Do YOU know Ja-Naé

Ja-Naé Duane, mezzo-soprano, most recently was praised by The Boston Herald for her portrayal of Regina Giddens in Blitzstein's Regina. "Steely, forceful, Ja-Naé Duane commanded the stage." A natural "go-getter," this Metropolitan Opera Council Audition Regional Semi-Finalist is equally comfortable performing opera, jazz, and musical theater. She has performed in such places as the White House, Mariinsky Theatre, Lincoln Center, Boston's Esplanade, Jordan Hall, Woolsey Hall and the Fleet Center. Ms. Duane's recent engagements include the roles of Rabbi/Henry/Hannah in the U.S. premiere of Angels in America (Opera Boston and Boston Modern Opera Project), Dorces Hoar in The Crucible (Chautauqua Opera), Dowager Duchess in La Vie Parisienne, Ezda in L'Etoile, and Susanna Walcott in The Crucible (Opera Boston), Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto and the Third Lady in The Magic Flute (both with Granite State Opera), Jo in Little Women and the title role in Regina (both with Boston Opera Project), Carmen in La Tragédie de Carmen, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Baba in The Medium, all with the BU Opera Institute. In May 2003, she performed in concert in St. Petersburg, Russia, in collaboration with young artists from the Mariinsky Opera. She was also featured on Joseph Summer's "What a Piece of Work is Man." Ms. Duane has been previously engaged with the Boston Pops, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Boston, Chautauqua Opera, Granite State Opera, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Boston University's Opera Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, BASOTI, Tuesday Music Club and Naxos-London