Lisa Vroman starred for several years on Broadway as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera. As Christine, she garnered Theatre Critics’ awards for the role in a record- breaking run in San Francisco, and did a return engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. In March 2006, Ms. Vroman starred as Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella, making her New York City Opera debut with Paul Sorvino in the title role.
Her Broadway debut was in Aspects of Love, and she was the first to play both Fantine and Cosette in Les MisŽrables. For PBS, she was featured with Colm Wilkinson and Michael Ball in Cameron Mackintosh’s Hey, Mr. Producer! at the Lyceum Theatre in London, a Royal Gala attended by Queen Elizabeth, and sang the role of Johanna in the San Francisco Symphony’s Emmy award winning Sweeney Todd in Concert, with Patti Lupone and George Hearn. Both are available on DVD. Lisa starred as Laurey in Oklahoma, filmed live in concert for the BBC’s PROMS festival at The Royal Albert Hall in London.
Ms. Vroman recently starred as Mary Turner in Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing/ Let ‘Em Eat Cake in concert with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, directed by Pat Birch.
Other roles include Laurie in The Tender Land at the Cabrillo Festival, Marin Alsop, conductor; Maria in The Sound Of Music with Tulsa Opera, Josephine in HMS Pinafore ,Yum-Yum in the Mikado, and Anna 1 in The Seven Deadly Sins with Utah Symphony/Opera. She has sung Maria in West Side Story, Guenevere in Camelot, Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel, Christine in Yeston’s Phantom, and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, among others.
With a repertoire that ranges from Stravinsky to Weill to Broadway, Ms. Vroman is a frequent guest soloist with theatre/opera companies and orchestras including San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, National, Vancouver, Cleveland, Pacific, Utah, Dallas, and the Boston Pops (under Keith Lockhart). Ms. Vroman made her debut at The Hollywood Bowl singing with Dick Van Dyke in a medley from Mary Poppins, with John Mauceri conducting a Disney 75th celebration. She guest starred with SONY artist Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis in his NYC debut concert at City Center; and with Stephen Blier’s New York Festival of Song, in a tribute to Broadway director Harold Prince. Miss Vroman has sung in concert with composer Stephen Schwartz, Organist David Higgs, and the Empire Brass Quintet. Her solo CD Broadway Classic features Metropolitan Opera Mezzo-Soprano Stephanie Blythe and 47 of San Francisco’s finest orchestral players.
Ms. Vroman had the honor of singing at the Profiles in Courage Award dinner in Boston at the JFK Library , as a guest of the Kennedy family. She has also sung on separate occasions for Queen Elizabeth, former President Bill Clinton, and former Vice President Al Gore.
