LANCASTER, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall College President John Fry has announced that soprano Gwynne Geyer has been appointed Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Music at Franklin & Marshall College beginning in the fall of 2006. Geyer has a distinguished international career. She has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), La Scala (Milan), La Fenice (Venice), Teatro del Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), Opéra National de Paris, New York City Opera, and many other houses in the United States and Europe. Geyer has sung the title roles of Kata Kabanova, Jenufa, Rusalka, and Countess Maritza; as well as such major roles as Elsa in Lohengrin, Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Mimi in La Boheme. She will be returning to Madrid this spring to appear as Madame Lidoine, and she has been engaged again by the Metropolitan Opera during the 2006-07 season. Geyer is a native of Pennsylvania and has returned to make her home in Lancaster, with her daughter. She has taught voice at Franklin & Marshall on a part-time basis since 2002, and has greatly energized the vocal studio, as well as singing herself in various concerts on the campus. She has also taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music and Gettysburg College. She holds both bachelor's and master's degrees from Indiana University, where she was a student of two legendary singers: Eileen Farrell and Margaret Harshaw.
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