Luana De Vol
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Luana DeVol is an internationally-recognized operatic soprano who made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Ortrud in April 2006 in Lohengrin by Richard Wagner. The production was broadcast internationally on April 29, 2006. Since the mid 1980s De Vol has sung primarily in Europe and has enjoyed success in the German repertoire. She graduated from Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California, where she grew up, and attended the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California. She had a featured role in a production of Patience by Gilbert & Sullivan, the very first performances by the San Mateo Community Theatre, in the summer of 1963.
She was a featured soloist with the Masterworks Chorale in San Mateo, under the direction of Galen Marshall, and sang in a great variety of choral works, especially by Ludwig von Beethoven and Johannes Brahms. She proved a versatile, dramatic soprano and also appeared with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Opera.
Her oldest brother, Gordon De Vol also attended Capuchino, the College of San Mateo, and UCLA; he also appeared in productions of the San Mateo Community Theatre from 1963 to 1966. At UCLA, he won an acting award and appeared in numerous television programs and movies.
