Lyric-coloratura soprano Isabel Merat is pursuing a Master of Music degree at New England Conservatory. She recently graduated from Oberlin Conservatory where she received her Bachelor of Music degree. 

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Merat's recent engagements include two performances with Oberlin Opera performing the title role in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, directed by Stephanie Havey and conducted by Maestro Christian Capocaccia. She also participated in Oberlin's annual Danenberg Honors Recital.  With Oberlin's Opera Scenes Program, Merat recently portrayed the role of Anne in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and La Ciesca in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, both directed by Stephanie Havey.  She also sang the role of Lieschen in Bach's Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, directed by Rebecca Landell Reed and Dr. Kyung-Eun Na. 

 

In the Fall of 2023, Isabel sang in a masterclass with Composer Jake Heggie, and performed in a concert of his art songs and arias. She also sang in a masterclass with Melissa Wegner, the Executive Director of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Laffont Competition at The Metropolitan Opera.  

 

In the summer of 2023, Isabel worked and lived for three weeks in Italy as an Emerging Artist at Bel Canto in Tuscany, where she performed fully-staged opera scenes portraying the roles of Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Giulietta in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman, under the direction of Program Director and Conductor Giovanni Reggioli. 

 

In the Fall of 2022, Isabel sang the role of Fanchette in Offenbach's Le Mariage aux lanternes, directed by Jonathon Field and conducted by Maestro Joseph Mechavich. She also performed as a soloist in Händel's Messiah with the Oberlin Baroque Orchestra and sang in the chorus of  Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in Oberlin's Tour to Carnegie Hall. With Oberlin's Opera Scenes Program, Isabel performed in collaboration with Oberlin's Contemporary Music Ensemble as Grocer's Wife in GRAMMY-Winning Composer Stephen Hartke's world premiere of Rhino!, libretto written by David Schweitzer based on the play "Rhinocéros" by Eugène Ionesco. ​

 

Aside from music, Isabel finds interest in writing and had the honor of interviewing composer and conductor Tania León for Opera Culture News and Magazine, an international opera news company based in New York City.