West Bay Opera

Barbara Grimm Sloss

Mezzo-soprano Barbara Grimm Sloss has appeared in more than 20 productions with West Bay Opera. Earlier this season she appeared as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Other West Bay Opera roles include Zulma in The Italian Girl in Algiers, Inez in Il trovatore, and the Second Lady in The Magic Flute. She also performed the role of the Third Lady in West Bay Opera's 40-minute Magic Flute for schools, and participated as soloist in the Sunlight Series performance PDQ Bach and Others. Other productions include Candide, Carmen, and The Marriage of Figaro. She has sung with Masterworks Chorale, Peninsula Master Chorale, and Stockton Opera. In addition to her musical activities she served as narrator for a Fremont Symphony performance of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. Ms. Sloss holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Conservatory of the University of the Pacific.


20 May 2000

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