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Melanie Krueger, Soprano
Recognized for her expressive, lyric tone, and thrilling high notes, Canadian soprano Melanie Krueger embraces an extraordinarily wide range of repertoire, from Britten and Berg to Mozart and Monteverdi.
Melanie maintains a thriving performance schedule, which has taken her from Canada to Europe. This season, Melanie will be joining the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir in Handel’s Messiah as well as Mahler’s Symphony #8. Operatic engagements this season include the role of the Handmaiden in Vancouver Opera’s production of Turandot. Highlights from her career include: Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Maestro Les Dala, Lillian, in John Estacios’ Lillian Alling at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, Abigail Williams in the Czech premier of Ward’s “The Crucible”, Fortuna in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno D’Ulisse in Patria at Teatro Massimo’s Festival Scarlatti, Sandrina in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera at the Prague Estate Theatre, Atalanta in Handel’s Xerxes with the Prague Chamber Opera, Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme and The Vixen in Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen with the Usti nad Labem Opera House.
Past operatic roles with the Vancouver opera include Eliza from Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Miss Wordsworth from Britten’s Albert Herring, “The Celestial Voice” from Verdi’s Don Carlos, the Valedictorian in the world premier of Weisensel’s Stickboy, Anina in Verdi’s La Traviata, directed by Sir Jonathan Miller as well as Isabel in the company’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.
Highlights of Melanie’s stage and concert career include the role of Sharon in The Art’s Club’s production of Terrance McNalley’s Masterclass. Viennese pops concerts have also been a staple of Melanie’s concert career. She has worked with some of Canada’s leading conductors and orchestras including Bramwel Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony, the Victoria Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Newfoundland Symphony. Oratorio engagements include Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s B minor Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
Melanie holds a masters degree in voice performance from the University of British Columbia, a bachelor of music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor of Education degree from Memorial University.
Martin Renner Wallace, Tenor
Tenor Martin Renner Wallace is from Victoria, where he studied voice at the Conservatory of Music as well as completing a Bachelor of Music in Performance at UVic. He moved to Vancouver to tour with “Vancouver Opera in Schools” programme before completing a Masters of Music in Opera at UBC. Martin has been a member of the Young Artist Programmes with the Victoria, Calgary and Vancouver Opera companies, as well as a participant in the Banff Summer Opera Programme. Praised for his “exquisite high notes and lush warmth in his lower register” (Kelowna Daily Courier), he has recently appeared in roles such as Canio in Pagliacci, Pollione in Norma, and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as in concerts performing Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. In 2010, Martin was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition, proceeding to the regionals in Seattle. Martin has sung with companies such as Calgary Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Bach Choir. He remains an active performer in Canada, and most recently, on tour in China.
Venue Details
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium
32315 South Fraser WayAbbotsford, British Columbia V2T 1W7
