Melanie
Ashkar

Mezzo-Soprano

Melanie Ashkar

Mezzo-Soprano

Arlington, Virginia

She/Her Lebanese-American mezzo-soprano Melanie Ashkar is known for the "rich texture" of her voice and her "delightfully expressive" stage presence.

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(She/Her) Lebanese-American mezzo-soprano Melanie Ashkar is known for the "rich texture" of her voice and her "delightfully expressive" stage presence.

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Career Highlights/Education

Utah Opera

Resident Artist, 2017-2019

Central City Opera

Apprentice Artist, 2018-2019

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Schedule

Upcoming Engagements

La Traviata

Flora

Baltimore Concert Opera

La Traviata

Flora

OperaDelaware

Wagner's Die Walküre

Siegrune

Tundi Productions

Recent Highlights

Eugene Onegin

Olga

Skylark Opera Theatre

Adriana Lecouvreur

Mlle Dangeville

Baltimore Concert Opera

Lakme

Mallika (cover)

Washington Concert Opera

Le Loup-garou

Catherine

Opera Southwest

Le Loup-garou

Catherine

Opera Southwest

Le Loup-garou

Catherine

Opera Southwest

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Mother

Bel Cantanti Opera

Hansel and Gretel

The Witch

Pacific Opera Project

Carmen

Mercedes

Hogfish Regenerative Theater

Missa Solemnis

Alto Soloist

University of Virginia

Opera Jukebox

Soloist

OperaDelaware

Norma

Clotilde

Utah Opera

The Magic Flute

Second Lady

Utah Opera

The Little Prince

The Fox

Utah Opera

Die Zauberflöte

Dritte Dame

Central City Opera

Biography

Lebanese-American mezzo-soprano Melanie Ashkar is known for the “rich texture” of her voice and her “delightfully expressive” stage presence. This season she makes her company debut with Opera Southwest as Catherine in Le Loup-garou and with Peabody Opera Theatre as Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon. She also returns to Bel Cantanti Opera as Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors and to OperaDelaware and Baltimore Concert Opera as Flora in La Traviata. Last season, she debuted with Pacific Opera Project as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel and with Skylark Opera Theatre as Olga in Eugene Onegin. She also covered Mlle Dangeville in Baltimore Concert Opera’s Adriana Lecouvreur and Mallika in Washington Concert Opera’s Lakmé. In addition to her operatic engagements, Melanie presented recitals with the Montpelier Arts Center as a winner of their 2021 Virtual Classical Recital Competition and with Sparrow Live as a Resident Artist. Prior to the pandemic, Melanie spent two years as a Resident Artist at Utah Opera, where she appeared as Clotilde (Norma), Second Lady (The Magic Flute), The Fox (The Little Prince), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), and Ida (Die Fledermaus). She was also featured with the Utah Symphony as a soloist in Handel's Messiah and Bernstein's Candide. Melanie spent two summers as a Bonfils-Stanton Apprentice Artist at Central City Opera, where she performed the roles of Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte) and La Madre (Madama Butterfly). Melanie has been recognized by the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Opera Piccola, the Schuyler Foundation for Career Bridges Grant Awards, and the Gerda Lissner Foundation. A Washington, DC native, she holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and Mannes College, The New School. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Press Quotes

"This is an unusual voice that, once heard, is not forgotten."

Melanie
Ashkar

Melanie
Ashkar