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"Mezzo-soprano Meredith Ziegler’s Rosina, rather than the usual innocent, is a lusty young woman who knows exactly what she wants. Ziegler sang with a clean line…managing Rossini’s florid lines beautifully" Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Jim Lowe – Times Argus; 2009
"Equally impressive was the warm, sensitive Mallika of Meredith Ziegler." Lakme – Larry Kellum – Town Times; 2009
Meredith Ziegler has impressed critics and audiences alike with her warm lyric mezzo-soprano voice and her engaging characterizations. Many opera experts marvel at her "blazing" coloratura making her a favorite as a Rossini leading lady. Of Ms. Ziegler's recent debut as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with Granite State Opera, Seen and Heard Opera Review praised her "very beautiful voice and delightful portrayal of the flighty Dorabella". For her role as Meg Page in Falstaff with Opera North, Opera News commended her "game, well sung Meg".
Recent engagements found Meredith performing as the mezzo soprano soloist in Rutter's Magnificat and in Copland's Poems of Emily Dickinson with the Falmouth Chorale, featured guest artist at Colgate College's Concert Series, all in 2010 and as Flora in La Traviata for Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in the first opera produced in their seventy-year history, 2009. She also performed as Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti for Connecticut Concert Opera, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte for Granite State Opera, Dido in Dido & Aeneas for Connecticut Lyric Opera in 2008, Hänsel in Hänsel & Gretel for Opera Theater of Connecticut and Meg Page in Falstaff for Opera North in 2007.
Internationally, Ms. Ziegler's work has taken her to Graz, Austria where, in 2005, she was a soloist with the AIMS Festival Orchestra for performances of Bernstein's Arias & Barcarolles. Closer to home she appeared as a soloist in Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été, Bach's St. John's Passion, and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with both the Holyoke Civic Symphony and the New Haven Oratorio Choir.
Ms. Ziegler was the recipient of a 2008 Encouragement Award from the prestigious Sullivan Foundation. She was a 2007 Regional Finalist in the New England Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as well as a 2006 2nd place prize winner at the Connecticut Opera Guild Scholarship Competition. She received 2nd prize from the 2007 Amici Vocal Competition (Young Professional Division).
Meredith holds both Bachelor of Arts in Music and Bachelor of Science in Music Education degrees as well as her Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree from the University of Connecticut.
Member: AGMA
ROLES PERFORMED
FLORA, La Traviata, Pioneer Valley Symph. Orch., 2009
MALLIKA, Lakmé, Connecticut Concert Opera, 2009
DORABELLA, Cosi fan tutte, Cape Cod Opera, August 2009
ROSINA, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Company of Middlebury, 2009
DINAH, Trouble in Tahiti, Connecticut Concert Opera, 2008
DORABELLA, Cosi fan tutte, Granite State Opera, 2008
DIDO, Dido & Aeneas, Connecticut Lyric Opera, 2008
MEG PAGE, Falstaff, Opera North, 2007
HÄNSEL, Hänsel & Gretel, Opera Theater of Connecticut, 2007
MERCEDES, Carmen, Connecticut Opera, 2006
ZULMA, L'Italiana in Algeri, Connecticut Opera, 2005
INEZ, Il Trovatore, Connecticut Opera, 2005
SIEBEL, Faust, Shaker Mountain Opera, 2004
ORATORIO AND CONCERT APPEARANCES AS A SOLOIST
Peoms of Emily Dickinson, Copland, Falmouth Chorale, October 2010
Magnificat, Rutter, Falmouth Chorale, October 2010
Guest Artist, Recital – Various, Colgate University Concert Series, 2010
Solo Artist, Recital – Various, University of Connecticut, 2010
Magnificat, Mendelssohn, Chorale Connecticut, 2008
Requiem, Mozart, Conn. Valley Chamber Orchestra, 2008
Various Works, Soloist & Ensembles, Opera New Jersey, 2008
Various Works, Soloist & Ensembles, Sanibel Music Festival, 2008
Requiem, Mozart, First Church Wethersfield, CT; 2006
Arias & Barcarolles, Soloist & Ensembles, AIMS Festival Orchestra, 2005
Lord Nelson Mass, Haydn, New Haven Oratorio Choir, 2005
St. John Passion, Bach, New Haven Oratorio Choir, 2004
MUSICAL TRAINING
Voice Teachers: Norma Newton, Constance Rock, Sharon Daniels, Virginia Pyle, and Penelope Bitzas.
Voice Coaches: Vlad Iftinca, William Vendice, Mitchell Cirker, Willie Anthony Waters, Marc Verzatt (acting), Doris Lang Kosloff, and Christopher Devlin.
Conductors: Willie Anthony Waters, Cal Stewart Kellogg, Louis Burkot, Philip Lauriat, and Doris Lang Kosloff.
Directors: Ned Canty, Ron Luchsinger, John Bowen, Doung Anderson, Alan Mann, and Gregory A. Fortner.
EDUCATION
BA in Voice, BS in Music Education – University of Connecticut, 2002; MM in Vocal Performance – University of Connecticut, 2004; AIMS Opera Studio – Graz, Austria, 2005; Goethe Institute (B1 Certificate) – Berlin, Germany, 2008.
RESIDENT & STUDIO PROGRAMS
Principal Young Artist – Opera North, 2007; Resident Artist – Connecticut Opera, 2005-07; Young Artist – Shaker Mountain, 2004.
AWARDS
Sullivan Foundation Competition: Encouragement Award, 2008; Connecticut Opera Guild: Miller Sutner Award, 2007; Amici Vocal Competition: 2nd Place – Young Professional Division, 2007; MET Opera Competition – New England Region: Regional Finalist, 2007; Connecticut Opera Guild: 2nd Place, 2006, Connecticut Opera Guild: Ilene D. Kaplan Award, 2005.
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