{"id":1332,"date":"2017-10-29T04:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T09:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=1332"},"modified":"2017-10-29T05:55:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T10:55:29","slug":"nisheedah-golden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=1332","title":{"rendered":"Nisheedah Golden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nisheedah-Golden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nisheedah-Golden-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nisheedah-Golden-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nisheedah-Golden-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nisheedah-Golden.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Nisheedah D\u00c3\u00a9vr\u00c3\u00a9 Golden (Sophie the Kettle)<\/strong>, a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, is a four-time winner of the Arkansas District Metropolitan Opera auditions and a four-time regional finalist. Some of Ms. Golden&#8217;s opera credits include Prince Orlofsky in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Fledermaus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Miss Todd in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Old Maid and the Thief<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00a0Madame Flora in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chorus in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amahl and the Night Visitors\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a concert version performance of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porgy and Bess<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She made her international debut as Zita in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gianni Schicchi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Shanghai, China. \u00a0Some of her \u00a0professional theater credits include\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloody Mary in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Pacific<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Missy in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purlie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Alice in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big River<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mrs. Enysford-Hill in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Fair Lady<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Auction Block<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Ninth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sound of Music<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Motormouth Maybelle in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hairspray<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Ms. Golden is a resident singer with the professional Opera Company, Opera in the Rock, in Little Rock. She appeared in the chorus in their production of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Boheme<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She has also performed with the Opera in the Rock Orchestra at their \u201cGala Concert,&#8221; singing in the quintet piece \u201cThe Promise of Living\u201d\u009d from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tender Land<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u201cBella figlia dell\u2019amore\u201d\u009d from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rigoletto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Golden has also appeared as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven&#8217;s 9th Symphony with the Hot Springs Orchestra, and as the mezzo soprano soloist in Beethoven&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choral Fantasy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the Shanghai, China Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nisheedah D\u00c3\u00a9vr\u00c3\u00a9 Golden (Sophie the Kettle), a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, is a four-time winner of the Arkansas District Metropolitan Opera auditions and a four-time regional finalist. Some of Ms. Golden&#8217;s opera credits include Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=1332\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}