Polly Cornelius
Polly Butler Cornelius – soprano. Recent solo and opera performances in Tuscany and Umbria, Italy, The Arts Club of Washington, DC, Oahu Hawaii, Norfolk Chamber Consort in Norfolk, VA, The French Embassy, The MUNY, and the Zeitgeist in Minneapolis, MN. Regional opera and theatre credits include Falstaff, Carousel, Die Fledermaus, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Fiddler on the Roof, Faust, and Hansel and Gretel. Recordings include a solo cd, WILD SONGS, on the Innova label. Cornelius performs and premieres new works by living, American composers and is currently a voice professor and coordinator of voice at Elon University. She was a guest professor of summer opera workshop at Accademia Europea di Firenze in Florence, Italy (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).