Singing with solange S.

Solange Sior, soprano Founder and Artistic Director of “Soirée Lyrique NFP”, Ms. Sior is a former winner of the Canadian Music Competition and winner of the National Bel Canto Competition, as well as finalist of The Metropolitan Opera National Council. Ms. Sior has performed with many organizations in the Midwest and in Canada, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florentine Opera Company, Light Opera Works, Lincoln Opera, Chamber Opera Chicago, Chicago Concertante, New Music Chicago, New Millennium Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Choral Union, and Youth and Music Canada. At the prestigious Shaker Mountain Music Festival she performed 3 years in a row and sang the lead roles of Marguerite (highly acclaimed!), Suor Angelica, and Manon. She sang Mimi in La Bohème at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy. She has also performed the roles of Madama Butterfly, Violetta, Musetta, Pamina, Fiordiligi, Monica, and the title role in Rose-Marie and The Incomplete Education by Chabrier. Last season, Solange served as Stage Director and producer for Soirée Lyrique’s productions of Die Fledermaus and Tosca, as well as singing the lead role of Rosalinda. She is the recipient of the 2014 Margaret Hillis Award for the Arts and received Elgin’s 2010 Image Award for her ten years of accomplishments as the Artistic Director of Elgin OPERA.