Melina
Jaharis
In the fall of 2023, Melina will cover Santuzza and Lucia with MidAtlantic Opera Company and La Gran Vestale with Teatro Grattacielo. Future seasons include Carmen, Kate Mayo, and the Verdi Requiem with the Oxford Philharmonic (UK).
Highlights of 2022-2023 included covering Madre in Madama Butterfly and scenes as Eboli and Ulrica with Sarasota Opera. The summer included covering Amneris, Ortrud and Mrs. Soames with Utah Festival Opera.
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Melina Jaharis
The Page of Herodias
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Francesca Federico
Salome
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The Page of Herodias
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Herodias
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Francesca Federico
Salome
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Herodias
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The company will showcase the world premiere of Flagello’s ‘Beyond the Horizon.’ This is the first time that the company presents a work by the composer. The opera will be mostly in English and explores ‘the themes of hope, disillusionment, missed life opportunities and the pursuit of dreams through the story of two brothers in conflict over love and destiny, this production promises an experimental and immersive experience.
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Kate Mayo
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Sara Kennedy
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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Verdi's Requiem, Opera Magnifico presents a afternoon evening of Verdi favorites from emerging professional and local artists with dramatic and exciting voices. The concert will feature staged favorite scenes from Verdi hits such as La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Verdi's Requiem, and more. Join us for this magnificent performance! November 17th, 2024, 3PM, pre-show talk begins at 2:30PM. Peapack Reformed Church, Gladstone, NJ.
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Young Artist
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Amneris (Cover)
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Amneris
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Festival Artist
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Mrs. Soames (Cover)
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Mrs. Soames
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Amy Owens
Emily
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Paul Hill
Dr. Gibbs
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Vierter Edelknabe
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Fourth Nobleman
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Paul Hill
The King's Herald
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Fourth Nobleman
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Ortrud (Cover)
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Ortrud
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Paul Hill
The King's Herald
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Ortrud
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Amneris (Cover)
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Amneris
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Paul Hill
Il re
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Santuzza
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Santuzza
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Lucia
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Lucia
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La Gran Vestale (Cover)
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La Gran Vestale
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Tahanee Aluwihare
Le Gran Vestale
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Melina Jaharis
La Madre
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Chelsea Laggan
Suzuki
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Paul Hill
The Imperial Commissioner
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Lindsay Woodward
Chorus Director/Master
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Mary Burke Barber
Chorus
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Christopher Oglesby
B.F. Pinkerton
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Allison DeFrancesco
Flute
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Melina Jaharis
Isabella
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Francesca Federico
La Donna
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Eric McKeever
Banditore
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Carmen
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Mrs. Gibbs
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Charley (title role)
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Contessa Almaviva
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Anna Maurant
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Abigail Raiford
Shirly Kaplan
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Donna Elvira
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Maddalena
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De'Ron McDaniel
Marullo
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Sister Mathilde
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Maurya
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Thelma
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Ma Moss
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Biography
Heralded by Opera News for her “lush” voice, Melina Jaharis is a Greek-American with a “rich, dark, resonant” mezzo soprano.
Future seasons include Carmen and Kate Mayo. Melina will join the Oxford Philharmonic (UK) to sing the Verdi Requiem in 2025.
In the fall of 2023, Melina will cover Santuzza and Lucia with MidAtlantic Opera Company and La Gran Vestale (La Vestale) with Teatro Grattacielo..
Highlights of her 2022-2023 include joining Sarasota Opera’s Young Artist Program where she will cover Madre in Madama Butterfly and sing scenes as Eboli and Ulrica. The summer includes covering Amneris, Ortrud and Mrs. Soames with Utah Festival Opera. She will also be performing Mrs. Gibbs (Our Town) with the Boston Opera Institute.
Her 2021-2022 season included singing the title of Carmen with MIOpera. the world premiere as the title role of Charley in Good Country with LOLA Austin, Isabella in Zandonai's Giulietta e Romeo with Teatro Grattacielo as well as covering Bellx and Calypso in Nighttown with Lowell House Opera.
In 2018, Melina trained as a Studio Artist at the Wolf Trap Opera Company where she performed the role of the Contessa di Ceprano (Rigoletto) and covered Maddalena. Other role studies and performances include Hannah After (USA and Portugal), Leonore cover (Oxford Philharmonic), Gertrude, Mimì and Contessa Almaviva, Anna Maurrant and Fiordiligi (Martina Arroyo Role Prep Class). Equally comfortable speaking German and English, she studied in Vienna, Austria at the Konservatorium Prayner in the year before her graduate studies.
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