Photos
LeMoyne Owen College Concert Choir
Professor Clyde Battles’ Homegoing
Etude Club Music Concert honoring Dr. Sharon Momany
Opera Conductor, Dominic Wheeler, soprano, Paula Newberry Orpheus in the Underworld, Berlin Opera Academy, 2023
Hope Church Choir Concert
Elaine Harris and Paula Newberry
Memphis Black Arts Alliance with Memphis – Sunset Symphony
Lar’Juanette Williams, Executive Director
Spirit Moving Spirituals CD Cover
Paula Newberry, Soprano
Marian Anderson Historical Society
Marian Anderson Vocal Scholarship Recipients
Porgy and Bess, Baritone, Kenneth Overton and his mother and Paula Newberry, Soprano
Cousin, Roderick Bell, tenor and Paula Newberry, Soprano
Berlin Opera Academy Staff and Paula
Cast of Orpheus in the Underworld Berlin Opera Academy, 2023
Die Zauberflöte-The Magic Flute
Goddess Costume, Orpheus in the Underworld
Treemonisha, Me & Police Officer-sized
Treemonisha, Rod&Mesized
Messiah Concert
Ray Newberry, husband Paula Newberry, Soprano
Paula with Vocal Teacher & Coach -Berlin Opera Academy-sized
“A Night at the Opera” Concert
Germantown Performing Arts Center Ray and Paula Newberry Kevin Gray, Pianist
New Sardis Baptist Church-All White Concert
Paula Newberry, Soprano (Honoree Artist)
Memphis Black arts Alliance
Sunset Symphony Concert
George Frideric Handel’s-Messiah Oratorio
With supportive friends Jasmine Wiley and Maricela Bush
Marian Anderson Historical Society Competition
Marian Anderson Historical Society Competition
Blanche Burton-Lyles, Founder and Paula Newberry
The Many Faces of Soprano Paula Newberry
About Paula Newberry – Soprano
Praised for her rich unique sound, effortless high notes, fluid vocal line, and graceful stage presence, American Soprano, Paula Newberry has appeared with opera companies, symphonies and opera academies throughout the world, including: Opera Memphis, Central Florida Lyric Opera, Carnegie Hall, Altamura Caruso Summer Opera Theater, Como Opera Guild, The Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium (Italy), Mozarteum Sommerakademie Salzburg,
The Berlin Opera Academy, Gateways Music Festival (Rochester, NY),
The Benjamin Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, PA), River Repertory Theater, Jenner Theater, Harrell Theater, Memphis Symphony, Memphis Sunset Symphony, Germantown Symphony and the Memphis Opera and Song Academy.
Her concert career has taken her to world concert stages such as Carnegie Hall, Germantown Performing Arts Center, Buckman Auditorium, Rust College, Rhodes College, Gateways Music Festival, Amro Music Auditorium in New York, California, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi and Germany, Italy and Austria.
The 2022/23 performance season introduced audiences to Ms. Newberry’s concert promotion, touring, and production company, Rainbow Opera Enterprises, followed by her opera debut with The Berlin Opera Academy in the role of Minerve, in Offenbach’s, Orpheus in the Underworld with The Berlin Opera Academy. The soprano’s 2021/22 season included performances with the Memphis Sunset Symphony, the Gestalt School District Grammy Awards Ceremony where she won a Gestalt Grammy Award, and her own concert tour of Spirit Moving Spirituals. In the 2019/20 season, she was invited to sing for the Bayerische Opernakademie in Germany. In the 2018-19 season, Newberry toured throughout the United States with her concert entitled, Night at the Opera and Spirit Moving Spirituals which is dedicated to her late parents.
Newberry’s 2017/18 performance season included tours of her concerts entitled, Night at the Opera, Evening of Opera, Spirit Moving Spirituals and German Liederabend with Spirituals.
Known for her rich unique powerful sound, effortless high notes, fluid vocal line, and graceful stage presence, American Soprano, Paula Newberry has appeared with opera companies, symphonies and prestigious concert halls throughout the world including Carnegie Hall (NYC), Alte Münze (Berlin, Germany), Opera Memphis, Sala Pegasus (Spoleto Italy), Como Opera Guild(Como, MS), Salzburg, Austria, Altamura Caruso Summer Opera Theater (New York), Gateways Music Festival (Rochester, NY), Benjamin Franklin Institute(Philadelphia, PA), Marian Anderson Residence Museum (Philadelphia, PA), Central Florida Opera (Orlando, FL), Germantown Performing Arts Center, The Orpheum, The Memphis Symphony, Germantown Symphony Orchestra, The Cannon Center, Rhodes College McCoy Theatre, LeMoyne Owen College Little Theater(Memphis, TN), Rust College Doxey Fine Arts Building (Holly Springs, MS)and more. Her wide range of classical concert repertoire includes Opera Arias, Art Songs in French, German, Italian, Spanish and English, Musical Theater and African-American Spirituals.
Resumé ~ Paula Newberry – Soprano
FILM
| Uncorked | EXTRA | Prentice Perry ‘20 |
| Brian Banks Story | EXTRA/Reporter | Tom Shadyac ‘18 |
| Rookie Bookie | News Reporter | Kris and Natalie Boyatt ‘05 |
| Walk the Line | EXTRA | James Mangold ‘05 |
| Going to California | EXTRA | Industry Entertainment ‘01 |
| The Bachelor | EXTRA/Bride | Gary Sinyor ‘99 |
| Mumford | EXTRA/Young Aunt | Lawrence Kasdan ‘99 |
THEATER
| Orfée aux enfers | Minerve | Berlin Opera Academy ‘23 |
| Don Giovanni | Zerlina | LeMoyne Owen College Opera Scenes ‘15 |
| La Traviata | Violetta | LeMoyne Owen College Opera Scenes ‘15 |
| L’elisir d’amore | Giannetta | LeMoyne Owen College Opera Scenes ‘15 |
| La Sonnambula | Amina (cover) | Altamura Caruso Summer Opera, NY ‘15 |
| Aida | Chorus | Opera Memphis ‘10 |
| Treemonisha | Chorus | Opera Memphis ‘09 |
| Dido and Aeneas | Belinda | Memphis Opera and Song Academy ‘08 |
| Aida, a Timeless Love Story | Nehebka | Harrell Theater ‘07 |
| Hänsel und Gretel | Dew Fairy/Sandman | Como Opera Guild ‘04 |
| Die Zauberflöte | The First Spirit | Opera Memphis ‘03 |
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Carolyn’s Finishing Academy: Acting/Movies/Commercials 2024
Berlin Opera Academy: Summer Opera Program, Berlin, Germany 2023
Memphis Black Arts Alliance: Professional Artist Development, Memphis, TN 2021-pres
LeMoyne Owen College: BA in Voice, Memphis, TN
Altamura Caruso Summer Opera Theater, Roundtop, NY
Memphis Opera & Song Academy, University of Memphis
Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium, Spoleto, Italy
Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music, BA in Communications & Voice,Oberlin, OH
AWARDS AND HONORS
| Gestalt Community Schools Grammy Award | Marian Anderson Historical Society Vocal Scholarship |
| Anna Sosenko Trust Fund (Vocal) | Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts |
| IBLA International Vocal Competition | Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium Vocal Scholarships |
| Queens Opera Competition, Alternate Finalist | Beethoven & Etude Music Club Vocal Scholarships |
OPERA (^ Premiere, * Scenes)
| Orfée aux enfers | Minerve | Berlin Opera Academy | 2023 |
| Don Giovanni* | Zerlina | LeMoyne Owen College Opera | 2015 |
| La Traviata* | Violetta | LeMoyne Owen College Opera | 2015 |
| L’elisir d’amore* | Giannetta | LeMoyne Owen College Opera | 2015 |
| La Sonnambula | Amina (cover) | Altamura Caruso Summer Opera | 2012 |
| Aida | Chorus | Opera Memphis | 2010 |
| Treemonisha | Chorus | Opera Memphis | 2010 |
| Dido and Aeneas* | Belinda | Memphis Opera & Song Academy | 2008 |
| Rigoletto* | Gilda | Opera Memphis Cabaret | 2008 |
| I Capuleti e i Montecchi* | Giulietta | Opera Memphis | 2008 |
| Porgy and Bess | Soloist (Prayer Scene) | Opera Memphis | 2006 |
| Hänsel und Gretel | Dew Fairy | Como Opera Guild | 2004 |
| Hänsel und Gretel | Sandman | Como Opera Guild | 2004 |
| Die Zauberflöte | The First Spirit | Opera Memphis | 2003 |
CONCERT AND ORATORIO
| Soprano Soloist | Handel’s Messiah | First Baptist Lauderdale | 2024 |
| Guest Artist | Gestalt Grammy Awards | Gestalt Community Schools | 2022 |
| Soprano Soloist | Opera/Classical/Spirituals | Rainbow Opera Enterprises | 2021-pres |
| Singing Ensemble | Memphis Black Arts Alliance | Memphis Sunset Symphony | 2021 |
| Opera Artist | Famous Memphis Musicians | Vera Little & Jimmy Lunceford | 2021 |
| Classical Concert Artist | Opera/Classical Concerts | Creative Aging Agency | 2018-21 |
| Guest Artist | Italian Luncheon | New Salem MB Church | 2018 |
| Guest Artist Honoree | Night in White Concert | New Sardis Baptist Church | 2017 |
| Soprano Solo Recital | LeMoyne Owen College | LeMoyne Owen College | 2015 |
| Soprano Solo Recital | Germantown Symphony | Germantown Symphony | 2012 |
| Guest Artist | Liederabend/Spirituals | Rust College Lyceum Series | 2011 |
| Vocal Scholar | Vocal Scholars Concert | Marian Anderson Hist. Society | 2010 |
| Guest Artist | Classical Musicians Concerts | Gateways Music Festival | 2009 |
| Chorus | Berlioz Requiem | Memphis Symphony Chorus | 2008 |
| Ensemble Member | Opera Memphis 50th Anniversary Gala | Opera Memphis Gala | 2006 |
| Vocal Scholar | Vocal Scholars’ Concert | Marian Anderson Hist.Society | 2006 |
| Concert Artist | Night at the Opera Recital | Carnegie Hall, NY | 2003 |
| Concert Artist | Evening of Opera Concert | Germantown Performing Arts | 2003 |
Concerts
Operatic
Spirituals
Foreign Language
Art Songs
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