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Erin Wall, born 4 November, 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada of American parents is a Canadian-American operatic soprano.
She studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music, Western Washington University, Rice University and Music Academy of the West and was a finalist at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition in Wales in 2003, a competition where 951 singers from 56 nations applied and 483 were offered auditions.
She made her international debut in July 2002 with the London Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem conducted by Andrew Davis.
Following graduation from the Lyric Opera of Chicago's "Center for American Artists", she was engaged for three seasons with the company. Making a significant impression as a replacement for a major singer, she appeared as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in September 2004 . Other roles have included Gerhilde in Die Walküre, the Flowermaiden in Parsifal, Marguerite in Faust and Freia in Das Rheingold while, in March 2006, she sang Fiodiligi in Cosi fan tutte.
At the 2006 Mostly Mozart Festival in New York she caught the attention of Alex Ross who noted that "Erin Wall, a young Canadian, sang “Bella mia fiamma … Resta, o cara” (Handel) with grace and fire, showing the sort of righteous rage that would make for a great Donna Anna. I hope someone from the Met was taking notes".
Internationally, she has appeared in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and Vienna, and future plans include the role of Daphne in Richard Strauss' Daphne at the Santa Fe Opera during the 2007 summer festival season
References
- Andrew Green, "Walk out", Opera Today, March/April 2007, page 109, quotes press reports which include comments such as "(she) sang gloriously" (Opera News) and "Her soprano is a gleaming flexible instrument" (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Alex Ross, "A Little Late Night Music", The New Yorker, 29 August 2006
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