Recent and Upcoming Engagements
| December, 2016 | M.D. Anderson Benefit Concert, Featured Artist | |
| November, 2016 | Joint Voice Recital with Seong Shin Ra, Soprano Jim Vukovich, Yoojin Lee, Collaborative Pianists |
Houston, TX |
| April, 2016 | The Music of Roger Keele - Roger Keele, Piano | Houston, TX |
| November, 2015 | HCC System - Faculty Recital - Verdi Arias | Stafford, TX |
| September, 2015 | World Premiere - Seara Treista, Song Cycle with Trio Oriens Joseph LoCascio, Composer |
Houston, TX |
| March, 2015 | Vocal Arts Series - Glück & Strauss Arias | Houston, TX |
| November, 2014 | Vocal Arts Series - Opening Performance Beethoven’s Folk Songs with Mango Moon Piano Trio |
Houston, TX |
| Featured Performer, Texoma NATS Regional Conference | Denton, TX | |
| 100th Artist Concert, Artis and Artistic Director - Houston Tuesday Musical Club | Houston, TX | |
| Die Winterreise - Film to be Released 2017 |
Representative Live/Televised Engagements
| Strauss, Wagner and Gluck Arias and Ensembles | The Woodlands, TX |
| Old World Operatic Portraits | Pearl Fincher Museum, Spring TX |
| Frances Fenton in Recital - “Lyric America” | Dowling Music (Houston & NYC - 2014) Houston Museum of Fine Arts TX |
| Pearl Fincher Museum Gala - Americana | Spring, TX |
| World Premiere - Six Seasonal Songs by Roger Keele | Live/KUHF/Houston |
| Cultural Ambassador - U.S. State Department Turkish State Department David Ezra Okonsar, Piano |
Bavaria, Germany Live/ Süddeutsche Rundfunk |
| McNeese State University Guest Artist U.S.- China Friendship Association Gala Concert |
Lake Charles, LA |
| Celestine, Die Operette mit Schlag | Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival |
| Die Winterreise - William Vendice, Piano | Orange County, CA |
| Die Winterreise - Roger Keele, Piano | Filmed Live/US |
| Suor Angelica, Suor Angelica Lucy C. Hargi, Conductors |
Houston Performing Arts Center |
| SAI: An American Musicale, American Arias | Live, KUHF |
| “The Ladies Wrote, Too” - European Women Composers | Frankfurt, Germany |
| “(Relatively) Unknown Verdi Arias” - Frances Fenton, Soprano Mehmet Okonsar, Conductor |
Ankara/Istanbul |
| “Friends, Rivals, Siblings” - A Recital of Duets St. Stephens Church | Houston, TX |
| “The Dramatic Soprano - Best-Loved Arias” | Houston, TX |
| Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, scenes and arias - Opera Rediviva Edgar Moore, Conductor |
Houston, TX |
| Leonora(s) – Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino Edgar Moore, Conductor |
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| Cultural Ambassador - U.S. State Department w/ New Israeli Opera “A Celebration of American Music” Lena Gershuni, Piano |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
Review Excerpts
| “A voice of astonishing beauty” | The New York Times |
| “Stunning…Enchanted audience members” | El Diario, Mexico |
| “Completely won the audience with her dramatic soprano.... drama, intensity,..... ... extraordinary musicality,and emotional depth. An international evening! |
Memminger Zeitung, Germany |
| “A superb young cast....including Frances Fenton” | www.The PeoplesCritic.com |
| “Elegant” “Exceptionally enjoyable” | Cumhuriyet, Turkey |
| “A great voice…a bloom of chamber music facility” | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
| “An impressive singer” | Frankfurter Neue Presse |
| “Effortless singing - Full of emotion…pleased all with her naturalness” | Main Echo, Germany |
Current Roles
Vanessa; Lady Macbeth; Santuzza, Mamma Lucia; Lina (Stiffelio); Ariadne; Magda Sorel; Leonora (La Forza del Destino); Gräfin Mariza; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Cio-Cio San; Donna Anna, Donna Elvira; Marina (Die Vier Grobiane)
Representative Opera Companies
Frankfurt Opera, Zürich Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Classics of New Jersey, San Antonio Festival, Central City Opera Apprentice
Representative Orchestas
Akademisches Orchester Zürich; Houston Symphony Orchestra; Runkfunk; Süddeutsche Runkfunk; Südwest Rundfunk; Orquestra do Estado do São Paulo; Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra; Bay Area Symphony (Texas); Houston Chamber Orchestra; Pilsener Jugendorchester; Thalwil Kammerorchester
Performances
February 12, 2012
Work: 100 Years of Artists - Concert
Role: Elisabetta, Gioconda, Alceste
Composer: Verdi, Handel, Wagner, Giordano, others
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Director: Frances Fenton
Organization: Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Sung/Cover: Sung
November 13, 2011
Work: Ludmilla & the Three Tenors
Role: Ludmilla
Composer: Dr. Allyson Applebaum Wells
Orchestra: Woodrow Witt Saxophone Ensemble
Conductor: Dr. Woodrow Witt
Organization: HCC Faculty Composers
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 20, 2011
Work: Centennial Gala Celebration/Concert
Role: Iphigenie; Amelia
Composer: Gluck; Verdi
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Organization: Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 01, 2011
Work: Excerpts from Macbeth
Role: Lady Macbeth
Composer: Verdi
Sung/Cover: Sung
October 28, 2010
Work: A Night at the Opera - Un Ballo in Maschera
Role: Amelia
Composer: Verdi
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Organization: Pearl Fincher Museum
Sung/Cover: Sung
September 28, 2010
Work: Excerpts from Spoon River Epitaphs - Premiere
Role: Soloist
Composer: Roger Keele/Frances Fenton
Sung/Cover: Sung
November 2009
Work: Six Seasonal Songs - Premiere Performance
Composer: Dr. Roger Keele
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Organization: St. Cecilia Society
Sung/Cover: Sung
April 29, 2009
Work: Spring Celebration
Role: Leonora, Turandot
Composer: Verdi, Puccini
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Organization: Tuesday Musical Club
Sung/Cover: Sung
April 19, 2009
Work: SAI AMERICAN MUSICALE
Composer: Various
Conductor: Sue Olfield
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 2009
Work: American Songs & Arias
Composer: Various
Conductor: Mehmet Okonsar, Turkish National Artist
Organization: U.S. State Department./Bavaria, Germany
Sung/Cover: Sung
February 2009
Work: Recital, Master Class
Conductor: Maestro William Vendice
Organization: Church of the Messiah/Orange County High School for the Arts
Sung/Cover: Sung
October 19, 2008
Work: American Songs & Arias & Master Class
Composer: various
Conductor: Dr. Karen Ganz
Organization: McNeese State University
Sung/Cover: Cover
October 15, 2008
Work: Die Winterreise
Composer: Schubert
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Organization: Lone Star College Kingwood
Sung/Cover: Sung
October 14, 2008
Work: The Torch: Frances Fenton Plus Her Students
Composer: Verdi, Ponchielli, Handel, Mozart
Conductor: Dr.Roger Keele
Organization: President's Coffee - Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Sung/Cover: Sung
September 12, 2008
Work: Gershwin Plus
Composer: Gershwin, Lara
Orchestra: "Strings Attached" String Quartet
Organization: Chinese-American Alliance
Sung/Cover: Sung
September 11, 2008
Work: Gershwin Plus
Composer: Gershwin, Lara
Orchestra: "Strings Attached" String Quartet
Organization: Art Institute of Houston
Sung/Cover: Sung
June 27, 2008
Work: Die Operette mit Schlag
Composer: Romberg, Herbert, J. Strauss
Conductor: Dr.Jeremy Wood
Organization: Lone Star Lyric Theatre Festival
Sung/Cover: Sung
February 02, 2008
Work: Die Winterreise
Composer: Franz Schubert
Conductor: Dr. Roger Keele
Director: Richard Boyd, Film Director
Sung/Cover: Sung
June 27, 2007
Role: Guest Appearance
Composer: Maury Yeston
Conductor: Roger Keele
Organization: Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival
Sung/Cover: Sung
April 22, 2007
Work: American Arias
Conductor: TBA
Organization: SAI AMERICAN MUSICALE
Sung/Cover: Sung
April 2007
Work: Arias & Duets from Porgy & Bess
Composer: George Gershwin
Conductor: Lucy Hargis
Sung/Cover: Sung
January 30, 2007
Work: Women Composers
Composer: J. Lang, F. Hensel, P. Viardot
Conductor: Suzanne Marion, Piano
Organization: Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Sung/Cover: Sung
2007
Work: Liederabend, plus Arias
Composer: Telemann, C. Schumann, Hindemith. Quilter, etc.
Conductor: Roland Boer
Organization: Frankfurt Germany
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 26, 2006
Work: Rosa Parks: An Opera
Role: Jo An Robinson
Composer: A. Applebaum
Orchestra: Yes
Conductor: A. Applebaum
Organization: Composers Forum
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 25, 2006
Work: Friends, Rivals....Siblings! A Duet Recital
Role: Duet Recital
Composer: Various
Conductor: Roger Keele, Pianist
Organization: Third Millenium Voices/St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Sung/Cover: Sung
November 22, 2005
Work: Russian Duets w/ Joanna Gaines, Mezzo-Soprano
Organization: Tuesday Musical Club/Featured Artist
Sung/Cover: Sung
May 2005
Work: Arias Concert
Role: Lady Macbeth
Composer: Verdi
Orchestra: Yes
Conductor: Edgar Moore
Organization: Opera Rediviva
Sung/Cover: Sung
April 24, 2005
Work: Faculty Honors Recital
Composer: Various
Conductor: Christine Schaffer, Pianist
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 2005
Work: A Celebration of American Music
Role: Solo Recitals
Composer: Various
Conductor: Lena Gershuni, Pianist
Organization: U.S. State Department/Bar-Ilan University/New Israeli Opera
Sung/Cover: Sung
March 2005
Work: Master Class
Role: Master Clinician
Composer: Various
Organization: Ashdod Chamber Opera
Sung/Cover: Sung
