Jo Ellen Miller
Jo Ellen Miller sang with Maestro Burkot last summer as “Micaela” in Carmen at Opera North. This fall, she covered the role of “Mimi” in La Boheme with Virginia Opera, and she was most recently heard at Carnegie Hall singing the soprano solo of Pierre Boulez’s “Improvisations sur Mallarmé” with the Met Chamber Ensemble conducted by James Levine. Jo Ellen has also performed with Sarasota Opera as “Giannetta” in L’Elisir d’amore, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh as “Barbarina” in Le Nozze di Figaro, Tanglewood Music Center, Ravinia Music Festival, Dell’Arte Opera, Opera Company of Brooklyn and Opera New Jersey. Roles include Gilda, Juliette, Susanna, Musetta, Zerlina, Oscar, Genovieffa, Rosalinde and Lauretta.
An enthusiast of contemporary music, Jo Ellen recently debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the soloist in Elliott Carter’s “A Mirror on Which to Dwell,” conducted by Boulez. Previously she has collaborated with composers Charles Wuorinen, Heinz Holliger, Ulrich Kreppein, John Aylward, Milton Babbitt, Betsy Jolas, Jorge Muniz, and Mathew Rosenblum. She holds degrees from University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon.
commenting closed for this article
| Injoon Yang, D. M. A. | Top | Blythe Gaissert |