Rebecca Wascoe, Soprano

Biography

Native Texan Rebecca Wascoe, known for her commanding stage presence and critically acclaimed as “vocally resplendent,” she brings a dramatic intensity to each role she takes on.   Some roles performed include Agathe in Der Freischütz, Fiordiligi in Cosí fan tutte, First Lady in The Magic Flute, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Ann Putnam in The Crucible, Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites.  Her solo repertoire includes major works by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Verdi and Brahms, amongst others. 

Ms. Wascoe has been a winner of the Gerda Lissner Foundation Awards, and has placed in the Sigma Alpha Iota Graduate Performance Awards. She is a recipient of the Sigma Alpha Iota Doctoral Grant, and continues to present recitals throughout the United States. Current projects include a CD of sacred music by Mississippi composer, Len Bobo available through APAD Recordings, and a commissioned song cycle based upon the life of Mary Magdalene by American composer, Libby Larsen, which is scheduled to be premiered in the spring of 2012.     

Ms. Wascoe’s vocal training began with her Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Texas in Arlington. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas, where she studied with Lynn Eustis, Harold Heiberg, and Jeannine Crader. Her Doctorate in Vocal Performance and Literature was attained from the University of Illinois in 2008, where she studied with Sylvia Stone, Jeffrey Peterson, Julie Gunn and Thomas Schleis. Dr. Wascoe continues her vocal studies with John Wustman and Inci Bashar.  She is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at Mississippi State University.