School of Music Faculty
Dina Barone
Part-Time Faculty, Voice
Adjunct Professor and contralto, Dina Barone, is a professional musician, performer & educator who has vast experience in Concert, Opera and Music Theatre. She has a Bachelor of Music in voice performance, a Bachelor of Music Literature both from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music in Opera – Voice from the Hartt School of Music, extensive post-graduate studies in New York City as a private student and associate teacher of internationally renowned, master teacher, David Jones.
As a faculty member of the Grammy Award Winning Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, FL, for five years, many of her students were accepted into music and theatre programs at various colleges and universities & many received talent scholarships & won competitions such as The Grady Rayam Prize in Vocal Performance.
Her professional students have performed at such venues as the prestigious internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera in New York City, The Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C, on Broadway and with regional opera and theatre companies throughout the United States.
Highlights from her professional singing career include performances at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, The Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, NY & Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NY as well as tours throughout North America, South America and Europe. Opera roles include Carmen & Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen, Rosina in Rossini’s, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Cherubino & Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Bradamante, in Handel’s Alcina, Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflȍte, Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff & Prince Orlofsky in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus.
Music Theatre & Operetta roles include Pitty Sing in The Mikado, Casilda in The Gondoliers, Iolanthe in Iolanthe, Maria von Trappe in The Sound of Music, Julie Jordon in Carousel, Laurie & Ado Anni in Oklahoma, Marion in The Music Man, Grace in Annie, Ms. Potts in Beauty and the Beast and Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife in Menopause the Musical. Concert/Oratorio solo performances include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity, Mozart’s Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria and various Bach Cantatas.
Locally, she has performed Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Sally in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge as part of The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series, Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with First Coast Opera, Dr Faulk, a gender bender role in Die Fledermaus with the 九色视频’s Opera Theater & Contralto Classics a recital of music written for the rare contralto voice at Jacksonville University & 九色视频.
Professor Barone is a member of Actors Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Vocal Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Contact: (904) 620-2961 | d.barone@unf.edu