Angela Meade
Angela Meade (born 1977)[1] is an American operatic soprano.
Life and career
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Meade has won more than 50 vocal competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2007) and the Grand Prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition (2009).[2] In 2011 she was awarded the prestigious Richard Tucker Award and in 2012 she was the recipient of the Metropolitan Opera's Beverly Sills Artist Award.[3]
Meade made her professional operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in
For Meade's 2019-2020 season, she made a house and role debut as Aïda with Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; a role debut as Elisabetta in Don Carlo in a return to the Palacio de la Opera in Coruña, Spain; a house debut with Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy in the title role of Rossini's notoriously difficult Ermione; a debut with the Ravinia Festival in Mahler's 8th Symphony under the baton of Marin Alsop; and a debut with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy for both a recital in collaboration with pianist, Giulio Zappa and as part of their gala concert under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. In addition, she will return to ABAO Bilbao for the title role of Donizetti's Anna Bolena; and a return to Portland SummerFest for a concert of Verdi's greatest hits.
Meade's 2018-2019 season included a return to the
Meade's 2017-2018 season included a return to
Discography
- 2007: Documentary with Jamie Barton, Amber Wagner, Michael Fabiano, Alek Shrader, Ryan Smith, Kiera Duffy, Dísella Làrusdóttir, Ryan McKinny, Nicholas Pallesen, Matthew Plenk; Marco Armiliato conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Susan Froemke (director); released 2009 Decca
- 2013: Verdi, Falstaff (complete video recording) with Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Ambrogio Maestri, Franco Vassallo, Paolo Fanale, Carlo Bosi, Keith Jameson, Christian Van Horn; James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; released 2015 Decca
- 2015: Donizetti, Le duc d'Albe (complete audio recording) with Michael Spyres, Laurent Naouri, Gianluca Buratto, David Stout, Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, Robin Tritschler, Dawid Kimberg; Sir Mark Elder conducting Hallé Orchestra and Opera Rara Chorus; released 2016 Opera Rara
- 2018: I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata (complete audio recording) with Francesco Meli, Alex Esposito, Giuseppe Gipali, Lavinia Bini, Antonio Di Matteo, Joshua Sanders, Giuseppe Capoferri, Alexandra Zabala; Michele Mariotti conducting Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino; released 2018 Dynamic
Repertory
Role | Opera | Composer | Location | Conductor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Norma | Norma | Bellini | Caramoor Music Festival
Metropolitan Opera (2011–12) Teatro Real Madrid
Metropolitan Opera (2017–18) |
Will Crutchfield |
Beatrice di Tenda | Beatrice di Tenda | Bellini | Collegiate Chorale | James Bagwell |
Imogene | Il Pirata
|
Bellini | Caramoor Music Festival | Will Crutchfield |
Margherita | Mefistofele | Boito | Metropolitan Opera | Carlo Rizzi/ Joseph Colaneri |
Adriana Lecouvreur | Adriana Lecouvreur | Cilea | Oper Frankfurt
|
Steven Sloane |
Anna Bolena | Anna Bolena | Donizetti
|
Academy of Vocal Arts
Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla ABAO Bilbao (2019–20) |
Christofer Macatsoris
Marco Armiliato Giampaolo Bisanti |
Maria Stuarda | Maria Stuarda | Donizetti
|
Astoria Music Festival | Keith Clark |
Elisabetta | Roberto Devereux | Donizetti
|
Dallas Opera | Graeme Jenkins |
Lucrezia Borgia | Lucrezia Borgia | Donizetti
|
Caramoor Music Festival | Will Crutchfield |
Hélène d'Egmont | Le Duc d'Albe | Donizetti
|
Opera Rara (recording) | Sir Mark Elder |
Lucia di Lammermoor | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti
|
Academy of Vocal Arts | Christofer Macatsoris |
Parisina d'Este
|
Parisina d'Este
|
Donizetti
|
Opera Orchestra of New York | Eve Queler |
Alcina | Alcina | Handel
|
Washington National Opera | Jane Glover |
Virginia | Virginia | Mercadante | Wexford Festival | Carlos Izcaray |
Donna Anna | Don Giovanni | Mozart | Los Angeles Opera | Plácido Domingo
Roberto Minczuk |
Fiordiligi | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Academy of Vocal Arts | Christofer Macatsoris |
Konstanze | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart | San Francisco Opera * | Cornelius Meister |
Contessa Almaviva | Le Nozze di Figaro | Mozart | Metropolitan Opera | Fabio Luisi |
Fidelia | Edgar | Puccini | Oper Frankfurt | Marc Soustrot |
Ermione | Ermione | Rossini | Palacio de la Ópera A Coruña
Russian National Symphony Opéra de Lyon Theatre des Champs-Élysées Teatro di San Carlo (2019–20) |
Alberto Zedda |
Armida | Armida | Rossini | Metropolitan Opera * | Riccardo Frizza |
Mathilde | Guillaume Tell | Rossini | Teatro Regio di Torino
Edinburgh Festival Stresa Festival Torino Tour of Chicago (Harris Theater), Ann Arbor MI, Toronto (Roy Thomson Hall) and Carnegie Hall |
Gianandrea Noseda |
Semiramide | Semiramide | Rossini | Caramoor Music Festival | Will Crutchfield |
Elvira | Ernani | Verdi | Metropolitan Opera | Roberto Abbado (2008)
Marco Armiliato (2012) James Levine (2015) |
Alice | Falstaff | Verdi | Metropolitan Opera
Dallas Opera |
James Levine
Riccardo Frizza |
Giselda | I Lombardi | Verdi | Opera Orchestra of New York
Teatro Regio di Torino |
Eve Queler
Michele Mariotti |
Lucrezia Contarini | I Due Foscari | Verdi | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Teatro Real Madrid |
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Pablo Heras-Casado |
Aïda | Aïda | Verdi | Gran Teatre del Liceu (2019–20) | Gustavo Gimeno |
Desdemona | Otello | Verdi | Portland SummerFest | Keith Clark |
Lina | Stiffelio | Verdi | ABAO Bilbao | Francesco Ivan Ciampa |
Leonora | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Portland SummerFest (2010)
Astoria Music Festival (2011) Peralada Music Festival Metropolitan Opera (2013) Metropolitan Opera (2016) Palacio de la Ópera A Coruña Deutsche Oper Berlin Astoria Music Festival (2016) Portland SummerFest (2016) Teatro de la Maestranza Seville |
Keith Clark
Keith Clark Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Daniele Callegari Marco Armiliato Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Keith Clark Keith Clark Carlo Montanaro Pedro Halffter |
Violetta | La Traviata | Verdi | Astoria Music Festival | Keith Clark |
Elena | I Vespri Siciliani | Verdi | Wiener Staatsoper | Gianandrea Noseda |
Hélène | Les Vêpres Siciliennes | Verdi | Caramoor Music Festival | Will Crutchfield |
Agathe | Der Freischütz | Weber | Academy of Vocal Arts | Christofer Macatsoris |
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References
- ^ Profile by Sven Godenrath, 4 February 2014 (in German)
- ^ Joe Dziemianowicz (February 2, 2012). "Beverly Sills award winner Angela Meade returns to sing Ernani at the Metropolitan Opera". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Soprano Angela Meade Receives Seventh Annual Beverly Sills Artist Award from The Metropolitan Opera". Opera News. 30 January 2012.