Lori L'Italien
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I believe in working towards a flexible, body-centered technique that allows for full expression and highlights each student’s strengths and personality. A healthy technique should be sustainable and should allow for versatility throughout styles.
Lori L’Italien joined the Conservatory in 2017 and is an assistant professor of voice and vocal pedagogy. She specializes in musical theater and pop/rock styles, and working with singers to develop a versatile, flexible, and healthy technique that allows for freedom of expression and storytelling throughout a broad range of musical styles.
As an educator, L’Italien has served as an instructor and administrator for the Metropolitan Opera Guild in their Boston Urban Voices Program and for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. She is the former program director of performing arts at Lasell University, where she directed the theater productions and the choir; taught voice, music theory, acting for the stage, and musical theater history; and helped oversee the creation of a performing arts minor.
A versatile and in-demand performer, L’Italien has been seen on both opera and musical theater stages across Boston and New England. Recent highlights include Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with Lyric Stage Company; Magenta in Rocky Horror Show (Moonbox); Lisa in A New Brain (Moonbox); Acid Queen in Tommy (Maine State Music Theatre); Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Reagle Music Theatre), earning nominations for both an ARTS IMPULSE Award (Best Actress in a Musical) and an IRNE Award (Best Supporting Actress in a Musical); Lucille Frank in Parade (FUDGE), which earned her an IRNE award; Gabby/Bobbi in City of Angels (FUDGE); Sally Bowles in Cabaret; and Betty Haynes in White Christmas. L’Italien also can be seen as a frequent soloist with the Firebird Pops Orchestra.
L’Italien holds an MFA in musical theater from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, an MM in opera performance from Longy School of Music at Bard College, and an MEd in vocal music education from the University of Maine.