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About Chelsea Hart Melcher

Nicknamed “Columbus’ Sweetheart Soprano,” Chelsea Melcher has been described as “cooly captivating,” “ethereal and sublime,” and “a woman to be reckoned with” onstage. She received a PD from Jacobs School of Music, MM from The Ohio State University, and BM from Central Michigan University.

Chelsea’s roles include Micaëla (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Elvira (Don Giovanni), Mimi and Musetta (La Bohème), Violetta (La traviata), Nedda (Pagliacci), Maria (The Sound of Music), Adina (L’Elisir d’amore), Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Norina (Don Pasquale), Mariuccia (Due Timidi), Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).

Her credits include: Verdi’s Requiem, Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Forrest’s Requiem for the Living, Haydn’s Requiem in C, Mozart’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and US Premiering Jansson’s Requiem Novum. Chelsea has worked with Opera Columbus, Opera Seabrook, Opera Project Columbus, Bay View Music Festival, New Albany Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Ohio Light Opera, Midland Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Amherst Symphony, Central Michigan Orchestra, and The Ohio State University Orchestra.