Abigail Wright(II)
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Abigail Elizabeth Wright is an American actress and singer. In her debut writing project, Abigail shines as the lead in the short film Stealing Zen, directed by Liz Manashil. As a film actor, she has worked with award-winning filmmaker Hai-Tao Wu on projects such as Corastrophe, One Day, and Clean House. She has appeared with Kara Morgan on The Kara Morgan Show, and in her voice-over debut, she collaborated with filmmaker Leat Klingman as Cheri in the puppet film Wolfy's Journey. Ms. Wright was featured in Tableau Vivant of the Delirium Constructions, hailed as "a gift" by the New York Times, with an anticipated film release in 2019.
Onstage, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as Marghareta in The Song of Norway with Jim Dale and Santino Fontana and appeared in Carousel on Live from Lincoln Center, available on DVD from PBS. Also in NYC, she appeared as Rosita and in the ensemble in the Lorca-inspired puppet play Don Cristobal. Regionally, she has portrayed Nellie in South Pacific and Meg in the Israeli premiere of Little women, and in Anne of the Thousand Days, Abigail Wright stood out, according to the Washington Post, as a "hotblooded and sensuous Mary Boleyn."
Trained at the Maryland Opera Studio, modeled after Constantin Stanislavski's famed studio under the Bolshoi Theatre, Abigail Wright also performs regularly in opera as a soloist in addition to her acting career. In the Metropolitan Opera ensemble, she has appeared live and in cinemas in Peter Grimes, Otello, La Damnation du Faust, Orfeo ed Euridice, Prince Igor, and Turandot. Abigail Wright has participated in the Aspen Opera Theatre and the International Vocal Arts Institute and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and The University of Maryland.
Onstage, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as Marghareta in The Song of Norway with Jim Dale and Santino Fontana and appeared in Carousel on Live from Lincoln Center, available on DVD from PBS. Also in NYC, she appeared as Rosita and in the ensemble in the Lorca-inspired puppet play Don Cristobal. Regionally, she has portrayed Nellie in South Pacific and Meg in the Israeli premiere of Little women, and in Anne of the Thousand Days, Abigail Wright stood out, according to the Washington Post, as a "hotblooded and sensuous Mary Boleyn."
Trained at the Maryland Opera Studio, modeled after Constantin Stanislavski's famed studio under the Bolshoi Theatre, Abigail Wright also performs regularly in opera as a soloist in addition to her acting career. In the Metropolitan Opera ensemble, she has appeared live and in cinemas in Peter Grimes, Otello, La Damnation du Faust, Orfeo ed Euridice, Prince Igor, and Turandot. Abigail Wright has participated in the Aspen Opera Theatre and the International Vocal Arts Institute and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and The University of Maryland.
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