Hailed as “brilliant” by The New York Times and given “high marks” by The Wall Street Journal, versatile soprano MELISSA FOGARTY’s wide range of experience includes performances with New York City Opera, New York Collegium, Sequitur and Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Last season, Melissa appeared in New York City Opera’s VOX 2007’s showcase of new opera, and returns this season in Agrippina and King Arthur. A favorite with Seattle audiences, she appears as Serpina in La Serva Padrona with SBO. Last season she was in demand for her interpretations of the music of David Del Tredici for many of his 70th birthday celebrations: she performed “Dracula”, “Miz Inez Sez” (both with the composer), “Paul Revere’s Ride” with Canticum Novum, and covered “Final Alice” at Maverick Concerts, and two world premieres of Del Tredici’s are scheduled in New York City in 2008, written with Melissa in mind. Numerous awards and fellowships are to Melissa’s credit, mostly recently 2006 Outmusic Award (OMA) for her recording “Handel: Scorned & Betrayed” on Albany Records. Past fellowships include the Adams Fellowship at the Carmel Bach Festival and the Giorgio Cini Foundation Fellowship for study in Venice.
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