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April Crane - Voice Over Demos
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April Crane - Script Writer/Editor, Narrator, Singer (Los Angeles, CA - Munich, Germany)
April Crane has appeared as a featured artist on numerous stages throughout the United States and Europe, including the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Teatro Vagnotti (Cortona, Italy) and Carnegie Hall. Her operatic credits include Blondchen (Die Entfuerung aus dem Serail), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and Norina (Don Pasquale) and she has placed in several natonal singing competitions. Ms. Crane has also appeared on television (A Grand Night for Singing, PBS) and was a featured soloist in a recording (Songs of John Mitchell). She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. |
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Voice description:
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lively, intelligent, confident, smooth, rich |
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Dialects:
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American (New York, Midwest, Southern, Valley Girl), Canadian, British, Irish, German, Italian, French, Russian |
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Experience:
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VOICE OVER & TELEVISION
Treasures of the South Caribbean (Big C Productions)
Songs of John Mitchell (ABM Enterprises)
A Grand Night for Singing (PBS) |
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Performing:
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Leading/supporting roles in opera, musical theatre, and plays in the following venues:
Carnegie Hall, The Ohio Light Opera, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, Opera
Pacific, Orpheus Lyric Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Orange County Performing Arts Center, The Music Center of Los Angeles, Teatrino Vagnotti (Cortona, Italy), Salzburg Mozarteum Theater (Salzburg, Austria) |
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Awards:
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National Finalist Classical Productions Vocal Competition
Second Place FéBland Foundation Young Singers’ Competition
Third Place Henry Holt Young Vocal Artist Competition
National Finalist Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition
Second Place Young Musicians Foundation Scholarship |
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Training:
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Master of Fine Arts, Vocal Emphasis
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
Indiana University
Fluent in German; several years of study in Italian, French, and Spanish
University coursework and extensive additional coaching in English, German, French, Italian, Russian and Latin diction |
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Additional Skills:
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extensively-trained operatic and musical theatre singer |
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