{{short description|American soprano and professor|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Sharon Christman''' is an American soprano and professor. She serves as director of the Vocal Division of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC.<ref name="Sharon Christman - Benjamin T. Rome School of Music">{{cite web|author1=|title=Sharon Christman – Ordinary Professor, Soprano|url=http://music.cua.edu/faculty/christman.cfm|website=The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music|publisher=Catholic University of America|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=English}}</ref><ref name="g870">{{cite web | title=Coaching the Next Generation of Opera Singers | website=The Catholic University of America | url=https://www.catholic.edu/catholic-university-profiles/more-profiles/sharon-christman.html | access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
== Early life == Christman started singing as a young child, and by the sixth grade she would sing in her parents' two-car garage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=McLellan |first=Josepth |date=June 29, 1991 |title=Home is Where the Soprano Is |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1991/06/30/home-is-where-the-soprano-is/8f65144c-8ea9-4be1-9129-8e415565d536/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> By the age of sixteen, she was singing in the lead role of Jules Massenet's ''Manon''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McClellan |first=Joseph |date=July 1, 1992 |title=Opera: A 'Manon' more intimate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/07/01/opera/5c8b9783-e51b-4590-9bf3-b84fcc2393fa/ |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
== Career == Christman sang the role of Queen of the Night at the New York City Opera's performance of ''The Magic Flute'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Bernard |date=July 9, 1984 |title=City Opera: 'Magic Flute' is Presented |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/09/arts/city-opera-magic-flute-is-presented.html?searchResultPosition=3 |work=The New York Times |pages=C14}}</ref> a role she also played in 1990 in Milwaukee.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gerard |first=Paul |date=4 May 1990 |title='The Magic Flute' Soars Musically Despite Its Misfit Sets |work=Milwaukee Journal; Milwaukee, Wis. |pages=B5 |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref> Christman was one of the principals in the Los Angeles Opera's 1988 production of ''Die Fledermaus''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pasles |first=Chris |date=29 Feb 1988 |title=Three New Principals in 'Fledermaus' |work=Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext); Los Angeles, Calif. |pages=4 |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref> Her first performance in Washington, D.C. was a 1991 performance of ''Anna Bolena'' at the Summer Opera Theatre.<ref name=":0" /> Her 1996 performance of Poliuto was described as "deeply expressive".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McLellan |first=Joseph |date=June 2, 1996 |title=From Donizetti, An Odd Love Story, Told Well |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/06/03/from-donizetti-an-odd-love-story-told-well/532a67cd-dc00-412a-b515-db02d9eba |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Modi |first=Sorab |date=October 1996 |title=In review: Washington, D.C. |work=Opera News; New York |pages=51 |id={{ProQuest| }} |volume=61 |issue=4}}</ref>
== Awards and honors == In 1981 Christman received the Puccini Award from the Baltimore Opera Company.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Siegman |first=Gita |url=https://archive.org/details/worldofwinners00gita/mode/2up?q=%22sharon+christman%22 |title=World of winners : a current and historical perspective on awards and their winners |date=1992 |publisher=Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research |via=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8103-6981-8}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official|http://sharonchristman.com/}}
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