Quinn in Alice Tierney (Opera Reading Project), and Juliette in the world premiere of The Eleanors (Savannah VOICE Festival.) As a champion of new works, Erickson sang the title role in the world premiere of The Miller’s Daughter, a new opera reframing Schubert’s classic Die schöne Müllerin (Iowa State University, Opera Athena). 

Selected performances include the title role in the world premiere of Harmony (Seagle Festival), Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites (Saltworks Opera), Liù in Turandot (North Carolina Summer Opera), Alice Ford in Falstaff and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (UNCG Opera Theatre), Hedy LaRue in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Rapunzel in Into the Woods (College Light Opera Company). She also toured Madagascar and France as a featured artist with Really Spicy Opera.

In addition to her stage capabilities, Ms. Erickson received a Respekt und Wertschätzung Grant from the DAAD-Stiftung to perform and research as a Visiting Fellow at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany, after which she served as an artist-in-residence in the collaboration between the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and Really Spicy Opera. For more information, visit victoriaericksonsoprano.com. 

 Charles Fraser* (King) has been a theatre artist in Minnesota for over thirty years. His work with Frosted Glass Creative includes The Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as their interactive murder mysteries Murder at the Vineyard, The Wineglass Murders, and The Barstool Murders. He has acted with the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theatre, History Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Yellow Tree Theatre, Zephyr Theatre, Saint Croix Valley Opera, Rochester Civic Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Mixed Blood Theatre, Jon Hassler Theatre, Actors Theatre of Minnesota, Minnesota Shakespeare Project, Playwrights’ Center, and Illusion Theatre, among others. Outside of Minnesota, he has worked as an actor with Door Shakespeare in Wisconsin, New Stage Theatre in Mississippi, Lincoln Amphitheatre in Indiana, and aboard Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Magic sailing the Bahamas. He has appeared in a variety of commercials and small films, including Hinkleton, Pull, and The Completely Remarkable, Utterly Fabulous Transformation of a Regular Joe. 

Soprano Amy Wolf is a versatile artist celebrated for her dramatic edge and a voice hailed as “alluring, whimsical, seductive,” with notable presence and color

. Her career spans appearances with companies like Minnesota Opera, Theatre Latté Da, Journey North Opera, An Opera Theatre, Out of the Box Opera, Raison d’Etre Opera, Duluth Festival Opera, Opera on the James and Utah Opera (as a Resident Artist). 

Performing roles such as Musetta in La Bohème, Donna Elvira and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Ma Zegner in the Minnesota debut of Proving Up, and Female Chorus in Lucretia. 

www.amywolfsoprano.com

  Chad Bracewell has been in several live theater productions. His most recent being, The Sound of Music, Much Ado About Nothing, Mary Poppins, School of Rock, Mama Mia, and Guys and Dolls. Born in Ontario, Canada, he moved to Stillwater, MN from California in 2014. Chad’s favorite part of performing is making friends and improving his acting abilities. He was asked to be in a Healthy Boundaries series for Special Olympics: https://youtu.be/XZqSJawKCTc?si=T40i-qnTvvMC8n6e. In his spare time, he loves to play the drums, listen to music, rock out on his front porch (while playing air guitar), and decorate his house for Halloween (https://youtu.be/icMOkC5cEUw?si=ULotgmKYgMQUYJ9j) and Christmas. He also enjoys performing and dancing with Curio Dance Studio (https://youtu.be/KmonpSJxnqY?si=NA_abYWuLPEABOb5), being a farmer at 21 Roots Farm (https://youtu.be/qy1cqXEgsAE?si=ClR2NanURRdixMcV&t=91), attending events at The Valley Friendship Club, riding horses at River Valley Riders, working at Walmart and Kowalski’s, selling merch at his brother’s shows, and walking his dogs, Charley and Newman. He has performed with Frosted Glass Creative, The Zephyr Theatre, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre, California Arts Academy, and most recently he was in the film “Bobby’s Intermission” with Justin Films.