Meryl Dominguez ’19 · soprano
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Education
B.A. in Dance and B.M. in Voice Performance, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Competitions
Semi-Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Competition (2019); Giargiari Bel Canto Competition Audience Favorite Prize (2017,2018); Grant, Giulio Gari Foundation, 2016; Third Prize, Deborah International Vocal Competition, 2016; Encouragement Award, Opera Index Vocal Competition, 2015; Shirley and Seymour Lehrer Scholarship Award, Music Academy of the West, 2015; Academy Fellowship Award, Music Academy of the West, 2015; Conservatory Dean’s Scholarship Award, Oberlin Conservatory, 2015; Marilyn Horne-Rubin Scholar Award, Oberlin Conservatory, 2014.
Previous Roles
Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor, Knoxville Opera; Clorinda (cover), Cenerentola, Music Academy of the West; Marie (cover), La fille du régiment, CoOPERAtive; Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, Oberlin Opera Theatre; Flaminia, Il mondo della luna, Oberlin Opera Theatre; Le Feu/La Princesse/Le Rossignol, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Oberlin Opera Theatre.
Upcoming
Adina, L’elisir d’amore, and Naiade, Ariadne auf Naxos, both with Festival of the Aegean; Soprano soloist in Mozart Coronation Mass with Mid-America Productions
Roles at AVA
- Roméo et Juliette · Juliette
- Russian Romances
- Suor Angelica and Le Villi · Suor Zelatrice, Ensemble
- La traviata · Violetta Valéry
- Ariadne auf Naxos · Zebrinetta, Naiad
- Das Rheingold · Woglinde
- Il trovatore · Ensemble
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) · Königen der Nacht
- Lucia di Lammermoor · Lucia
- The Demon · Angel Ensemble, Nuns Ensemble
- Rigoletto · Supernumerary
- An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro · Nella
- Werther · Sophie
- Russian Romances
- Don Giovanni · Donna Anna