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Hello! My name is Girindra Selleck.
I have done many operas and plays, but my real passion lies in the film industry.
I have wanted to be an actor since I was four.
In the film world, I see myself in movies such as Oceans 11, 12, and 13, The Thomas Crown Affair, Unaccompanied Minors, the Friends TV Show, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, comedic roles, and action roles.
My dream role is Pendragon in the Pendragon series.
Some of my skills useful in the film world are my sword fighting training, my horseback riding skills, my acting abilities (obviously), my comic abilities, my ability to do different voices, and of course my will to be in movies.
Some of my favorite actors are Matthew Perry, Brad Pitt, David Schwimmer, Matt Le Blanc, Matt Damon, Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Bill Murray, and more.
I know I have potential to be in movies. Email me at opera3-108 "at" sneakemail dot com if you have a role that I could audition for.
Here are some pictures from the roles I have done:
 
In July of 2007 I performed the
title role in Britten's The Little
Sweep at Des Moines Metro Opera
(DMMO).     My first professional opera performance was in The Magic Flute in the role of the First Spirit, sung in English with the Des Moines Metro Opera, under the direction of Dr. Robert Larsen in 2006.
  In March 2007 I performed in the Children's Chorus in La Boheme at the University of Iowa Martha Ellen Tye Opera Theater in Iowa City, Iowa.
In June and July 2007 I performed the role of Peaseblossom in Benjamin Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream at Des Moines Metro Opera. Our
production gained an accolade from Opera News, the leading opera review magazine in New York: “Conductor Larsen joyfully illuminated Britten's ingenious, ephemeral sound worlds … the fairies glittered visually and vocally”. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM performances were
sold-out for the entire run.   In June and July of 2007 I performed in the Children's Chorus in Bizet's Carmen and in Verdi's Otello at DMMO.   Tickets: DMMO.org or (515) 961-6221. CARMEN: June 22, 29, July 7 & 12, 2007 7:30pm June 24 & July 15, 2007 2:00pm
OTELLO: June 30, July 3, 11 & 13, 2007 7:30pm July 8, 2007 2:00pm  In January 2008 I reprised the role of the Erster Knabe (First Spirit) in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Cedar Rapids Opera Theater, where I sang the part in German under the direction of Daniel Kleinknecht. More about Girindra:  I have liked opera since I was little. I´ve put on little scenes and plays ever since I was two and a half and decided to be a movie actor when I turned four. My favorite operas are The Magic Flute, Midsummer Night's Dream, Don Giovanni, Turandot, Carmen and La Boheme. I have seen operas in Germany, Chicago, New York, London, Kansas City, Iowa, St. Louis and Paris -- and of course at DMMO in Indianola and at the Cedar Rapids Opera Theater.
All in all, my favorite arias are Papageno's "Der Vogelfaenger bin ich ja" and "Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen", as well as Don Giovanni's "Fin ch'han dal vino," Rodolfo's "Che gelida manina," the Commendatore's "Don Giovanni," and the Queen of the Night arias from The Magic Flute.
My favorite opera singers are Simon Keenlyside, Bryn Terfel, Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli, and Placido Domingo. My favorite conductors are Dr. Robert Larsen, Dr. Daniel Kleinknecht, James Levine and Claudio Abbado.
I have seen countless plays, operas etc. both in Europe and America. My 1st play was when I was 6 months old and I sat through Shakespeare’s Midsummers Night Dream directed by Rodney Franz. I have seen many of Shakespeare’s plays
at the Globe Theatre in London and at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. I really liked Spamalot (a take-off on Monty Python & the Holy Grail film) and The Lion King.
I studied voice with Dennis Hendrickson at DMMO and Stephen Swanson at the University of Iowa. In addition my Mom, who is a soprano, coaches me. I studied acting with Lucia Rich and Rodney Franz and I also study improvisation with with my father, who studied with Marcel Marceau’s teacher, Etienne Decroux. I study sword fighting with Kendall Wells, who is a student of Anthony
Delongis.
My previous roles were in The Nutcracker, party boy and soldier; The Mikado, Titwillow bird; Shakespeare Gala, dancer; Prahlad's Boon, Prahlad; and a national TV commercial for Wahl Clipper Corporation. 
I invite you to visit my Girindra Selleck's Opera Adventure blog, with lots more pictures, at:
You can email me at: opera3-108 "at" sneakemail dot com
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