Nikki Einfeld

Nikki Einfeld (born January 6, 1978) is a Canadian born Lyric Coloratura Soprano.

A former Adler Fellow and Merola Alumni with San Francisco Opera. She was a Grand Finalist in the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. While an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, she performed many roles including Mascha in The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Serpina in La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, the title role in Rita by Gaetano Donizetti and Pauline in The Seagull.

She has also appeared as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera), The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with the Canadian Opera Company and as Adina in Manitoba Opera’s production of L'elisir d'amore. As a participant in the renowned Merola Opera Program, with the San Francisco Opera, Ms. Einfeld performed in The Medium by Gian-Carlo Menotti and Angelique by Jacques Ibert. Additional operatic appearances include Rosina, in The Barber of Seville (Saskatoon Opera), Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Manitoba Opera), and Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, (on tour with NUOVA). Nikki Einfeld's affinity for recital and concert repertoire, including many 20th and 21st century work Premieres, has led to guest appearances with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, Basically British recital series, the Left Coast Chamber Orchestra, Montreal Chamber Orchestra, the Empyrean Ensemble as well as many broadcast recordings on CBC Radio Canada. Other appearances include Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Nevada Opera, Stanford Orchestra and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in concert.

Left Coast

Left Coast is a political expression that implies that the West Coast of the United States leans politically to the left or the expression can refer to states that lean politically left. The implication is that the states of California, Oregon, and Washington (particularly, the coastal counties and cities within those states) vote predictably for the Democratic Party, or that the people who live there have a generally more liberal or progressive attitude than the rest of the country. The phrase plays on the fact that the west coast of the US is on the left of the contiguous 48 states when viewing a map with north oriented at the top.

In the United States, the expression is used pejoratively by right-leaning people, but proudly by people on the left. Conservative NewsMax.com columnist James Hirsen writes the "Left Coast Report", which humorously puts down Hollywood celebrities and their scandals as well as providing conservative political commentary. He has also written a book, Tales from the Left Coast: True Stories of Hollywood Stars and Their Outrageous Politics. On the other side, the term is used by cartoonist Ted Rall as the name of his left-leaning political comic strip. Writer, voiceover actor, and gay rights activist Ben Patrick Johnson calls his video blog Life on the Left Coast. Fundraiser and CEO of San Francisco-based nonprofit Tides, Drummond Pike, maintains a CEO blog entitled Notes from the Left Coast.

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