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Faculty at Hubbard Hall Opera Theater
August 5 – 11, 2012
Aliana participates as faculty at the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater summer training program teaching a week long series of movement workshops.
“One of the most meaningful classes I’ve taken in my career thus far was given by Aliana de la Guardia. She reminded us that performing is all about energy, focus, and communication.”
(Amy Shakes, Soprano)
“Thank you for working with all of us. You gave so much information and the material made such a deep impression having applied the tools immediately in action. (Abigail Seaman, soprano)
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National Opera Association Annual Conference
January 5-8, 2012
Aliana travels to Memphis as an emissary from Guerilla Opera to present “Ensemble Opera: Making Your Own Opportunities”. In this talk she will expand on the following sentiments:
“Guerilla Opera is ensemble theater and chamber music combined. We create an environment of collective creativity where we hold each other, as well as ourselves, to the highest standards of artistry, and we help and push each other to reach our individual and collective goals. We are a team of captains – each of us accomplished individuals – and when we come together you get all-star perfomances. Each time you see a Guerilla Opera performance you see a a small portion of a distinct body of work that embodies our team values.”
Click here to learn more about Guerilla Opera.
Click herefor more information on the NOA Annual Convention in Memphis, TN.
Follow Aliana at the convention on Twitter with hash tag #NOAMemphis.
TV Debut on ABC’s Body of Proof
October 5, 2011
On October 4th, 2011, Aliana de la Guardia made her television debut on ABC’s Body of Proof. In the episode, entitled “Missing,” a young nanny is run down by a car and killed.
A slide show of pictures from her TV debut!
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De la Guardia Records Palin/Biden Opera
June 2011
This week Aliana de la Guardia travels to on site to NH for a week long retreat to professionally record “Say It Ain’t So, Joe,” Curtis K. Hughes’s political opera based on text from public record of the 2008 Palin/Biden Vice-Presidential debate. The opera received international attention in 2009 for its portrayal of prominent political figures such as Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton, Diane Sawyer, Sarah Palin, and even Joe “the plumber.” De la Guardia will be rejoining cast and ensemble members from the 2009 world premiere production, Jennifer Ashe, Amanda Keil, Brian Church, Kent O’Doherty, Mike Williams, and Rane Moore. More information regarding the official CD release will be made available later in the year.
Follow the rehearsal and recording process on Twitter with hash tag, #SayItAintSoJoe.