Concerts and Recitals:
Soloist: "A Midsummer Potpourri," North County Opera Soirée at Casa de Mañana, La Jolla 7/2015
Soloist: “A Little Night Music in the Garden,” San Diego Botanic Garden, 8/2014
Soloist: “Verdi and Friends,” North County Opera Soirée, San Marcos Lutheran Church and Casa De Mañana in La Jolla, 8/2014
Soloist: “Summer Opera Fest 2013,” North County Opera Soirée, San Marcos Lutheran Church, Casa De Mañana in La Jolla and St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Encinitas 8/2013
Maria in “Video Games Live” Final Fantasy Opera “Maria and Draco,” San Diego Symphony Summer Pops conducted by Arnie Roth (with Sacra/Profana) 7/2013
Soloist: “A Little Monday Musicale” at MiraCosta College, Oceanside, 5/2013
Soloist: “Night at the Opera,” Glenner Memory Care benefit concert at Pioneer Ocean View Church, 3/2012
Soloist: “An Afternoon with Gilbert & Sullivan,” North County Sunday Soirée at Lake San Marcos Lake Pavilion, 2/2012
Angel/soloist in "Las Posadas" procession, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, annnually since 2011
Soloist: “Candlelight Musical Meditation,” San Diego Mission, 12/2011 and 12/2012
Soloist: “The Music of Romance,” North County Sunday Soirée, Meadowlark Church, San Marcos, 1/2010
Solo Recital: "April in Paris" French themed recital at SD Piano.com, 2009
Soloist “Aspects of Love” Musica Vitale concert at Coronado Public Library 2008
Adele in “Die Fledermaus,” Highlights (in English), North County Sunday Soiree Concert Series, 2008
Soloist: “Operatifs” concert, Hornblend Hall, 2008
Soloist: “Restore Valley Oaks Opera Gala,” Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, 2007
Solo recital “April in April” Opera Arias Concert, Alpinieri Home, La Jolla, 2006
Duo Concert “Una Serata Musicale” at UCSD Great Hall, 12/2004
Soloist: “Façade” annual concert and art show by San Diego Visual Artists Guild, Museum Artists Foundation, San Diego Small Opera 2003- 2006
San Diego Opera Chorus: 22 productions 2007-2018: Boris Godunov, Samson & Delilah, Wozzeck, Tannhaeuser, Aida, Peter Grimes, Madama Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet, Carmen, Samson & Delilah (again), Murder in the Cathedral, Aida (again), Pagliacci, Don Quixote, Verdi Requiem, Nixon in China, 50th Anniversary, Madama Butterfly (again), Great Scott, Falstaff, La Traviata, Turandot
Sacra/Profana: directed by Krishan Oberoi, 2010-present (core from 2013) notable performances:
"Heaven and Earth" including a capella ‘Lux Antiqua’ by György Ligeti, ‘Lux Aeterna’ by Jordan Nobles and ‘The Spheres’ by Ola Gjeilo, San Diego Museum of Art, 1/2015
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" directed by Scott Schwartz with music by Alen Menken & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, La Jolla Playhouse, 10-12/2014
San Diego Symphony Summer Pops: “Video Games Live” conducted by Jack Wall, “Music of Danny Elfman” from Tim Burton movies conducted by John Mauceri, and “Star Trek”(2009) Movie live soundtrack conducted by David Newman, 7/2014
“Tennis with Gershwin” featuring Schoenberg’s ‘Friede Auf Erden’ a capella and several Gershwin hits, Torrey Pines Christian Church, 6/2014
“I Hear America Singing” featuring ‘Dream Variations’ by Andrew Clearfield and ‘Expecting the Main Things From you’ by Nico Muhly, Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church, La Jolla Presbyterian Church, Grossmont College and Torrey Pines Christian Church, 3/2014
“The Pleasure of Your Company” including ‘Oiga, Compae’ by Cesar Carillo, ‘Unicornis Captivatur’ by Ola Gjeilo, Scripps Ranch Library, 2/2014
“soundON Festival of Modern Music” featuring ‘The Guest’ by Sarah Kirkland Snyder, ‘Madrigal: Epitaphium Poliae’ by Christopher Adler, and ‘Two Choruses on Jacobean Poems’ by Ernst Krenek, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, 1/2014
“An Atlantic Christmas” featuring ‘In Terra Pax’ by Gerald Finzi, 12/2013
“Trolley Dances” with San Diego Dance Theater featuring ‘Serenity’ and ‘Kyrie’ by Ola Gjeilo, San Diego Monarch School 9-10/2013
Excerpts from “Lamentations” by Ernst Krenek, “He Saw a Skull” by Michael Gordon, Palm Springs Modernism Week, 2/2013
Handel’s “Messiah,” Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, 12/2012
San Diego Symphony Sumer Pops: “The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses” and “Broadway Rocks,” 7-8/2012
“The Little Match Girl Passion” by David Lang, Torrey Pines Christian Church, 4/2012
Handel’s “Messiah” with Orchestra Nova 12/2011
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Mainly Mozart Festival, conducted by David Atherton, 6/2010
First Place: NATS Competition, Adult Division, San Diego, CA 2007
Soloist: "A Midsummer Potpourri," North County Opera Soirée at Casa de Mañana, La Jolla 7/2015
Soloist: “A Little Night Music in the Garden,” San Diego Botanic Garden, 8/2014
Soloist: “Verdi and Friends,” North County Opera Soirée, San Marcos Lutheran Church and Casa De Mañana in La Jolla, 8/2014
Soloist: “Summer Opera Fest 2013,” North County Opera Soirée, San Marcos Lutheran Church, Casa De Mañana in La Jolla and St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Encinitas 8/2013
Maria in “Video Games Live” Final Fantasy Opera “Maria and Draco,” San Diego Symphony Summer Pops conducted by Arnie Roth (with Sacra/Profana) 7/2013
Soloist: “A Little Monday Musicale” at MiraCosta College, Oceanside, 5/2013
Soloist: “Night at the Opera,” Glenner Memory Care benefit concert at Pioneer Ocean View Church, 3/2012
Soloist: “An Afternoon with Gilbert & Sullivan,” North County Sunday Soirée at Lake San Marcos Lake Pavilion, 2/2012
Angel/soloist in "Las Posadas" procession, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, annnually since 2011
Soloist: “Candlelight Musical Meditation,” San Diego Mission, 12/2011 and 12/2012
Soloist: “The Music of Romance,” North County Sunday Soirée, Meadowlark Church, San Marcos, 1/2010
Solo Recital: "April in Paris" French themed recital at SD Piano.com, 2009
Soloist “Aspects of Love” Musica Vitale concert at Coronado Public Library 2008
Adele in “Die Fledermaus,” Highlights (in English), North County Sunday Soiree Concert Series, 2008
Soloist: “Operatifs” concert, Hornblend Hall, 2008
Soloist: “Restore Valley Oaks Opera Gala,” Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, 2007
Solo recital “April in April” Opera Arias Concert, Alpinieri Home, La Jolla, 2006
Duo Concert “Una Serata Musicale” at UCSD Great Hall, 12/2004
Soloist: “Façade” annual concert and art show by San Diego Visual Artists Guild, Museum Artists Foundation, San Diego Small Opera 2003- 2006
San Diego Opera Chorus: 22 productions 2007-2018: Boris Godunov, Samson & Delilah, Wozzeck, Tannhaeuser, Aida, Peter Grimes, Madama Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet, Carmen, Samson & Delilah (again), Murder in the Cathedral, Aida (again), Pagliacci, Don Quixote, Verdi Requiem, Nixon in China, 50th Anniversary, Madama Butterfly (again), Great Scott, Falstaff, La Traviata, Turandot
Sacra/Profana: directed by Krishan Oberoi, 2010-present (core from 2013) notable performances:
"Heaven and Earth" including a capella ‘Lux Antiqua’ by György Ligeti, ‘Lux Aeterna’ by Jordan Nobles and ‘The Spheres’ by Ola Gjeilo, San Diego Museum of Art, 1/2015
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" directed by Scott Schwartz with music by Alen Menken & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, La Jolla Playhouse, 10-12/2014
San Diego Symphony Summer Pops: “Video Games Live” conducted by Jack Wall, “Music of Danny Elfman” from Tim Burton movies conducted by John Mauceri, and “Star Trek”(2009) Movie live soundtrack conducted by David Newman, 7/2014
“Tennis with Gershwin” featuring Schoenberg’s ‘Friede Auf Erden’ a capella and several Gershwin hits, Torrey Pines Christian Church, 6/2014
“I Hear America Singing” featuring ‘Dream Variations’ by Andrew Clearfield and ‘Expecting the Main Things From you’ by Nico Muhly, Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church, La Jolla Presbyterian Church, Grossmont College and Torrey Pines Christian Church, 3/2014
“The Pleasure of Your Company” including ‘Oiga, Compae’ by Cesar Carillo, ‘Unicornis Captivatur’ by Ola Gjeilo, Scripps Ranch Library, 2/2014
“soundON Festival of Modern Music” featuring ‘The Guest’ by Sarah Kirkland Snyder, ‘Madrigal: Epitaphium Poliae’ by Christopher Adler, and ‘Two Choruses on Jacobean Poems’ by Ernst Krenek, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, 1/2014
“An Atlantic Christmas” featuring ‘In Terra Pax’ by Gerald Finzi, 12/2013
“Trolley Dances” with San Diego Dance Theater featuring ‘Serenity’ and ‘Kyrie’ by Ola Gjeilo, San Diego Monarch School 9-10/2013
Excerpts from “Lamentations” by Ernst Krenek, “He Saw a Skull” by Michael Gordon, Palm Springs Modernism Week, 2/2013
Handel’s “Messiah,” Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, 12/2012
San Diego Symphony Sumer Pops: “The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses” and “Broadway Rocks,” 7-8/2012
“The Little Match Girl Passion” by David Lang, Torrey Pines Christian Church, 4/2012
Handel’s “Messiah” with Orchestra Nova 12/2011
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Mainly Mozart Festival, conducted by David Atherton, 6/2010
First Place: NATS Competition, Adult Division, San Diego, CA 2007
© 2023 April Fisher
Sacra/Profana (composers including Ernst Krenek, Prince, and Danny Elfman), and records video game music with Folklore Guild (featured on Tribute Album 64 for Nintendo’s Dire Dire Docks). She was a NATS competition first place winner (adult division) and a recent solo highlight was performing in front of the San Diego Symphony as Maria in “Video Games Live” Final Fantasy Opera “Maria and Draco” for Summer Pops conducted by Arnie Roth with Sacra/Profana (pictured at right).
Soprano April Fisher holds a bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages from Colorado College, where she discovered opera when cast as Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. An ongoing passion for languages led to 5 years living abroad: in Switzerland, where she sang with the Geneva Amateur Operatic Society, in Japan which included such diverse experiences as headlining a cover band and leading the soprano section for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, in Italy for intense language, operatic music, and singing studies under Ester Castriota of the Conservatorio di Firenze, Elizabeth Chard of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina, and Bianca Bernini of Teatro alla Scala. Now settled in San Diego, April currently sings with San Diego Opera Chorus (2017’s Falstaff was her 20th production), is a core member of contemporary a capella group