This season, up and coming soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer will continue to build her relationship with the Metropolitan Opera when she appears as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte. A graduate of their Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, she recently appeared there as Freia in Das Rheingold as well as roles in the other operas that comprise the complete Ring Cycle, and in their productions of Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute (which was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world),  War and Peace,  Parsifal, Die Agyptische Helena, and Jenufa. 

This season, up and coming soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer will continue to build her relationship with the Metropolitan Opera when she appears as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte. A graduate of their Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, she recently appeared there as Freia in Das Rheingold as well as roles in the other operas that comprise the complete Ring Cycle, and in their productions of Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute (which was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world),  War and Peace,  Parsifal, Die Agyptische Helena, and Jenufa.

This season also sees Ms. Harmer’s return to the Opera Boston for their production of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein. She made her debut there as Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito.  Other past engagements have included her debut at the Palm Beach Opera as Adalgisa in Norma, and Mimi in La Bohéme at the Utah Opera Festival.

In concert, Ms. Harmer has appeared as a soloist at The Schubert Festival with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and sang at Lincoln Center’s Tribute to Renata Tebaldi.  In 2005, she made her New York recital debut under the auspices of The Marilyn Horne Foundation, and was recently presented by the George London Foundation  in a recital with Ben Heppner at the Morgan Library.

Born in Roseville, California, Ms. Harmer graduated with a Bachelor's degree from The Boston Conservatory and attended the Music of Academy of the West.  She was also a member of the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theater of St Louis, and was one of nine singers invited to study at The Music Academy in Villecroze, France. Her many awards include the 2007 Jensen Award, theTeatro alla Scala Award at the 2007 Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition,  first place at the  Palm Beach Opera Competition, the 2005 winner of the George London/Leonie Rysanek Award, and an award from The Marilyn Horne Foundation. 

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