Erica Miller, soprano, made her European debut in the fall
of 2008 singing Königin der Nacht in Die
Zauberflöte with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This is
becoming her signature role, as she has also performed
Königin at Opera North and most recently at the Festival
Internacional de Música de Almansa in Spain last July. For
the 2008-2009 season, Ms. Miller was a member of the
Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble, singing nine performances of
Königin and nine other roles with the company, and was also
a cover for five roles, including Zerbinetta, for which she
sang 10 days of rehearsals. In the fall, she was invited to
the 2008 Beijing Music Festival to sing in the opening
concert in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, and to cover
Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and Ein junger Hirt in
Tannhäuser. Ms. Miller’s year at Deutsche
Oper Berlin was made possible through the Curt Engelhorn
Scholarship of The Opera Foundation, Inc.
Past opera roles have included the Maid in Thomas
Adès’s 1995 opera, Powder Her Face, which
she performed with the composer conducting, Königin der
Nacht, Poppea (Agrippina), Elettra
(Idomeneo), Adele, Frasquita, Ein junger Hirt
(Tannhäuser), Despina, Erste Elfe (Die
Ägyptische Helena), Madame Silberklang, La Novice
(Marie Victoire) Jennie Parsons (Down in the
Valley), Papagena, Annina (La Traviata), and
Barbarina with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the USC Thornton
Opera, the Bay View Opera, the Westminster Opera Theatre,
Opera North, and the Green Mountain Opera Festival.
In addition to winning the Curt Engelhorn Scholarship, she
was named the only female finalist in the Philadelphia
Orchestra’s 2008 Greenfield Competition. In her five
and a half years spent in Los Angeles, Ms. Miller was a
winner in 10 competitions, and was a 2006 finalist in the
Western Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions.
Ms. Miller completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
December 2007 at the University of Southern California,
where she also received her Master of Music degree in 2004.
Her major was Voice Performance, with minor fields in 20th
Century Music Theory Analysis, Opera Directing, and Vocal
Jazz Pedagogy. At USC, she was a student of Cynthia Munzer,
and worked extensively with director Ken Cazan and
conductor Brent McMunn. Her Bachelor of Music degree is
from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
Upcoming performances include the roles of Lucia, Gilda,
and Blondchen with Opera in the Heights in Houston, TX.
