Voice Master Class with Marlissa Hudson

Duke alumna Marlissa Hudson, described as a "superb lyric coloratura" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), made her professional debut while a student, performing "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess with the Baltimore Symphony Pops Orchestra under the baton of Marvin Hamlisch. She later performed the entire role of Bess with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. Her other acclaimed role is Zerbinetta in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, which she performed with The Summer Opera Theatre Company (DC). As a concert soloist, Ms. Hudson has collaborated with such esteemed organizations as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Pops Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Choralis, St. Louis Civic Orchestra, and the Prince George's Philharmonic. She received her formal training at Duke University, where she studied with Susan Dunn, and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.