​"Chavez and Passmore as sisters Florrie and Dorrie can not only sing (and God, can they sing) but they’re also extremely capable actors, crying and going gaga over ridiculous-looking strangers and throwing themselves on various set."   
       Cosi fan tutte, The In Series - Washington  City Paper 2016


     "Passmore and Chavez play to the hilt the fine line between heartbreak and spaced-out                 craziness. Together the sopranos are pitch-perfectly beautiful and, just as a stand-alone scene,  is worth the price of admission."  
​      Cosi fan tutte, The In Series - DC Theatre Scene 2016

About Erin

Canadian mezzo-soprano Erin Passmore is now an active performer in the Washington D.C. metro region. In 2015, Erin was a semi -finalist at the Orpheus Vocal Competition with the Middle Tennessee Choral Society and Finalist in Opera Lancaster's Roschel Vocal Competition.

Erin received her Masters in Music from the Maryland Opera Studio studying with Delores Ziegler.  With the opera studio she sang the roles of Idamante in Idomeneo and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflӧte.  In 2008, Erin was the recipient of the Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship for studies in Austria allowing her to study at both the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and the Franz Schubert Institute in Baden-bei-Wien. 

Erin has performed in opera festivals in Canada and the United States. Past highlights include Maurya in Riders to the Sea with the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro with the Vancouver Summer Opera Studio, Arsamene in Serse with University of Alberta Opera, and Hansel/Hansel and Gretel with the University of Alberta Opera and the Portland Opera Workshop.  Erin has also recently sung Gertrude/Hansel and Gretel, with both the Portland Summer Opera Workshop and Loudoun Lyric Opera.   Erin is proud to have sung with several Washington D.C. area companies including Opera NOVA, Loudoun Lyric Opera, Riverbend Opera, Singers’ Theatre of Washington, Teatro Lirico, and Opera Camerata of Washington. These performances include singing Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, La maestra delle novizie in Suor Angelica, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and multiple chorus appearances.  Erin was an apprentice artist with Ash Lawn Opera, singing Mrs. Ott in Susannah and Grandma in Fiddler on the Roof.
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