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Andrea Ludwig (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian-born
mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...
opera singer based in
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,
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. Born and raised in Regina,
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, her mother was a nurse and her father was a German Lutheran pastor. She has three brothers and two sisters. She participated in the Kiwanis Music Festival between the ages of 8 and 15 years old. After graduating from Luther College High School she moved to Toronto intending to study piano at the
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. However she changed her major to Vocal Performance and graduated in 2001 with an Opera Diploma. She is also a 200
Canadian Opera Company Ensemble
graduate. Andrea has been a member of the
Elmer Iseler Singers The Elmer Iseler Singers is a professional chamber choir based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The twenty-voice choir, conducted by Artistic Director ''Lydia Adams'', founded by Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, is one of Canada’s leading choral ensemb ...
in Toronto as the Mezzo Soprano from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2017. Andrea was nominated for a
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in 2016 for her vocal performance
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's Responsio project (in the category Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance). Ludwig performs in concert with a wide range of presenters and has sung numerous roles with the Canadian Opera Company, Edmonton Opera, Philadelphia Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. In 2018 she played The Landlady in ''
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'' (Canstage/Tapestry) and reprised the same role at
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.


Discography

Album appearances * 201
Nestor Nyzhankivsky: Galicians ll
with the Ukrainian Art Song Project. (CD) *201
Music of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Conducted by Bernhard Gueller/Featuring Andrea Ludwig
mezzo-soprano (CD) *2015 Responsio Peter-Anthony Togni - Responsio (CD) * 2009 Peter-Anthony Togni - Jeff Reilly (3), Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams (2) - Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae (CD, Album) * 1998 The Elmer Iseler Singers*, Norine Burgess, Michael Schade, Mireille Lagacé - Noël - Early Canadian Christmas Music (CD, Album) * 1998 Elmer Iseler Singers - A Canadian Panorama (CD)


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Elmer Iseler Singers

Andrea Ludwig - MEZZO Soprano
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig, Andrea 1970 births Living people Canadian operatic mezzo-sopranos 21st-century Canadian women opera singers Musicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Singers from Toronto Canadian people of German descent Singers from Saskatchewan