Nicole Oliva,
Soprano
2011 Season Role:
"Royal Servant" & Chorus Member
in Mozart's Il Re Pastore
"Habañera"
Nicole Oliva, soprano
Biography:
Nicole Oliva, a Holbrook local, is a Junior at Five Towns College studying Theatre. She has been a part of over 30 plays, musicals, and technical crews. She has been classically trained for 6 years and has consistently received gold metals throughout her participation in NYSSMA festivals.
Past roles include “Cynthia” in Baby with the Bath Water, a “Witch” in Macbeth, “Thomas” in Sister Ignatius Explains It All for You, “Matilda” in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, “Olive” in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (cover), “Barbara” and “Female Lobe” in Qualia Origins of the Undead, “Chacha” and “Lor” in The Living Dead Mafia, “Clarice” in West Side Story, “Countess Bordoni” in Don't Drink the Water, and “Lucille” in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Nicole is currently preparing for her Junior vocal recital and will by applying to Julliard for a Masters in Opera in her senior year. She is making her operatic debut in the Amadeus Opera’s 2011 Season.
Translation:
Love is a rebellious bird
that nobody can tame,
and you call him quite in vain
if it suits him not to come.
Nothing helps, neither threat nor prayer.
One man talks well, the other's mum;
it's the other one that I prefer.
He's silent but I like his looks.
Love! Love! Love! Love!
Love is a gypsy's child,
it has never,
ever, known a law;
love me not,
then I love you;
if I love you,
you'd best beware! etc.
The bird you thought you had
caught
beat its wings and flew away
...
love stays away, you wait and wait;
when least expected, there it is!
All around you, swift, so swift,
i
t comes, it goes, and then returns
...
you think you hold it fast,
it flees
you think you're free,
it holds you fast.
Love! Love! Love! Love!
Love is a gypsy's child,
it has never,
ever, known a law;
love me not,
then I love you;
if I love you,
you'd best beware!
About the Aria:
"Habañera" is an aria from the French opera, "Carmen" by Bizet. The aria is sung by the character Carmen, a very flirtatious and desirable gypsy girl. In the aria, Carmen states her philosophy on love as she tempts and teases the local men who watch and listen.
