The American soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth is one of the most promising sopranos of her generation. She captivates audiences with her clear, expressive approach to text and music. Her interpretations combine stylistic precision with emotional immediacy.
In the 2026/27 season, Meredith Wohlgemuth can be heard as Sifare (Mitridate, re di Ponto). In addition, she will give a song recital with pianist Eric Schneider at the Kulturkreis Mertingen, featuring works by Richard Strauss and Franz Schubert.
Her recent operatic engagements include Frasquita (Carmen) at Seattle Opera, Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) at New Orleans Opera, as well as the cover role of Marie (La fille du régiment) at the Metropolitan Opera. In concert, she performed the soprano part in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the closing concert of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl under the direction of Asher Fish and performed under Sarah Hicks at the Cleveland Orchestra’s Christmas concert.
From the 2023/24 to the 2024/25 season, Meredith Wohlgemuth was a member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover. There, she sang Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Ms. Schlesin (Satyagraha), Tytania (Ein Sommernachtstraum), Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Cordelia (Lear), as well as the Flower Maidens (Parsifal).
Further guest engagements included Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) at Chautauqua Opera, as well as Annina (La traviata) and A girl/Francisca (West Side Story) at Opera Naples, where she was a Resident Artist. In 2023, as a Renée Fleming Artist at the Aspen Music Festival and School, she sang the role of Ilia (Idomeneo). At the Tanglewood Music Festival, she took part in the US premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence. At Juilliard Opera, she appeared as Despina (Così fan tutte) and Belinda (Dido and Aeneas).
On the concert stage, Meredith Wohlgemuth has performed, among other works, Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under Pietari Inkinen. Further concert engagements took her with Juilliard415 to Alice Tully Hall for Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, as well as to Carnegie Hall with the Cecilia Chorus of New York under the direction of Mark Shapiro.
Together with pianist Jinhee Park, she is dedicated to the song repertoire. The duo won first prize at the 2022 Concours Musical International de Montréal as well as at the 2023 International Schubert LiedDuo Competition Dortmund. Further highlights of their joint concert work include the Schubertíada in Barcelona, the 2023 Renée Fleming SongStudio, the 21c song recital at National Sawdust, as well as appearances at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts and at Merkin Hall as a Schwab Vocal Rising Star with the New York Festival of Song under Steven Blier and Bénédicte Jourdois.
Meredith Wohlgemuth completed a Master of Music in Vocal Arts at the Juilliard School and continues her studies with Marlena Malas. Her competition successes also include reaching the finals of the Young Concert Artists International Competition, reaching the semifinals of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, as well as winning first prizes at the 2022 Concours Musical International de Montréal and the 2023 International Schubert LiedDuo Competition Dortmund, and receiving an award at the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.
"She displayed a clear soprano voice with consistently perfect intonation, which she carried through all registers with the finest bel canto technique. The wonderful piano in the many lyrical passages was particularly pleasing; but she also had no trouble with the numerous high notes, which were never shrill."
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