Louisa Waycott with Tom Stanfield
Soloist – The Great American Song Book
Louisa Waycott is a mezzo-soprano from Sun Valley, Idaho. She grew up in the rainforest in Venezuela and Brazil before spending her teenage years in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho. She is currently based out of Washington D.C. Ms. Waycott has a deep love with music that started with her studies of cello, piano, and musical theater at a young age. She continued to study both instruments and played cello for The Sao Paolo Youth Symphony Orchestra in Brazil. She was incredibly lucky to spend high school in a beautiful small town that devoted lots of energy to the arts and participated with Caritas Chorale, St. Thomas Playhouse, Summer Valley Music Festival, Nexstage Theater, Shakespeare Theater, and Community School. Just in four years she performed roles in Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wizard of Oz, Pippin, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, Annie, Boys from Syracuse, Pirates of Penzance, Kiss Me Kate, Gypsy, The Fantasticks, and The Who’sTommy.
Louisa found her love of opera after graduate school.Since her graduate studies Louisa has performed all over the United States and in Europe. Highlights have included performing Madame de la Haltière with Miami Summer Music Festival in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and covering Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Prague Summer Nights Festival in the Czech Republic, Emma Goldman in a brand new jazz opera Love Songs, Mermaid in Weber’s Oberon and the Drummer in Ullmann’s Emperor of Atlantis with The In Series, Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata with Opera Camerata, and she made her debut with Inscape Chamber Orchestra in 2018 by performing Mahler’s Das Lied Von Der Erde. Louisa has been singing with The Washington National Opera for SIX straight seasons! Making her role debut and ensemble debut in the same year. She performed as a red bedazzled sheep and many other fun characters in Bernstein’s Candide and has sung in the ensemble of Aida, Don Carlo, La Traviata, Otello, Faust, Samson et Delila, Il Trovatore, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, and Tosca. During Covid Louisa was lucky enough to work with Annapolis Opera on their virtual production of Acis and Galatea. During 2021/22 season she made her role debut of Tisbe in Cenerentola with Annapolis Opera.
The “Great American Songbook” is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy. Often referred to as “American Standards”, the songs published during the Golden Age of this genre include those popular and enduring tunes from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film.[1]
Tom Stanfield is a familiar musical presence in the Lake Geneva area, where he performs piano, vocals, and horn at local favorites such as The Abbey Resort, the Baker House, and Niche Café & Wine Bar. He is a versatile accompanist who brings warmth, charm, and solid musicianship to every performance.
