Melissa Kornacki
Melissa Kornacki, Mezzo-Soprano, is a native of the Washington DC area and has performed widely across the northeast united states. While being a lover of both opera and oratorio, she has been a soloist in Vivald's Gloria, Saint-Saen's Christmas Oratorio, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven's Mass in C Major, Bach's Magnificat, Durufle's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony both at Avery Fischer Hall, New York and the Grand Auditorium in Ocean Grove, New Jersey and has been recorded by AMP during a live performance of Handel's Messiah. She has been a soloist at the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and had been a frequent guest artist for the late Washington Choral Ensemble under the direction of William D. Usher II. Around Washington she has performed in the Crittenden Opera Studio, the Bethesda Summer Opera Festival and Opera Belcantanti. Just recently Ms. Kornacki made her international debut in the United Arab Emirates performing the role of Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. She has collaborated with well known artists like Jane Tavernier, Donna Zapola-Connelly, Chia Patino, Ioannis Potamousis, David Williams, Katerina Souvorova, Barbara Deaver, Faith Esham, Sharon Christman, Gabriel Gordon, and composer Randall Svane. Her opera credits include Gertrude (Romeo et Juliet), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Mrs. Page (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte), Augusta (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Charlotte (Werther), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Anita (West Side Story), La Ciesca (Gianni Schichi), and the title roles in Giulio Cesare and Carmen.