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Deanne Meek
Lauded by Opera magazine for a mezzo that “is smooth and velvety with a touch of resin in the tone,” Deanne Meek returns to the role of Bianca in Eine florentinische Tragödie in the 2010-11 season in performances at the Teatro Colón. She also returns to the Théâtre du Châtelet as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and joins the roster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for its production of Handel’s Hercules. Last season, her engagements included Charlotte in A Little Night Music with the Théâtre du Châtelet, Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice with Atlanta Opera, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and Guilhen in d’Indy’s Fervaal with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall.
Her performances on international stages also include her debut at the Teatro alla Scala reprising the role of Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream which she has previously sung with the Gran Teatre del Liceu (performance released on DVD on Virgin Classics), Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, and Opéra de Lyon with the both in France and on tour in Athens. She has sung Ruggiero in Alcina with Richard Hickox conducting at English National Opera, Dorabella in Così fan tutte at Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos and Krista in The Makropolous Case at the Teatro Real, and Rossweisse in Die Walküre at the Théâtre du Châtelet. With England’s Opera North, she has sung Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, and Meg Page in Falstaff. Her performances of Hermia in Robert Carsen’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu was recently released as a commercial DVD recording and she has since sung the role with Opéra de Lyon with the company both in France and on tour in Athens as well as at La Monnaie. She has appeared at London’s Grange Festival as Angelina in La cenerentola, the Bregenz Festival as Ines in Il trovatore, Opera Ireland as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Vancouver Opera as Siebel in Faust.
Among the mezzo-soprano’s other recent engagements is the creation of the role of Ma Joad in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath in the work’s world premiere at Minnesota Opera with subsequent performances at Utah Opera, where she returned as the title role in Blitzstein’s Regina and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. A frequent guest in many of the other major opera houses of the United States, her credits include Bianca in Eine florentinische Tragödie at Bard’s Summerscape Festival, Fyodor in Boris Godunov for Washington National Opera, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Tulsa Opera, Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos in her Los Angeles Opera, Sesto in Giulio Cesare and Dorabella in Così fan tutte for Portland Opera, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalierwith Opera Pacific, Javotte in Manon for Dallas Opera, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro for Kentucky Opera, Jo March in Little Women with Minnesota Opera, and Maddalena in Rigoletto with Connecticut Grand Opera. She has also joined the Metropolitan Opera for productions of La traviata, Rusalka, Parsifal, and Il trovatore. Festival engagements have led her to the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and Zenobia in the American premiere of Handel’s Radamisto and to Spoleto Festival U.S.A., where she sang Karolka in Jenüfa and most recently, Dido in Dido & Aeneas.
Ms. Meek has been a frequent presence on the stage of the New York City Opera, having appeared as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Diana in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, and Harriet Mosher in the acclaimed New York premiere of Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. She also enjoys a strong relationship with Boston Baroque where she has sung Sesto in Giulio Cesare, Nerone in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mozart’s Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah. Also with the ensemble she has recorded live concerts of Mozart’s The Beneficent Dervish, Bach's Magnificat, and Vivaldi's Gloria for the Telarc Label. Her performances of baroque repertoire also encompass Dejanira in Handel’s Hercules with the American Handel Festival and the Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.
An active recitalist, Ms. Meek has been a fellow at both the Tanglewood and Ravinia Music Festivals in the United States, and has sung solo recitals in the United Kingdom, Paris, New York, Baltimore, Washington D.C., St. Louis and the Pacific Northwest.
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