MEAGAN BRUS
 Praised for her "vocal warmth…even line and natural expressiveness" and "glorious instrument", Iowa native Meagan Brus is quickly establishing herself as a unique and versatile soprano.
Known for her consistently dynamic performances, Ms. Brus' rising career has included many operatic
roles and concerts, both in the United States and abroad. Highlights from Ms.Brus’ 2010/2011 season
included a 30-city tour of the US as the vocal soloist with the group Ten O’Clock Classics, Oberto in
Handel’s Alcina and Soprano soloist singing Handel's Neun Deutsche Arien with Bourbon Baroque, and a
summer spent with the Utah Festival Opera Company. Recent performances include Gianetta and
Barbarina in the Green Mountain Opera Festival’s productions of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Jacques Lacombe, cond.). Other recent roles have included Frou-Frou in
Lehar’s The Merry Widow, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.
Comfortable both on the operatic stage and in concert, Ms. Brus has been the soprano soloist 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 in Montreal.
Immediately following her debut as Ophelia with the SoBe Institute, Ms. Brus will return to sing
Boccherini's Stabat Mater with Bourbon Baroque in Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Brus has given recitals in
numerous places including Fukushima and Nihonmatsu, Japan, Düsseldorf, and New York City. Ms. Brus
resides in New York City and holds degrees from both the Manhattan School of Music and the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music.
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