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{{short description|American opera singer}}

[[File:Falstaff (11937913343) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Angela Meade as Alice Ford in ''Falstaff'' at the Metropolitan Opera, 2013]]
[[File:Falstaff (11937913343) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Angela Meade as Alice Ford in ''Falstaff'' at the Metropolitan Opera, 2013]]
'''Angela Meade''' (born 1977)<ref>[https://svensopernparadies.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/angela-meade/ Profile] by Sven Godenrath, 4 February 2014 {{de icon}}</ref> is an American [[opera]]tic [[soprano]].
'''Angela Meade''' (born 1977)<ref>[https://svensopernparadies.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/angela-meade/ Profile] by Sven Godenrath, 4 February 2014 {{in lang|de}}</ref> is an American [[opera]]tic [[soprano]].


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
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Born in [[Centralia, Washington]], Meade started her education at [[Centralia Community College]] before going on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from [[Pacific Lutheran University]] and a Master of Music degree in Voice from the [[Thornton School of Music]] at the [[University of Southern California]] before pursuing further studies at the [[Academy of Vocal Arts]] in Philadelphia. She 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).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/beverly-sills-award-winner-angela-meade-returns-sing-ernani-metropolitan-opera-article-1.1015912?localLinksEnabled=false|title=Beverly Sills award winner Angela Meade returns to sing ''Ernani'' at the Metropolitan Opera|author=Joe Dziemianowicz|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> In 2011 she was awarded the prestigious [[Richard Tucker Music Foundation|Richard Tucker Award]] and in 2012 she was the recipient of the [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s Beverly Sills Artist Award.<ref name="ON">{{cite news
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).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/beverly-sills-award-winner-angela-meade-returns-sing-ernani-metropolitan-opera-article-1.1015912?localLinksEnabled=false|title=Beverly Sills award winner Angela Meade returns to sing ''Ernani'' at the Metropolitan Opera|author=Joe Dziemianowicz|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> In 2011 she was awarded the prestigious [[Richard Tucker Music Foundation|Richard Tucker Award]] and in 2012 she was the recipient of the [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s Beverly Sills Artist Award.<ref name="ON">{{cite news
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Meade made her professional operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[Ernani]]'' in March 2008 stepping in for an ill colleague, a role she reprised with the company in February 2012, which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and in March/April 2015. At the Met she has also performed the roles of the Countess in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[The Marriage of Figaro|Le Nozze di Figaro]]'' (2009) and the title roles in both [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]'s ''[[Anna Bolena]]'' (2011) and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]'s [[Norma (opera)|''Norma'']] (2013) as well as Leonora in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' (2013 and 2016), and Alice in Verdi's [[Falstaff (opera)|''Falstaff'']] (2013/14), conducted by [[James Levine]], which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and was released on DVD by [[Decca Records|Decca]]. Other highlights include Elena in Verdi's ''[[I vespri siciliani]]'' with the [[Vienna State Opera]] (2012), Fidelia in [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s [[Edgar (opera)|''Edgar'']] with [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Opera Frankfurt]] (2014), Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi's ''[[I due Foscari]]'' with [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] (2012) and for her debut with [[Teatro Real Madrid]] (2016), Giselda in Verdi's [[I Lombardi alla prima crociata|''I Lombardi'']] with the [[Opera Orchestra of New York]] (2013), Leonora in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' with {{ill|Palacio de la Ópera A Coruña|es|Palacio de la Ópera (La Coruña)}} (2015) where she also performed the title role in [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]'s ''[[Ermione]]'' (2015) under the baton of Rossini conductor [[Alberto Zedda]]. She has sung Donna Anna in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' with [[Los Angeles Opera]] in 2012 under the baton of [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Cincinnati Opera]] in 2013 and the Metropolitan Opera in 2017. She has been a part of the [[Caramoor International Music Festival]] in the title roles of Rossini's ''[[Semiramide]]'' (2009), Bellini's ''Norma'' (2010), Donizetti's ''[[Lucrezia Borgia (opera)|Lucrezia Borgia]]'' (2014) as well as Hélène in Verdi's ''[[Les vêpres siciliennes]]'' (2013) and as Imogene in Bellini's ''[[Il pirata]]'' (2017) and performances of the title role in [[Saverio Mercadante|Mercadante]]'s ''[[Virginia (Mercadante)|Virginia]]'' at the [[Wexford Festival Opera]] in 2010
Meade made her professional operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[Ernani]]'' in March 2008 stepping in for an ill colleague, a role she reprised with the company in February 2012, which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and in March/April 2015. At the Met she has also performed the roles of the Countess in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[The Marriage of Figaro|Le Nozze di Figaro]]'' (2009) and the title roles in both [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]'s ''[[Anna Bolena]]'' (2011) and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]'s [[Norma (opera)|''Norma'']] (2013) as well as Leonora in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' (2013 and 2016), and Alice in Verdi's [[Falstaff (opera)|''Falstaff'']] (2013/14), conducted by [[James Levine]], which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and was released on DVD by [[Decca Records|Decca]]. Other highlights include Elena in Verdi's ''[[I vespri siciliani]]'' with the [[Vienna State Opera]] (2012), Fidelia in [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s [[Edgar (opera)|''Edgar'']] with [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Opera Frankfurt]] (2014), Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi's ''[[I due Foscari]]'' with [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] (2012) and for her debut with [[Teatro Real Madrid]] (2016), Giselda in Verdi's [[I Lombardi alla prima crociata|''I Lombardi'']] with the [[Opera Orchestra of New York]] (2013), Leonora in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' with {{ill|Palacio de la Ópera A Coruña|es|Palacio de la Ópera (La Coruña)}} (2015) where she also performed the title role in [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]'s ''[[Ermione]]'' (2015) under the baton of Rossini conductor [[Alberto Zedda]]. She has sung Donna Anna in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' with [[Los Angeles Opera]] in 2012 under the baton of [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Cincinnati Opera]] in 2013 and the Metropolitan Opera in 2017. She has been a part of the [[Caramoor International Music Festival]] in the title roles of Rossini's ''[[Semiramide]]'' (2009), Bellini's ''Norma'' (2010), Donizetti's ''[[Lucrezia Borgia (opera)|Lucrezia Borgia]]'' (2014) as well as Hélène in Verdi's ''[[Les vêpres siciliennes]]'' (2013) and as Imogene in Bellini's ''[[Il pirata]]'' (2017) and performances of the title role in [[Saverio Mercadante|Mercadante]]'s ''[[Virginia (Mercadante)|Virginia]]'' at the [[Wexford Festival Opera]] in 2010


For Meade's 2019-2020 season, she will make a house and role debut as [[Aida|Aïda]] with [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]] in Barcelona; a role debut as Elisabetta in [[Don Carlos|Don Carlo]] in a return to the Palacio de la Opera in [[A Coruña|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 [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|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 (conductor)|Carlo Rizz]]<nowiki/>i. 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.
For Meade's 2019-2020 season, she made a house and role debut as [[Aida|Aïda]] with [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]] in Barcelona; a role debut as Elisabetta in [[Don Carlos|Don Carlo]] in a return to the Palacio de la Opera in [[A Coruña|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 [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|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 (conductor)|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 [[Metropolitan Opera]] for her role debut as Margherita in Arrigo Boito's [[Mefistofele]]; her debut with [[Seattle Opera|Seattle opera]] as Leonora in Verdi's [[Il trovatore|Il Trovatore]]; a return to [[Teatro de la Maestranza]] in Seville for [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s Il Trovatore and a return to [[Dallas Opera]] as Alice in Verdi's [[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]. On the concert stage she returned to Palacio de la Opera in Coruña Spain for a special evening of arias; presented recitals both in Vancouver's Singer Behind the Song Recital Series and for the McCammon Foundation at Fort Worth Opera; as well as performances of Verdi's Requiem both with [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] and the [[Orchestre Métropolitain|Orchestre Métropolitan]] in honor of [[Jacqueline Desmarais]] and for her debut with the [[RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra]] in Dublin under the baton of [[Michele Mariotti]].
Meade's 2018-2019 season included a return to the [[Metropolitan Opera]] for her role debut as Margherita in Arrigo Boito's [[Mefistofele]]; her debut with [[Seattle Opera|Seattle opera]] as Leonora in Verdi's [[Il trovatore|Il Trovatore]]; a return to [[Teatro de la Maestranza]] in Seville for [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s Il Trovatore and a return to [[Dallas Opera]] as Alice in Verdi's [[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]. On the concert stage she returned to Palacio de la Opera in Coruña Spain for a special evening of arias; presented recitals both in Vancouver's Singer Behind the Song Recital Series and for the McCammon Foundation at Fort Worth Opera; as well as performances of Verdi's Requiem both with [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] and the [[Orchestre Métropolitain|Orchestre Métropolitan]] in honor of [[Jacqueline Desmarais]] and for her debut with the [[RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra]] in Dublin under the baton of [[Michele Mariotti]].


Meade's 2017-2018 season included a return to [[Washington National Opera]] for her role debut in [[Georg Friedrich Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Alcina]]''; back to back contracts at the Metropolitan Opera for the title roles of Bellini's ''Norma'' and Rossini's ''[[Semiramide]]'' (broadcast live in HD); a return to [[Teatro Regio di Torino]] for Giselda in Verdi's ''[[I Lombardi]]''; a return to Frankfurt Opera in her role debut as [[Francesco Cilea|Cilea]]'s ''[[Adriana Lecouvreur]]'' as well as recitals with the [[Philadelphia Chamber Music Society]] and Performance Santa Fe, a concert with her husband and tenor, John Matthew Myers with the [[Allentown Symphony]] and [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s 8th Symphony with [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] for her debut with the [[Rotterdam Philharmonic]].
Meade's 2017-2018 season included a return to [[Washington National Opera]] for her role debut in [[Georg Friedrich Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Alcina]]''; back to back contracts at the Metropolitan Opera for the title roles of Bellini's ''Norma'' and Rossini's ''[[Semiramide]]'' (broadcast live in HD); a return to [[Teatro Regio di Torino]] for Giselda in Verdi's ''[[I Lombardi]]''; a return to Frankfurt Opera in her role debut as [[Francesco Cilea|Cilea]]'s ''[[Adriana Lecouvreur]]'' as well as recitals with the [[Philadelphia Chamber Music Society]] and Performance Santa Fe, a concert with her husband and tenor, John Matthew Myers with the [[Allentown Symphony]] and [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s 8th Symphony with [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] for her debut with the [[Rotterdam Philharmonic]].


== Discography ==
== 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 Records|Decca]]
*2007: Documentary with [[Jamie Barton (singer)|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 Records|Decca]]
*2013: [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]], ''[[Falstaff (opera)|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 Records|Decca]]
*2013: [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]], ''[[Falstaff (opera)|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 Records|Decca]]
*2015: [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]], ''[[Le duc d'Albe]]'' (complete audio recording) with [[Michael Spyres]], [[Laurent Naouri]], Gianluca Buratto, David Stout, [[Trystan Llŷr Griffiths]], Robin Tritschler, Dawid Kimberg; [[Mark Elder|Sir Mark Elder]] conducting [[The Hallé|Hallé Orchestra]] and Opera Rara Chorus; released 2016 [[Opera Rara]]
*2015: [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]], ''[[Le duc d'Albe]]'' (complete audio recording) with [[Michael Spyres]], [[Laurent Naouri]], Gianluca Buratto, David Stout, [[Trystan Llŷr Griffiths]], Robin Tritschler, Dawid Kimberg; [[Mark Elder|Sir Mark Elder]] conducting [[The Hallé|Hallé Orchestra]] and Opera Rara Chorus; released 2016 [[Opera Rara]]
*2018: [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]], ''[[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 (record label)|Dynamic]]


== Repertory ==
== Repertory ==
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[[Washington National Opera]]
[[Washington National Opera]]


[[Metropolitan Opera]] (2011-12)
[[Metropolitan Opera]] (2011–12)


[[Los Angeles Opera]]
[[Los Angeles Opera]]
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[[Teatro de la Maestranza|Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla]]
[[Teatro de la Maestranza|Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla]]


ABAO Bilbao (2019-20)
ABAO Bilbao (2019–20)
|Christofer Macatsoris
|Christofer Macatsoris
Marco Armiliato
Marco Armiliato
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Opéra de Lyon
Opéra de Lyon


Theatre des Champs-Elysees
Theatre des Champs-Élysées


Teatro di San Carlo (2019-20)
Teatro di San Carlo (2019–20)
|[[Alberto Zedda]]
|[[Alberto Zedda]]
[[Alberto Zedda]]
[[Alberto Zedda]]
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Torino Tour of Chicago (Harris Theater), Ann Arbor MI,
Torino Tour of Chicago (Harris Theater), Ann Arbor MI,


Toronto (Roy Thomson Hall) and Carnegie Hall
Toronto ([[Roy Thomson Hall]]) and Carnegie Hall
|[[Gianandrea Noseda]]
|[[Gianandrea Noseda]]
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|[[Aida|Aïda]]
|[[Aida|Aïda]]
|Verdi
|Verdi
|Gran Teatre del Liceu (2019-20)
|Gran Teatre del Liceu (2019–20)
|Gustavo Gimeno
|Gustavo Gimeno
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Portland SummerFest (2016)
Portland SummerFest (2016)


Seattle Opera
[[Seattle Opera]]


Teatro de la Maestranza Seville
Teatro de la Maestranza Seville
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[[Category:Pacific Lutheran University alumni]]
[[Category:Pacific Lutheran University alumni]]
[[Category:Richard Tucker Award winners]]
[[Category:Richard Tucker Award winners]]
[[Category:Thornton School of Music alumni]]
[[Category:USC Thornton School of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions]]
[[Category:Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions]]
[[Category:People from Centralia, Washington]]
[[Category:People from Centralia, Washington]]
[[Category:Singers from Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Singers from Washington (state)]]
[[Category:21st-century American singers]]
[[Category:21st-century American women opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

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Angela Meade as Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera, 2013

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 Verdi's Ernani in March 2008 stepping in for an ill colleague, a role she reprised with the company in February 2012, which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and in March/April 2015. At the Met she has also performed the roles of the Countess in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (2009) and the title roles in both Donizetti's Anna Bolena (2011) and Bellini's Norma (2013) as well as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore (2013 and 2016), and Alice in Verdi's Falstaff (2013/14), conducted by James Levine, which was broadcast as part of the Met's Live in HD series and was released on DVD by Decca. Other highlights include Elena in Verdi's I vespri siciliani with the Vienna State Opera (2012), Fidelia in Puccini's Edgar with Opera Frankfurt (2014), Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi's I due Foscari with Deutsche Oper Berlin (2012) and for her debut with Teatro Real Madrid (2016), Giselda in Verdi's I Lombardi with the Opera Orchestra of New York (2013), Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore with Palacio de la Ópera A Coruña [es] (2015) where she also performed the title role in Rossini's Ermione (2015) under the baton of Rossini conductor Alberto Zedda. She has sung Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni with Los Angeles Opera in 2012 under the baton of Plácido Domingo, Cincinnati Opera in 2013 and the Metropolitan Opera in 2017. She has been a part of the Caramoor International Music Festival in the title roles of Rossini's Semiramide (2009), Bellini's Norma (2010), Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (2014) as well as Hélène in Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes (2013) and as Imogene in Bellini's Il pirata (2017) and performances of the title role in Mercadante's Virginia at the Wexford Festival Opera in 2010

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 Metropolitan Opera for her role debut as Margherita in Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele; her debut with Seattle opera as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore; a return to Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville for Verdi's Il Trovatore and a return to Dallas Opera as Alice in Verdi's Falstaff. On the concert stage she returned to Palacio de la Opera in Coruña Spain for a special evening of arias; presented recitals both in Vancouver's Singer Behind the Song Recital Series and for the McCammon Foundation at Fort Worth Opera; as well as performances of Verdi's Requiem both with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitan in honor of Jacqueline Desmarais and for her debut with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin under the baton of Michele Mariotti.

Meade's 2017-2018 season included a return to Washington National Opera for her role debut in Handel's Alcina; back to back contracts at the Metropolitan Opera for the title roles of Bellini's Norma and Rossini's Semiramide (broadcast live in HD); a return to Teatro Regio di Torino for Giselda in Verdi's I Lombardi; a return to Frankfurt Opera in her role debut as Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur as well as recitals with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Performance Santa Fe, a concert with her husband and tenor, John Matthew Myers with the Allentown Symphony and Mahler's 8th Symphony with Yannick Nézet-Séguin for her debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

Discography

[edit]

Repertory

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Role Opera Composer Location Conductor
Norma Norma Bellini Caramoor Music Festival

Washington National Opera

Metropolitan Opera (2011–12)

Los Angeles Opera

Teatro Real Madrid

Metropolitan Opera (2017–18)

Will Crutchfield

Daniele Rustioni

Riccardo Frizza

James Conlon

Roberto Abbado

Joseph Colaneri

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

Metropolitan Opera

Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla

ABAO Bilbao (2019–20)

Christofer Macatsoris

Marco Armiliato

Maurizio Benini

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

Cincinnati Opera

Baltimore Symphony

Metropolitan Opera

Plácido Domingo

Roberto Minczuk

Markus Stenz

Plácido Domingo

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

Alberto Zedda

Alberto Zedda

Alberto Zedda

Alessandro de Marchi

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

Metropolitan Opera

Will Crutchfield

Maurizio Benini

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)

Seattle Opera

Teatro de la Maestranza Seville

Keith Clark

Keith Clark

Roberto Rizzi Brignoli

Daniele Callegari

Marco Armiliato

Keri-Lynn Wilson

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

*cover

References

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  1. ^ Profile by Sven Godenrath, 4 February 2014 (in German)
  2. ^ Joe Dziemianowicz (February 2, 2012). "Beverly Sills award winner Angela Meade returns to sing Ernani at the Metropolitan Opera". New York Daily News.
  3. ^ "Soprano Angela Meade Receives Seventh Annual Beverly Sills Artist Award from The Metropolitan Opera". Opera News. 30 January 2012.
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