Draft:Brooke deRosa

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Brooke deRosa is an American composer, conductor, vocalist and filmmaker.

DeRosa was born in New York, and graduated from Washington and Lee University with a double major in music and theater, with an emphasis on vocal performance .[1]

Her first opera, “The Monkey’s Paw” premiered in 2017 in Los Angeles with Pacific Opera Project.[2]. [3][4]

In 2018 she orchestrated and conducted Rossini’s opera “La Gazzetta” for Pacific Opera Project. The production included her re-creation of the opera's “missing quintet."[5][6][7]

Her 2019 operetta “Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon”, a musical comedy set in the old Wild West, premiered in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. “Gunfight” garnered three awards: “Pick of the Fringe”, “The Encore Producer’s Award” and “The John Raitt Award for Best Music and Lyrics.”[8][9]

Her opera "Alice in Wonderland" premiered in April of 2024 at The Ebell of Los Angeles.[10][11]

DeRosa has conducted on TV’s “Scandal”, the scores for “Luke Cage” ,“Queens”, “Run This Town”, “Maggie Simpson’s Playdate With Destiny”, and albums for Amazon Music, Linear Labs, and Snoop Dogg.[12] [13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brooke DeRosa '97 - Trinity Prep". 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "About".
  3. ^ "Pacific Opera Project's the Monkey's Paw and the Medium Review – – Spooky and Oddball Halloween Treats – Splash Magazines".
  4. ^ "Pacific Opera Project 2017-18 - the Monkey's Paw & the Medium: Double Bill Enchants & Sets Perfect Halloween Mood". 31 October 2017.
  5. ^ "About".
  6. ^ "POPeracast: 0005: Brooke deRosa, la gazzetta conductor and orchestrator".
  7. ^ "Extra! Breaking News Adds Fizz to Rare Rossini Opus | Classical Voice North America". 2 July 2018.
  8. ^ https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5852
  9. ^ "Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon". 7 June 2023.
  10. ^ https://larchmontbuzz.com/larchmont-village-news/theater-review-alice-in-wonderland/
  11. ^ "ALICE IN WONDERLAND to Premiere at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in April".
  12. ^ "About".
  13. ^ "Brooke deRosa | Composer, Music Department, Writer". IMDb.