Meagan Brus, Soprano

Soprano Meagan Brus was most recently seen as Frou-Frou in the Merry Widow with Opera Santa Barbara and as Barbarina and Gianetta in the Green Mountain Opera Festival’s productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and L’Elisir d’Amore garnering praise for her “vocal warmth, and an even line and natural expressiveness”. Ms. Brus has performed numerous roles including Diana in Orpheus in the Underworld, Fanny in La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Susanna in Mozart’s le Nozze di Figaro and Pamina in die Zauberflöte both with the Baltimore Sinfonietta’s Project Opera of Manhattan.

Ms. Brus received First Place in the Opera Guild of Dayton Vocal Competition and was a preliminary finalist in the Dutch International Vocal Competition. Comfortable both on the operatic stage and in concert, Ms. Brus has performed solo in Vivaldi's Gloria, Haydn's Harmoniemesse, Bach's Magnificat and Jesu, Meine Freude, Handel’s Laudate Pueri Dominum and Dixit Dominus, and Alessandro Scarlatti’s opera, Venere, Amore e Ragione under the direction of John Austin Clark.

Ms. Brus has given recitals in Fukushima and Nihonmatsu, Japan and in 2010 will embark on a 30 city tour of the US as the vocal soloist with the group Ten O’Clock Classics. Ms. Brus is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. This season Ms. Brus makes her Bourbon Baroque and Louisville debut performing Oberto in Handel’s Alcina.