BIOGRAPHY

Following her completed violin studies at the Meistersinger-Konservatorium in Nuremberg, Melanie Forgeron studied opera singing at the University for Music and Theatre in Hanover with Prof. Richardson-Smith and completed her studies with a degree in 2005.

Master classes with Prof. Michèle Crider, Ks. Brigitte Fassbaender, Prof. Michelle Breedt, and Prof. Klesie Kelly rounded off her vocal training. Since 2018, Melanie Forgeron has been studying privately with Dame Gwyneth Jones in Zurich.

Melanie Forgeron was an established member of the Theater Aachen ensemble from 2005 to 2010, where she made her début with great success, in roles which included Annius in Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”,   Nerone in Handel’s “Agrippina”, Charlotte in Massenet’s “Werther”, Idamante in Mozart’s “Idomeneo”, Muse/Niklausse in Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann” and as Olga in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugen Onegin”.

At the same time, guest performances led Melanie Forgeron to the Theater Lüneburg as Hansel in “Hansel and Gretel”, to the Summer Festival in Eutin as Mercedes in “Carmen”, to the Staatsoperette (performing arts theatre) in Dresden, both as Orlofski in “Die Fledermaus” and as Carmen in “Carmen”, as well as to the Landestheater Detmold.

From 2010 to 2015, Melanie Forgeron was an established member of the ensemble at the Theater Bielefeld, where she celebrated wonderful successes as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, as Dorabella in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”, as Dido in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”, as Lucretia in Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” and as Xerxes in Handel’s “Xerxes”. Further roles in Bielefeld included Suzuki (“Butterfly”), Lola (“Cavalleria Rusticana”) and Page/Giovanna/Maddalena (“Rigoletto”).

In August 2015, Melanie Forgeron made her début at the Kioi-Hall in Tokio, where she sang The Composer (“Ariadne on Naxos”), Annina (“Rosenkavalier”) and Kundry (“Parsifal”).

At the opera festivals in Heidenheim, she sang the role of “Frau Mary” in „Der Fliegende Holländer” by R. Wagner in July 2017.

In 2018, Melanie Forgeron gave her debut as “Ulrica” in “Un Ballo in Maschera” by G. Verdi at the Opera Zuid (Netherlands).

In June 2021 Melanie Forgeron made her debut as „Player Queen” and “Luciano” in “Hamlet” in the world premiere by Joseph Summer at the State Opera Russe in Bulgaria.