{"id":1876,"date":"2022-10-13T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/?page_id=1876"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:08:49","slug":"meredith-ziegler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/meredith-ziegler\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith Ziegler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Praised for her \u201cstunning voice\u201d and \u201cdelightful portrayals\u201d, Meredith Ziegler<\/strong> has impressed critics<\/p>\n

and audiences alike with her warm lyric mezzo-soprano voice and her engaging characterizations.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ziegler’s leading operatic roles include Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Company of<\/p>\n

Middlebury, Opera Theater of Conecticut), Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte (Granite State Opera, Cape\"\"<\/p>\n

Cod Opera), Dido in Dido & Aeneas (Connecticut Lyric Opera), Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti<\/p>\n

(Connecticut Concert Opera), H\u00e4nsel in H\u00e4nsel & Gretel (Opera Theater of Connecticut), and Meg<\/p>\n

Page in Falstaff (Opera North). As a Resident Artist with Connecticut Opera, Ms. Ziegler performed<\/p>\n

the roles of Mercedes in Carmen, Zulma in L’Italiana in Algeri, and Inez in Il Trovatore.<\/p>\n

Internationally, Ms. Ziegler\u2019s work has taken her to Graz, Austria where, she was a soloist with the<\/p>\n

AIMS Festival Orchestra for performances of Bernstein\u2019s Arias & Barcarolles. Closer to home she<\/p>\n

appeared as a soloist in Rutter’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah with the Falmouth Chorale,<\/p>\n

Berlioz\u2019s Les Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 with the Holyoke Civic Symphony, and Haydn\u2019s Lord Nelson Mass the New<\/p>\n

Haven Oratorio Choir. Additionally, Ms. Ziegler was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Extra<\/p>\n

Chorus.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ziegler holds a Master of Music in voice from the University of Connecticut, as well as a Bachelor<\/p>\n

of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

She has been a young artist with Opera North, Connecticut Opera, and AIMS in Graz. Ms. Ziegler<\/p>\n

has been an award winner in competitions with the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Sullivan<\/p>\n

Foundation, Palm Beach Opera, Connecticut Opera Guild, and Opera Theater of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ziegler teaches voice at the University of Connecticut, Western CT State University, and also<\/p>\n

maintains a private studio. Her students have performed with various opera companies and<\/p>\n

symphonies around the U.S.A. and internationally. Ms. Ziegler resides in Storrs, CT with her<\/p>\n

husband and 3 sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Praised for her \u201cstunning voice\u201d and \u201cdelightful portrayals\u201d, Meredith Ziegler has impressed critics and audiences alike with her warm lyric mezzo-soprano voice and her engaging characterizations. Ms. Ziegler’s leading operatic roles include Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Company …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}