Photo Gallery
"Olthafer's glorious mezzo-soprano bring loony intensity to activities perhaps never before seen in an opera.....Olthafer's joyful but incongruous singing make a powerful argument......" (Isthmus, September 26, 2003)
Bon
Appétit, a one act opera by Lee Hoiby, with Rebecca Olthafer as Julia Child
(Fall 2003)
(Article by
Robyn Kaplan
of the Daily Cardinal and Media Credit Matthew Kutz. Sept., 24, 2003)
Die Zauberflöte (2nd Lady, Madison
Opera, Spring 2006)
Midsummer Marriage (chorus, Lyric Opera
of Chicago, Fall 2005)
Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella, UW-Madison Opera, Spring 2004)
Pirates of Penzance (Edith, Music by the Lake, Summer 2004)
La Traviata (Flora, Opera North, Summer 2003)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina, Opera North, Summer 2003)
Orpheus in the Underworld (Juno, UW-Madison Opera, Fall 2002)
Gilbert and Sullivan (Savoyards, Summer 2002)
Madame Butterfly (Kate Pinkerton, Madison Opera, May 2002)
Hansel and Gretel (Hansel, UW-Madison Opera, Spring 2002)
Serse (Serse, UW-Madison Opera, Fall 2001)
Magic
Flute (2nd Lady, Luther College, Spring
2000)
Die Zauberflöte (3rd
Spirit, Operafestival di Roma, Summer 2000)
Die Fledermaus (Orlofsky, Operafestival di
Roma scenes program, Summer 2000)
Dorian Opera Theater (2nd Lady, 2nd Spirit, and Hansel, Summer 1998)