Madeline Ross
Soprano
“Tiny powerful soprano”, Madeline Ross has forged a path in the classical music industry as a performer, collaborator, and educator. She is an award-winning and sought-after performing artist in opera, concert, musical theater, and jazz performances; she serves as the Executive Director of Renegade Opera, Portland’s unconventional opera company; and she teaches voice at Reed College. Praised for her “brilliant coloratura voice,” “world class” stage presence, and her ability to “elicit beautiful passages with ease”, Ms. Ross maintains a busy schedule of performances and engagements.
Her recent performances include First Woodsprite in Dvorak’s Rusalka with Portland Opera, The Girl/Luna in David Hertzberg's The Rose Elf with OrpheusPDX, and Daughter in the world premiere of Sahba Aminikia’s Qaqnus with Music of Remembrance (Seattle). Ms. Ross gave “a supreme performance” of Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre that was “simultaneously intense, dramatic, and humorous” with Cascadia Composers and was awarded the Anne Marie Gerts Prize at the National Finals of the NATS Artist Awards in NYC.
She was hailed for “effortlessly nailing” her performance as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and has collaborated with Portland Opera, Fear No Music, Renegade Opera, Resonance Ensemble, 45th Parallel, All Classical Radio, Opera Theater Oregon, Shaking the Tree Theatre, and Music of Remembrance. Ms. Ross made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2019 as a jazz soloist where she “scatt[ed] to beat the band” (NY Concert Review). To see upcoming performances visit her website.