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Cambridge Who's Who Names Marquita Lister Professional of the Year in Performing Arts
Ms. Lister has recorded George Gershwin's "Blue Monday" and excerpts from "Porgy and Bess" for Telarc Records with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops
WASHINGTON, DC, September 28, 2010 /Art and Artists PR News/ -- Marquita Lister, Opera Singer, has been named Cambridge Who's Who Professional of the Year in Performing Arts. While inclusion in the Cambridge Who's Who Registry is an honor, only a small selection of members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, years of service, and the credentials they have provided in association with their Cambridge Who's Who membership.
Renowned for her poignancy, precision and intelligence, critically-acclaimed opera singer Marquita Lister is proud to follow in the footsteps of her girlhood idol, African-American soprano Leontyne Price. Over the course of a colorful 22-year career, Ms. Lister has filled venues all over the world, performing alongside the likes of Placido Domingo, Justino Diaz, Frederica Von Stade, Simon Estes and Sherrill Milnes. She sings an impressive repertoire that includes masterpieces by Verdi, Puccini and Strauss, but is still best remembered for her interpretation of Bess in the New York City Opera's Emmy-nominated production of "Porgy and Bess," which earned her the NYCO Diva Award in 2002.
A successful recording artist, Ms. Lister has recorded George Gershwin's "Blue Monday" and excerpts from "Porgy and Bess" for Telarc Records with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, "Where the Sunsets Bleed: The Chamber Music of Edward Knight" for Albany Records, and the critical smash "Porgy and Bess" album on the Decca label, hailed by Opera News as one of the best recordings of 2006. She has also appeared in several television broadcast productions, including "An Evening at Pops: Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops" and "Live from Lincoln Center," both on PBS, and "A Christmas Celebration: Dallas Symphony Orchestra" on KXAS-TV. Widely respected in the music industry, Ms. Lister has been invited to lend her talents to a number of major opera companies, most notably the San Francisco Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Montreal Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, La Scala, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsstheater Stuttgart, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Bastille Paris, and the Michigan Opera Theater.
Ms. Lister holds a master's degree in music from Oklahoma City University and a bachelor of arts in music from the New England Conservatory of Music. She also completed training at the prestigious Houston Opera Studio. She currently serves as a spokesperson for the Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation and maintains active affiliation with Sigma Alpha Iota. In addition to her Diva Award, Ms. Lister was honored with the Artist of the Year Award by the Pittsburgh Opera and with the Outstanding Service to the Arts Award and the Legend to Legend Award, both by The Links, Incorporated.
For more information about Marquita Lister, log on to her website at http://www.marquitalister.com.
About Cambridge Who's Who
With over 400,000 members representing every major industry, Cambridge Who's Who is a powerful networking resource that enables professionals to outshine their competition, in part through effective branding and marketing. Cambridge Who's Who employs similar public relations techniques to those utilized by Fortune 500 companies and makes them cost-effective for members who seek to take advantage of its career enhancement and business advancement services. Cambridge is pleased to welcome its new Executive Director of Global Branding and Networking, Donald Trump Jr., who is eager to share his extensive experience in this arena with members.
Cambridge Who's Who membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively. In addition to publishing biographies in print and electronic form, it offers an online networking platform where members can establish new professional relationships.
Headquartered in Long Island's premier office building, RXR Plaza, the Cambridge Who's Who staff spans more than 10 departments and comprises a team of nearly 200 highly skilled and dedicated employees. Together they work to provide members with the recognition and exposure needed to further their careers, expand their businesses and network effectively in an economy where referrals are more important than ever.
For more information, please visit http://www.cambridgeregistry.com.
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