Soprano Paula Newberry

Extraordinary Opera Singer

“Experience the magic of Paula Newberry,
whose voice soars like a bird of paradise,
weaving a tapestry of emotion and beauty.
From the delicate whispers of love to the
soaring heights of dramatic passion, her
performances are an unforgettable journey
for the senses.”

Soprano Paula Newberry

Extraordinary Opera Singer

“From the unique richness of her voice to
her broad repertoire, classical opera singer
Paula Newberry is an incomparable
musical talent, renowned around the
world.”

~ The Russian River Times of Sonoma, CA

Soprano Paula Newberry

Extraordinary Opera Singer

“The diminutive woman is 5 feet tall (a size
4) with a powerful voice that covers four
octaves and a personality that covers her
audience with a warm blanket of
affection. I am not an opera fan, but I was
blown away by the clarity and strength of
her singing and the true sweetness of her
All-American viewpoint”

~ The Russian River Times of Sonoma, CA

Soprano Paula Newberry

Extraordinary Opera Singer

“Paula Newberry’s Nehebka in Aida, a
Timeless Love Story showed that a
professional voice can magnify a small part
into a memorable performance.”

~ The Commercial Appeal

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Performances

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

Blanche Burton-Lyles, Founder and 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.

The Many Faces of Soprano Paula Newberry

Resumé ~ Paula Newberry – Soprano

CFA Productions Height: 5’0
602 Tennessee St., Ste.#201 Weight: 125
Memphis, Tennessee 38103 Hair: Black
Phone: (901)643-8405 Eyes: Brown

COMMERCIALS
Skippy CFA Productions, Inc. Carolyn Yancy-Gunn
M&M’s CFA Productions, Inc. Carolyn Yancy-Gunn
Pantene Pro-V CFA Productions, Inc. Carolyn Yancy-Gunn
Levi’s Denim Jacket CFA Productions, Inc. Carolyn Yancy-Gunn

FILM
Uncorked Extra Prentice Penny
Brian Banks Story Extra Tom Shadyac
Walk the Line Extra James Mangold
Rookie Bookie News Reporter Kris & Natalie Boyatt
Going to California Extra Scott Rosenberg
Take Me Back to Beale Extra Carolyn Yancy-Gunn
The Bachelor Bride Gary Sinyor
Mumford Young Aunt Lawrence Kasdan

TRAINING & EDUCATION
Berlin Opera Academy, Berlin, Germany, Opera Studies’ and Performance Certificate

LeMoyne Owen College, Bachelor of Arts Degree (Music: Vocal Performance)
Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium, Spoleto, Italy; Memphis Opera and Song Academy
Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg, Opera and Italian Studies Certificates
Oberlin College/Conservatory of Music, Bachelor of Arts Degree, (Voice and Communications)
OTHER SKILLS: opera singer, foreign languages, foreign language dialects

THEATRE/OPERA

The soprano’s 2023-24 season included a role debut as Minerve in Orphée aux enfers with the Berlin Opera Academy in Berlin, Germany. In the 2021-22 season, she won a Grammy Music Award from the Power Center Academy for her operatic vocal performance at their annual Grammy Music Awards. Additionally, she was the guest opera singer in a concert tribute to Mezzo-soprano, Memphian, Vera Little and Jazz Great, Jimmy Lunceford.

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.

Orphée aux enfers Minerve Berlin Opera Academy
La Traviata Violetta LOC Opera
Don Giovanni Zerlina LOC Opera
Die Zauberflöte First Lady LOC Opera
La Sonnambula Amina(Cover)/Chorus Altamura Summer Opera Theater
Aida Egyptian Chorus Opera Memphis
Treemonisha Chorus/Treemonisha Opera Memphis and WAVE
Dido and Aeneas Belinda Memphis Opera and SongAcademy
Aida, A Timeless Love Story Nehebka Harrell Theatre
Porgy and Bess First Soprano/Prayer Scene Opera Memphis
Hänsel und Gretel The Dew Fairy/Sandman Como Opera Guild
Roar of the Greasepaint The Girl and Jenner Theatre
Smell of the Crowd The Negro Jenner Theatre
Amahl and the Night Visitors Chorus Central Florida Lyric Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor First Soprano and Chorus Opera Memphis

Concerts: Operatic/Spirituals/Foreign Language Art Songs

CONTACT

Voice Lessons (One on One) and Group Classes Call: (901) 474-8675

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ESL Classes: One on One, Group Classes or Virtual Call: (901) 474-8675