Malinda
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The program features his delightfully satirical one-act opera The Telephone — a hilarious and all-too-relevant exploration of love in the age of constant connection. You’ll also hear selections from The Consul, his gripping, Pulitzer Prize-winning cry for freedom, and other gems that showcase Menotti’s unmatched gift for giving voice to the struggles, hopes, and dreams of everyday people.
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Magda (The Consul)
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Recent Highlights
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An emerging artist showcase. Featuring music by Puccini, Wagner, Johann Strauss, Mozart, Stephen Sondheim, and more.
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A MAC After Hours Event featuring female singers and pianists performing works by female composers
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Tosca
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John Rutter's "Mass of the Children"
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Soprano Soloist
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Soprano
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Leonore (Fidelio)
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Isabelle Kosempa
Charlotte (Werther)
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Maegan Hoogerhyde
Micaëla (Carmen)
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Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos)
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Isabelle Kosempa
Leonora (La Favorita)
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Maegan Hoogerhyde
Mimì (La bohème), Thaïs (Thaïs)
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Soprano
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Encouragement Award
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Orpheus National Vocal Competition
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Competition for Washington-based singers
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Medora
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The Seattle Opera Guild is pleased to invite you to a concert featuring the top winners of our Singers Development Awards Program.
Admission is free. We will be accepting donations.
Our featured singers are:
Theodora Cottarel, soprano
Rosamund Dyer, mezzo-soprano
Malinda Wagstaff, soprano
Stephanie Pfundt, soprano
We hope to see you and your friends at this special event!
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New Year's Even Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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Soloist
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World premiere by Shulamit Ran
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Chorus
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Olivia Gronenthal
Miep Gies
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Regan Poarch
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Jennifer Kreider
Mrs. Edith Frank
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Aaron Murphy
Mr. Van Daan
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Maggie Kinabrew
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Kate Johnson
Anne Frank
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Rachel Knappenberger
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Isabella Stachurski
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Featuring works by Beethoven, Chausson, Virgil Thomson, Joseph Marx, and Massenet.
In Ford Hall at Indiana University
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Recitalist
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Ella Torres
Recitalist
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Musicfest Northwest's Young Artist Competition- including required arias, sight singing, and singer's choice.
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Soloist
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Featuring 6 winners of the Musicfest Northwest Competition- performing with the Spokane Symphony
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Opera outreach performances for the Inland Northwest. Featuring Malinda Wagstaff singing arias from "Mefistofele," "Tosca," and "Hérodiade."
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Season preview gala for Puget Sound Concert opera. Featuring scenes and arias from "Il Corsaro," "Il Matrimonio Segreto," "Cabildo," and "Fidelio."
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Medora, Leonore
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Masterworks 4 concert: Behold the Sea
Alan Hovhaness
And God Created Great Whales, Op.229, No. 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
Malinda Wagstaff, Soprano Soloist
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Soprano Soloist
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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Participant
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Manon Lescaut
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Annina
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Sable Strout
Flora
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Gertrud
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Kayla Kramer
Gretel
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Rachel Knappenberger
Dew Fairy
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Anna Donnelly
Gretel
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Isabella Stachurski
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First Lady
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Jon Marc Olivier
First Armored Man
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Grace Lerew
Performer, Performer, Performer
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Regan Poarch
Third Spirit
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Brianna Murray
Papagena
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Jennifer Kreider
Pamina
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Maggie Kinabrew
Queen of the Night
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Caroline Goodwin
Second Spirit
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Participant
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Angel More
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Shepherd Boy
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Biography
Malinda Wagstaff has been hailed as “a voice to keep listening for” (Spokesman-Review). In 2025, Ms. Wagstaff joined Festival Napa Valley's Manetti Shrem Opera Studio, performing in scenes from “Fidelio” and “Ariadne auf Naxos” and training with Angela Meade, Martin Katz, Noah Lindquist, and more. Malinda also performed with Puget Sound Concert Opera as Medora in “Il Corsaro” and in the season preview with scenes from “Il Corsaro” and “Fidelio.”
Previously this season Malinda performed as the soprano soloist in John Rutter's "Mass of the Children" with North Idaho College. She was also featured as an emerging artist with OperaBend in a concert highlighting arias from "Tosca," "Tannhäuser," and "Die Fledermaus." Malinda also helped curate and perform a program highlighting female composers at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. The immersive event highlighted art songs by 6 female composers performed within an exhibit of art by local women.
In the 2023-2024 season, Malinda was a featured soloist with the Spokane Symphony for their performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “A Sea Symphony.” Of her performance of the Vaughan Williams, the Spokesman-Review said Malinda “took on the challenges of Vaughan Williams’ writing for the solo soprano and vanquished every one.”
Ms. Wagstaff earned her master of music degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music while studying with Carol Vaness and her bachelor of music from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Ruth Hennessy. While at Indiana University, she performed as Mutter in “Hänsel und Gretel” and First Lady in “Die Zauberflöte.” Opera workshop performances included scenes from “Manon Lescaut” and “Tosca.”
No stranger to the competition circuit, Malinda holds multiple encouragement awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Laffont competition, as well as first prize awards in the Seattle Opera Guild (2024), Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra Young Artist (2020), and Musicfest Northwest Competitions (2023). Additionally, Malinda was awarded the Bel Canto prize at the Oprheus Vocal Competition (2024) and 3rd place in the Seattle Opera Guild Competition.
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