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Misha Penton

Musician - Singer

About the artist: Soprano Misha Penton's diverse performing career includes opera, concerts, composition, choreography, and theater. Most recently, she created the roles of Isabelle and Brooklyn in the world premieres of The Masque, a Grim Little Entertainment by Roger Keele at Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival and James Norman’s opera Wake at Opera Vista. She also sang the role of Barbara in Robert Ward’s Roman Fever at Lone Star Lyric Theater, and was a featured soloist on An Evening of Kurt Weill and a tribute concert to Bernstein, both at Opera Vista. Upcoming engagements include Divergence Vocal Theater's The Ottavia Project: an interdisciplinary performance work of scenes from Monteverdi's opera, L’incoronazione di Poppea, and the play, Octavia, attributed to Seneca; as well as festival of new works with Opera Vista.

As a interdisciplinary performing artist, Misha has released original music recordings, composed music for contemporary dance performances at DiverseWorks Arts Space, the University of Houston Center for Choreography, and Barnevelder Movement & Arts Complex, and New Orleans contemporary dance company, Happensdance, She has spearheaded projects such as her adaptation of George MacDonald's children's classic, At the Back of the North Wind, a fusion of music, dance and text, which appeared in Houston’s Big Range Dance Festival. Misha is currently artistic director of Divergence Vocal Theater, a repertory ensemble dedicated to producing innovative, interdisciplinary classical vocal theater works. She is a featured guest artist on the 2007 release of On the Strings of the Rain with pianist and composer Roger Keele and members of the Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera Orchestra.