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# Young opera alumnus featured in SMC concert series By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/young-opera-alumnus-featured-in-smc-concert-series-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2004-10-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:16:15.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

A 27-year-old award-winning opera singer and alumnus of the Santa Monica College music department will make a special appearance this weekend as part of the school’s year-long celebration of its 75th Anniversary.

Tenor Rodell Rosel will sing a selection from Verdi’s “La Traviata, Aria of the Worm” from Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles,” and Leoncavallo’s “Mattinata.” His performance is part of an eclectic mix of concerts in October, including a special SMC Symphony Orchestra concert on Oct. 10.

Rosel was a winner at the 2003-04 Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Auditions, won first place at the 2001 Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert Vocal Competition, and was a finalist at the 2004 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition. He also has received various awards and scholarships from organizations such as the Pasadena Opera Guild and Los Angeles Southeast Symphony Association.

In 2001 he transferred to UCLA, where he sang leading roles with Opera UCLA. He has studied with some of the leading opera singers, including Marilyn Horne.

Rosel will be joining the Lyric Center Opera for American Artists in Chicago for the 2005-06 season. He attended SMC from 1997 to 2001, starting out as an accounting major but switching to music after performing in The Dialogues of the Carmelites with the SMC Opera Theatre.

This November he will be singing the tenor solo on Haydn’s Creation with the Angeles Chorale at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church.

The orchestra, which is under the direction of music professor James Smith, also will perform “Dancing Scene” from Gliere’s “The Bronze Horseman” and Rimsky- Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol.”

The concert will be held at Sunday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. in the SMC concert hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling (310) 434-3000

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 8, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100804.pdf?ref=smdp.com)