Biography
Born in the US, Meagan Miller is a “Juillard” graduate and acclaimed for the expansive colors and rich texture of her voice, as well as her compelling stage presence and nuanced portrayals at distinguished opera houses and concert halls throughout the world.Recent opera highlights include i.a. Brünnhilde in Teatro Massimo di Palermo's new production of Siegfried, Sieglinde / Die Walküre at Washington National Opera, in Melbourne, Prague, and Lucerne, Senta / Der fliegende Holländer at Zurich Opera and in Vienna, Elsa / Lohengrin at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Elisabeth / Tannhäuser at New National Theatre Tokyo, the title roles in Richard Strauss’ Daphne and Ariadne auf Naxos at Vienna’s State Opera, the latter work also in Beijing, Warsaw, and in a concert version at Philharmonie Berlin, Kaiserin / Die Frau ohne Schatten at Metropolitan Opera New York, Elisabetta / Don Carlo at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Minnie / La fanciulla del West at Michigan Opera Theatre and Opéra Monte Carlo, Marta in a new production of d’Albert’s Tiefland at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Marie / Marietta in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt at State Opera Hamburg, Boston, and Tokyo, as well as Feldmarschallin in the new production Der Rosenkavalier in Wroclaw.
Concerts led her to renowned orchestras, houses and festivals, including the Carnegie Hall New York, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Hollywood Bowl, as well the Lucerne Festival, Edinburgh Festival, and the Enescu Festival. Furthermore, Meagan Miller sang Strauss’ Orchesterlieder with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Prague, and Mahler’s 8th symphony in Graz, Linz, and Orange. Also an accomplished recitalist and noted interpreter of new American music, she has premiered numerous works written specifically for her voice.
Meagan Miller collaborated with conductors, such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jeffrey Tate, Simone Young, Alain Altinoglu, Christoph von Dohnány, Ulf Schirmer, Vladimir Jurowski, Jun Märkl, Alexander Joel, Axel Kober, Donald Runnicles, Pinchas Steinberg, Markus Stenz, Constantin Trinks, and Jaap van Zweden.
Engagements from previous seasons include Minnie/La fanciulla del West and Sieglinde/Die Walküre, as well as her role debuts as Isolde/Tristan and Isolde respectively at the Leipzig Opera conducted by Ulf Schirmer, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Artist Website
www.meaganmiller.comManagement
General ManagementArtist Manager
Boris Orlob
Managing Director
boris@orlob.net
Mobil: +49-172-8 51 55 14
Repertoire
Repertoire Concert
Barber | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 |
Beaser | The Occasions |
Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 |
Missa Solemnis | |
Mass in C, op. 86 | |
Christus am Ölberg | |
Ah, Perfido! | |
Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem |
Braunfels | Te Deum |
Britten | Les Illuminations* |
Bruckner | Mass in f minor |
Charpentier | Te Deum |
Dvorak | Requiem |
Fauré | Requiem |
Haydn | The Creation |
Handel | Messiah |
Mahler | Symphony No. 2 |
Symphony No. 8 (Soprano 1 & 2) | |
Mendelssohn | Vom Himmel hoch |
Elijah | |
Mozart | Requiem |
Laudate Dominum | |
Poulenc | Gloria |
La Dame de Monte Carlo* | |
Ravel | Shéhérazade* |
Strauss, R. | Vier letzte Lieder |
Orchesterlieder | |
Schoenberg | Gurre Lieder |
Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
Verdi | Messa da Requiem |
Zemlinsky | Lyric Symphony* |
Repertoire Opera
Barber | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra |
Vanessa | Vanessa* | |
d'Albert | Tiefland | Marta |
Floyd | Susannah | Suannah |
Franck | Hulda | Hulda |
Haydn | Armida | Armida |
Korngold | Die tote Stadt | Marie/Marietta |
Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 1. Dame |
Le nozze di Figaro | La Contessa | |
Don Giovanni | Donna Anna | |
Donna Elvira | ||
Idomeneo | Elettra* | |
Così fan tutte | Fiordiligi | |
Puccini | La fanciulla del West | Minnie |
La rondine | Gabriella | |
Manon Lescaut | Manon Lescaut* | |
Tosca | Tosca* | |
Turandot | Turandot* | |
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus | Rosalinde |
Strauss, R. | Ariadne auf Naxos | Ariadne |
Der Rosenkavalier | Feldmarschallin | |
Die Frau ohne Schatten | Kaiserin | |
Daphne | Daphne | |
Die Liebe der Danae | Danae | |
Elektra | Chrysothemis* | |
Arabella | Arabella* | |
Die ägyptische Helena | Helena* | |
Capriccio | Gräfin Madeleine* | |
Verdi | Don Carlos | Elisabetta |
Falstaff | Alice Ford | |
Otello | Desdemona | |
Aida | Aida* | |
Il trovatore | Leonora* | |
La Forza del Destino | Donna Leonora* | |
Un ballo in maschera | Amelia* | |
Simon Boccanegra | Amelia Grimaldi* | |
Wagner | Der fliegende Holländer | Senta |
Tannhäuser | Elisabeth | |
Lohengrin | Elsa | |
Tristan und Isolde | Isolde | |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Eva | |
Die Walküre | Sieglinde | |
Siegfried | Brünnhilde | |
Zemlinsky | Der König Kandaules | Nyssia |
News
"The Symphony of a Thousand" in the Land of a Thousand Lakes
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra will be ending their concert season with a musical fireworks display, when they perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony no 8, the monumental "Symphony of a Thousand", on three consecutive nights in Helsinki's Musiikkitalo. Under the baton of Jukka-Pekka Saraste, no less than six choirs and eight soloists will be joining the orchestra, including Meagan Miller and Tómas Tómasson who will be singing the parts of Magna Peccatrix and Pater Profundus, respectively.The concerts take place on May 28th, 29th and 30th, 2024.
For more information about the concerts and cast:
www.helsinginkaupunginorkesteri.fi/...
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Press
Tristan und Isolde / Oper Leipzig / 05.10.19 / mdr.de
"Die Sopranistin aus den USA spielt und singt ihren Part absolut souverän"
Tristan und Isolde / Oper Leipzig / 05.10.19 / omm.de
"Selten hört man die Isolde so exakt kontrolliert und wirklich schön klingend gesungen"
Mahler's 8th Symphony / Chorégies d'Orange / 04.08.19 / gbopera.it
"impose son soprano généreux et coloré qui passe sans forcer au-dessus de l'orchestre jouant les nuance avec subtilité"
Tiefland / Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse / 03.10.17 / resmusica.com
"fait admirer au public toulousain son timbre puissant, sa voix brillante et une émotion qui fait mouche"
Tiefland / Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse / 02.10.17 / classictoulouse.com
"un portrait vocal et scénique d'une grande sensibilité"