AVA Alumni

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