Angela Meade (born 1977) is an American operatic

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Life and career

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). 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. Meade made her professional operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in Verdi's ''

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'' 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

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's '' Le Nozze di Figaro'' (2009) and the title roles in both Donizetti's '' Anna Bolena'' (2011) and

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'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

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(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 (2015) where she also performed the title role in

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's ''

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'' (2015) under the baton of Rossini conductor Alberto Zedda. She has sung Donna Anna in

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'' with

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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 ''

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'' (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

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'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

; a debut with the Ravinia Festival in

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under the baton of Marin Alsop; and a debut with the

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, 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

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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

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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

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'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

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's ''

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'' as well as recitals with the

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and Performance Santa Fe, a concert with her husband and tenor, John Matthew Myers with the

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and Mahler's 8th Symphony with Yannick Nézet-Séguin for her debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

Discography

*2007: Documentary with Jamie Barton, Amber Wagner,

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, Alek Shrader, Ryan Smith,

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, 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 Stephanie Blythe (born 1970) is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1990s. She is particularly associated with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with whom she has perfo ...

Lisette Oropesa Lisette Oropesa (born September 29, 1983) is an American operatic soprano of Cuban ancestry. She has a wide repertoire that includes works from Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Wagner, Verdi, Bizet, Massenet and Puccini. With her lyric ...

, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Ambrogio Maestri, Franco Vassallo, Paolo Fanale, Carlo Bosi, Keith Jameson,

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; James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; released 2015 Decca *2015: Donizetti, '' Le duc d'Albe'' (complete audio recording) with

Michael Spyres Michael Spyres is an American operatic baritenor. He is particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire, especially the works of Rossini, and heroic roles in French grand opera. Biography Michael Spyres was born in 1979 in Missouri, US, and ...

, Laurent Naouri, Gianluca Buratto, David Stout,

Trystan Llŷr Griffiths Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, also known as Trystan Griffiths or Trystan Llŷr (born c.1987), is a Welsh tenor. Griffiths is from Clunderwen in Pembrokeshire, and is Welsh-speaking. He often performs with his brother, Gwydion Rhys, who is an actor and ...

, Robin Tritschler, Dawid Kimberg; Sir Mark Elder conducting Hallé Orchestra and Opera Rara Chorus; released 2016

Opera Rara Opera Rara is a London-based opera company and recording label which specialises in recording and performing forgotten operatic repertoire from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1970 by bel canto enthusiasts Patric Schmid and Don Whit ...

*2018: Verdi, '' I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata'' (complete audio recording) with

Francesco Meli Francesco Meli (born 15 May 1980 is an Italian operatic tenor particularly associated with the romantic repertoire. Life and career Born in Genoa, Meli began his vocal studies at age 17 with Norma Palacios at the Conservatorio di Musica "Nicc ...

Alex Esposito Alex Esposito is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer, best known for singing Mozart roles, especially Leporello in Don Giovanni. Esposito was born in Bergamo. He debuted at the Royal Opera in 2007 as Alidoro in La Cenerentola and sang Leporel ...

, 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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meade, Angela 1977 births Living people Academy of Vocal Arts alumni American operatic sopranos Pacific Lutheran University alumni Richard Tucker Award winners USC Thornton School of Music alumni Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions People from Centralia, Washington Singers from Washington (state) 21st-century American women opera singers