Described as “sunny”, “supple” and “soaring,” Carley DeFranco gives meaningful performances in Boston and beyond. Carley’s favorite performances include a ‘Concert in the Courtyard’ with Boston Lyric Opera at the Boston Public Library, a fully staged Les Illuminations (Britten) with Emmanuel Music and Urbanity Dance choreographed by Shura Baryshnikov, singing and dancing onstage as a siren with Boston Ballet and Lorelei Ensemble in La Mer, the premiere of Lost Birds by Christopher Tin with VOCES 8, and a site-specific staging of Frauenliebe und Leben with Boston Opera Collaborative. More recent and upcoming performances include Mass in B Minor with Jos van Veldhoven (Oregon Bach Festival), Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mahler 4 (Symphony NH), La Bonne Chanson (Emmanuel Music), Handel Messiah (Worcester Chorus), Beethoven’s 9th (Lexington Symphony), St. Matthew Passion (Emmanuel Music), Rossini’s Giunone (Back Bay Chorale), Mozart Requiem (Falmouth Chorale), Respighi Il tramonto (Monadnock Music), selections from the Bolivian Mission baroque (Sarasa Ensemble), and her German debut at Bachfest Leipzig with Emmanuel Music. Carley is the founder of DeFranco Music LLC, which partners with local schools to offer in-school music lessons. She is a voice Instructor in Harvard University’s Holden Voice Program and offers private lessons (in-person or online) from her home studio.

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