Tamara Bevard, soprano

Seasons with Chorale: Rookie year

Hometown: Chicago

Previous engagements:  8 seasons as a professional singer with the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Opera roles: Micaëla/Frasquita in Carmen, Sylviane in The Merry Widow, La Contessa di Ceprano in Rigoletto, First Sprite in The Magic Flute

Guest artist and solo appearances: Santa Barbara Symphony, Illinois Chamber Symphony, Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recent appearances: This summer Ms. Bevard performed Haydn's Theresienmesse in Rome and Florence with Nova Amadeus Orchestra and in Munich with the Seuddeutsche Kammer Philharmonie.