Jordan Concert Series: Heidi Melton, soprano

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Heidi Melton, acclaimed for her “big gleaming soprano” (The New York Times) and hailed by La Presse as “the Wagnerian voice we have been waiting for since Flagstad and Nilsson,” has established herself as one of the leading dramatic sopranos of her generation. Known for her interpretations of the works of Wagner, Strauss, and other late Romantic composers, she is a frequent guest at the world’s foremost opera houses and concert halls. In the 25/26 season she performs Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder with both the Littleton Symphony Orchestra and the Boulder Philharmonic. Ms. Melton has appeared with many of the world's major opera companies, including The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Opernhaus Zürich, Canadian Opera Company, English National Opera, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bayreuther Festspiele, Seattle Opera, and Teatro La Fenice. A sought-after interpreter of the great Wagnerian heroines, Melton has portrayed Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), Sieglinde and Brünnhilde (Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung), Senta (Der fliegende Holländer), and Elisabeth and Venus (Tannhäuser). Her repertoire also includes Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos), Amelia (Un ballo in maschera), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Mescalina (Le grand macabre), Elsa (Lohengrin), and Gertrud (Hänsel und Gretel), among others. On the concert stage, she has appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Tonkünstler Orchestra (Vienna), Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Hong Kong Philharmonic, New World Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, and Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Melton’s artistry has led to collaborations with many of…

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