Valerie Yova
Soprano
New England Regional First Place Winner 1981
National Council Winner 1981

Valerie Yova, soprano, is a national winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Auditions, as well as a finalist of the Loren Zachary Society Auditions and the Friedrich Schorr Competition. She toured with New York City Opera, OperaWorks of Texas and Pittsburgh Opera Theatre. Ms. Yova received the Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory, where she studied opera with John Moriarty. She has subsequently studied opera and art song repertoire with such distinguished mentors as Martial Singher, Martin Katz, George Shirley, Gwendolyn Kodolfsky, and Joan Dornemann.

A favorite of Michigan audiences, Ms. Yova has performed with Michigan Opera Theatre and the University Musical Society Choral Union as well as the Dearborn, Birmingham-Bloomfield, Plymouth, Livonia, and Grosse Pointe Symphonies in a wide variety of repertoire including Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart's Solemn Vespers and Mass in C minor, the Brahms Requiem, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, along with pops and opera highlights programs. Performances during the 1998-99 season have included Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Handel's Messiah with the Fort Street Chamber Orchestra and Chorale in Detroit, Orff's Carmina Burana with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra, an Opera Gala with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Irina Mishura, and as guest recitalist for the St. Mary's on the Lake Concert Series.

Ms. Yova has been a member of the Detroit-based Lyric Chamber Ensemble since 1990. Teamed with members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, she has performed in everything from song recitals and chamber music to opera, operetta, and pops repertoire.

Valerie Yova's rich, lyric soprano timbre can express the pathos of a Puccini heroine or move like quicksilver in Handel's Messiah. This versatility combined with a engaging stage personality make her equally suitable for opera, oratorio, chamber music, and pops repertoire.

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