Melanie
Ashkar
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Melanie joins the Friday Morning Music Club in Washington, DC, presenting a set of Gustav & Alma Mahler songs.
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Melanie sings the role of Adah in her WOSL debut.
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Adah
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Michael Colman
Étienne Grandet
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Melanie portrays Metella in L'Opera Comique de Washington's inaugural production at the French Embassy in Washington, DC.
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Metella
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Erica Ferguson
Director
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Melanie joins the Arlington Chorale as the alto soloist in a premiere of this new choral work.
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Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
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Suzy
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Deanna Breiwick
Lisette
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Melanie makes her debut at the Canton Symphony Orchestra in a program of orchestrated songs by Alma and Gustav Mahler.
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Part of the Wagner in Vermont festival
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Floßhilde
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Paul Hill
Alberich
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Wendy Silvester
Fricka, Fricka
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Part of the Wagner in Vermont festival
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Flosshilde
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James Chamberlain
Siegfried
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Paul Hill
Alberich
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Wendy Silvester
Waltraute
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Moll
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The Fox
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Flora
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Fran Daniel Laucerica
Gastone , Alfredo
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Kyle White
Giorgio
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Flora
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Flora
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Marcelle McGuirk
Chorus
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Aurelien Eulert
Chorus Master/Rehearsal Pianist
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Melanie sings the Contralto solos in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle in her company debut with the Oratorio Society of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
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Contralto Soloist
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Melanie performs songs by Leonard Bernstein in her company debut on their popular summer concert series.
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Melanie makes her first foray into Wagner as Siegrune in Die Walküre.
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Siegrune
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Wendy Silvester
Fricka, Waltraute
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Melanie sings Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette as part of NYCO's popular Bryant Park opera series.
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Gertrude
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Joanna Mongiardo
Juliette
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Melanie debuts with OWR as Mercédès in Carmen and performs an hour-long outreach version of the opera as Carmen.
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Mercédès
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Olga
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Elena Stabile
Tatyana
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Mlle Dangeville
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Annie Chester
Principessa di Bouillon
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Brian Wallin
L'abate di Chazeuil
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Faith Snyderman
Madamigella Jouvenot
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Mallika
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Véronique Filloux
Miss Ellen
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Theo Hoffman
Frédéric
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Catherine
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Catherine
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Catherine
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Catherine
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Catherine
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Catherine
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The Mother
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Witch
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Melanie's appearance as Mercédès was canceled due to the pandemic.
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Mercédès
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Alto Soloist
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Melanie sang La Madre and covered Kate Pinkerton during her second summer as an Apprentice Artist at CCO.
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La Madre
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Dylan Morrongiello
Goro
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Caitlin Crabill
Cio-Cio-San
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Clotilde
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Second Lady
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The Fox
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La Ciesca
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Ida
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Sara Gartland
Rosalinde
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Abi Levis
Prince Orlofsky
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Third Lady
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Véronique Filloux
Papagena
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Tasha Koontz
First Lady
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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 a role and company debut with IN Series as Moll in The Cradle will Rock and returns to a favorite role, The Fox in The Little Prince, in her debut with Opera In The Heights. She returns to L'Opera Comique de Washington after her acclaimed debut last season, this time in the title role of La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein. Melanie will appear in concert with OperaDelaware, In Series, LOpéra Comique, and The Friday Morning Music Club. Last season, she made debuts with Opera Western Reserve as Mercédès in Carmen, with Winter Opera Saint Louis as Adah in Naughty Marietta, with L'Opera Comique de Washington as Metella in La Vie Parisienne, with the Arlington Chorale as the mezzo-soprano soloist in The Stranger, and with the Canton Symphony Orchestra in a program of Gustav and Alma Mahler songs. She also returned to New York City Opera as Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette, to Washington Concert Opera as Suzy in La Rondine, and to the Friday Morning Music Club in a recital of art song. Recent highlights include Catherine in Le Loup-garou with Opera Southwest, Alto Soloist in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with the Oratorio Society of Virginia, Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Bel Cantanti Opera, and Flora in La Traviata with OperaDelaware, Baltimore Concert Opera, and Virginia Opera. 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.
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