SHEILA WORMER sings "IO SONO L'UMILE ANCELLA" by Francesco Cilea from ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR

Broadway musical and Opera diva Sheila Wormer sings the aria "Io Sono L'umile Ancella" by Francesco Clia, from his opera "Adriana Lecouvreur" in this exerpt from her acclaimed one woman show, "I Feng Shui-ed My Suitcase: a life in song", which Variety summed up as "A touch of class without a flaw!" Adrienne Lecouvreur was the greatest French tragedienne of the early eighteenth century. In this aria, Adrienne explains to guests at gathered at a party in her honor that she considers herself to be merely a channel through which the genius writers of her day may express themselves. Sheila Wormer has performed over 50 roles in opera, operetta, musicals, and plays, including: Butterfly ["Madama Butterflly"], Mimi & Musetta ["La Boheme"], Tosca ["Tosca"], Nedda ["Pagliacci"], Kathie ["The Student Prince'}, Magnolia ["Show Boat"], Lizzie ["110 in the Shade"]. She has appeared with such companies as Cleveland Opera, Columbia Artists National Tours, Salzburg Music Festival, Seattle Symphony, M&M American Dance Theatre, Aspen Music Festival, Tampa Bay Opera, and Festa Italiana, and starred in La Stella Productions' 6 year International tour of "Salute to Mario Lanza" which received 2 1997 Hollywood Pillon Awards, Best Show of the Year and, with tenor Tomas Chambers, Best Vocal duo of the year. Films include starring as Miss Fish in the Independent release "Every Vote Counts" which received First Prize in the 2004 Philadelphia Film Festival and First Prize in The Monte Carlo Festival (Satilite Division) that same year. Sheila is also a featured soloist on the film soundtrack for "Every Vote Counts", and can also be heard on numerous musical theatre and opera recordings.

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@brn2pr4m

Dear brn2pr4m,

Thank you or watching and for your kind and encouraging response.

Sheila