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Gloria Marinacci Allen
Former Opera, Concert, and Musical Theatre singing actress Gloria Marinacci Allen has performed in 40 major and 18 minor operatic and musical theatre roles throughout the United States and abroad; sharing the stage with such luminaries as Beverly Sills, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sheryl Milnes, Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker and others. She has appeared in concert as the “warm up” act for the late Jack Benny and Danny Kaye. On an international level, she performed numerous concerts throughout Europe, the Mid-East, the Far-East and Great Britain, making repeated command performances before the Queen of Thailand, and the late Princess Grace and Prince Ranier of Monaco. Ms. Allen’s passion for the works of Stephen Sondheim brought her back to stage in 1989 for “FOLLIES” in LA and San Diego. Subsequently she did roles in ”NUNSENSE”, “BIG RIVER”, “PHANTOM” and “ME and MY GIRL.” Gloria Allen’s greatest thrill was achieved when she was given the opportunity to portray a woman she had admired since her college days— Maria Callas – in Terrence McNally’s “MASTER CLASS. She has been a large-scale events planner and in 2001 was Director of Ceremonies and Special events for the Special Olympics World Winter Games, repeating that role for the World Summer Wheel Chair Games in 2006. During her singing career, Ms. Allen became interested in opera education and was involved in the development of several programs for Seattle Opera, Portland Opera and Anchorage Opera. She is currently producing school and community outreach programs to make the joy of opera more easily understood by youngsters and by adults alike. Ms. Allen is presently Artistic Director of Opera Las Vegas.
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