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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 On 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!
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE

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.

Latest Reviews

…de la Guardia was stellar. Her natural sound is lovely, as clear and powerful as grain alcohol. In addition, her control of “in the margin” techniques is super—Sprechstimme, inhaled singing, dramatic recitation, extremes of range and volume, articulation of tiny shards of words, and (since this a work for amplified singer and instruments) expert microphone control. She also put some splash into the performance, providing some gentle hip sway in the Dylan and Amon Düül settings that added much-needed irony, and for a minute or so pacing the stage with her mic, freed from the score.

(DW-16 Songbook 1 at The Boston Conservatory New Music Festival – The Arts Fuse – December 2011)

This concert was fine testimony to the excellence of young professional performers who work seriously at some of the toughest music there is, and with conspicuous success.

(Ludovico Ensemble Schoenberg Concert – The Boston Musical Intelligencer – November 2011)

A role [Heart of a Dog] that demands a lot of acting… Guardia plays it up well, and rather perversely, while attached to a simple Bunraku dog puppet for most of the show.

(Boston Lowbrow – September 2010)

De la Guardia’s work in new opera is proof of the genre’s viable potential as entertainment. By working directly with composers, she is a part of the creative process of inventing new styles and techniques for singing. Her contemporary music projects are able to connect young audiences with music about the cultural fascinations of our times.

(Operagasm, March 2010)