This season, upcoming soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in their productions of Die Zauberflöte, Die Walküre, and War and Peace. A recent graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Ms. Harmer will continue to build her relationship with the Metropolitan Opera next season when she appears as Freia in Das Rheingold and in roles in the other operas that comprise the complete Ring Cycle. She also sings First Lady in the English version f The Magic Flute. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the First Bridesmaid in Le nozze di Figaro, and has since appeared there in The Magic Flute (which was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world), and in productions of Parsifal, Die Agyptische Helena, and Jenufa. Other past opera engagements has included Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito with Opera Boston and Mimi in La Bohéme at the Utah Opera Festival ... read full bio

This season, upcoming soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in their productions of Die Zauberflöte, Die Walküre, and War and Peace. A recent graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Ms. Harmer will continue to build her relationship with the Metropolitan Opera next season when she appears as Freia in Das Rheingold and in roles in the other operas that comprise the complete Ring Cycle. She also sings First Lady in the English version f The Magic Flute. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the First Bridesmaid in Le nozze di Figaro, and has since appeared there in The Magic Flute (which was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world), and in productions of Parsifal, Die Agyptische Helena, and Jenufa. Other past opera engagements has included Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito with Opera Boston 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 this season appears in a George London Foundation 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.