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Hailed a "Standout" by Ted Medrek of the Boston Herald for her performance of Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Meredith Hansen has scored many recent successes with notable competitions, both domestically and internationally. In addition to receiving Grant support from the prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition, she was named First Place Winner in both the Charles Lynam Competition and the Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition as well as both First Place Winner and Audience Favorite in the Opera Birmingham Competition. During the 2010/11 season, Ms. Hansen makes her debut with Opera Boston as Marzelline in Fidelio before portraying Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Commonwealth Opera. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is planned with the Bozeman Symphony. Her 2009/2010 season opened with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala and continued with her main stage debut as Frasquita in Carmen with Boston Lyric Opera (under the baton of Keith Lockhart). She was part of the Elijah cast under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos with the Boston Symphony at Symphony Hall and later Carnegie Hall. A performance of Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Plymouth Philharmonic rounded out her season. Highlights of the 2008/2009 season included the role of Miss Silverpeal in Mozart’s The Impresario with MetroWest Opera, a concert of duets and arias with Boston Lyric Opera and the Landmarks Orchestra, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Quincy Choral Society, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Paul Madore Chorale. For her November 2008 performance of Rossini’s Petit Messe Solennelle, Matthew Guerrieri of the Boston Globe offered the following praise: "Soprano Meredith Hansen sang the surprisingly sweet "Crucifixus" with a creamy tone and soared in the "O salutaris hostia."" Other recent opera highlights include Gilda in Rigoletto with the Newton Symphony Orchestra (opposite New York City Opera favorite Michael Corvino in the title role), Mrs. Fiorentino in Street Scene with Maine Grand Opera, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Opera by the Bay. Of her performance as the Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Justin Graeber called Ms. Hansen a "Major highlight" and went on to say that "Her strong, rich voice lent a dignity to the otherwise comical plot line. Her first aria...established an immediate sympathy with the audience that carried throughout the performance." Ms. Hansen was also recently heard in The Messiah with Commonwealth Opera and has performed works such as Elijah, The Brahms and Mozart Requiems, the Mozart Mass in c minor and Carmina Burana with organizations such as The Newburyport Chorale, The Paul Madore Choir, Masterworks Chorale and others. Originally from Cohasset, MA, Ms. Hansen received her undergraduate training at The Eastman School of Music and The University of Connecticut, her Master's Degree from Boston University and spent a year of post-graduate study as an Intern at the prestigious Opera Institute at Boston University. She has also performed under the auspices of Opera Lirica a Orvieto, winning First Place in their Aria Competition and performing various concerts throughout Italy. She makes her home in Boston, MA.
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