Chery Brendel, coloratura soprano received her
B.M. in voice performance from Evangel
University in Springfield, MO and her M.M. in
voice performance from Temple University in
Philadelphia. She has performed opera, recital
and oratorio in the United states as well as
Germany and Italy including a recent recital at
the Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau, Germany,
from which she has received a repeat invitation
slated for October of 2005. Operatic roles to
her credit include "Queen of the Night"
(Mozart's The Magic Flute), "Fairy Godmother" (Massenet's
Cendrillon), "Kathy" (Romberg's The Student
Prince) and "Yum-Yum" (Gilbert and Sullivan's
The Mikado) among others. She will perform the
role of the Queen of the Night in Lee
University's upcoming performance of The Magic
Flute, as well as a series of university
recitals in the southeast and mid-west United
States. She resides in Cleveland with her
husband, tenor Ron Brendel and their young
daughter Anna Marie.
Chery Brendel
