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Mezzo-soprano Mary Beth Nelson was recently praised by Opera News for her “ardent, focused, von-Stadean mezzo” with Juilliard Opera in Handel’s Atalanta with the Juilliard415 historical performance orchestra. This spring she made her Merkin Concert Hall debut in the Vocal Arts Honors Recital with The Juilliard School. Recently, she sang the world premiere of Daniel Ficarri's Lessons from the Neighborhood, a song cycle scored for mezzo-soprano, organ, and string quintet at her graduate recital. In summer 2023, she will join the Filene Artists roster at Wolf Trap Opera, singing Siebel in Gounod’s Faust as well as a recital with pianist Steven Blier.
Last season Ms. Nelson debuted at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as the alto soloist in the Bach B Minor Mass with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Maestro Richard Egarr. An advocate of new music, Ms. Nelson was the soloist for the world-premiere of Paul Frehner’s Sometimes the Devil Plays Fate, which will be released on Centrediscs label with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Gemma New on May 24, 2023. Ms. Nelson is a current recipient of the FENDI Vanguard Award. She has won prizes and awards with the Gerda Lissner Foundation (2023), the Fort Worth McCammon Voice Competition (2023), Career Bridges (2022, 2019), the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition (2021), the Rochester International Vocal Competition (2020), the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition (2019), the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2020, 2014), and is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School. Ms. Nelson has appeared at Opera Delaware, Opera Baltimore, The Glimmerglass Festival, Florida Grand Opera, Painted Sky Opera, Bronx Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. She holds a degree from Oklahoma City University and is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School. |
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