Hailed as “secure and sonorous” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), soprano Erin Merceruio Nelson performs actively throughout New England and beyond. Her 2017/2018 season performances include Bea in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers with t.b.d. opera projects, First Lady and Papagena in The Magic Flute with the Nahant Music Festival, Gretel in Longwood Opera’s production of Hansel and Gretel and Frasquita in Opera Breve’s (NY) production of Carmen. Erin was featured in Odyssey Opera of Boston’s "Trial by Fire" season, performing in Norman Dello Joio’s The Trial at Rouen (December 2017), and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s production of Bizet’s Carmen (January 2018).
Erin has performed with The Boston Conservatory, Longwood Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Lowell House Opera, Opera del West, MetroWest Opera, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Juventas New Music Ensemble, Piccola Opera (now Opera New Hampshire), Odyssey Opera, and Opera Breve (NY). Other recent performances include the roles of Suor Osmina in Suor Angelica, Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo, in Rossini’s Cinderella, Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pierrette in Offenbach’s one act Pierrette et Jacquot, Diana in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Kupava in Rimsky-Korsakov’s beloved fairy-tale, Snegurochka, Beth in Little Women, and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro.
An avid performer of new music, Erin recently premiered the chamber work Tide Flowers by Geoffrey Gibbs at the University of Rhode Island. She has performed works by contemporary composers Jake Heggie, Andrew Paul Jackson, John Murphree, Patrick Greene, Brian Bartoldus and Jun Toguchi.
A native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, Erin holds an M.M. in Vocal Performance from The Boston Conservatory and a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah University in Virginia. In addition to her work as a professional classical singer, Erin serves as the Director of Development and Operations at Shelter Music Boston.
Erin has performed with The Boston Conservatory, Longwood Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Lowell House Opera, Opera del West, MetroWest Opera, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Juventas New Music Ensemble, Piccola Opera (now Opera New Hampshire), Odyssey Opera, and Opera Breve (NY). Other recent performances include the roles of Suor Osmina in Suor Angelica, Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo, in Rossini’s Cinderella, Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pierrette in Offenbach’s one act Pierrette et Jacquot, Diana in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Kupava in Rimsky-Korsakov’s beloved fairy-tale, Snegurochka, Beth in Little Women, and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro.
An avid performer of new music, Erin recently premiered the chamber work Tide Flowers by Geoffrey Gibbs at the University of Rhode Island. She has performed works by contemporary composers Jake Heggie, Andrew Paul Jackson, John Murphree, Patrick Greene, Brian Bartoldus and Jun Toguchi.
A native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, Erin holds an M.M. in Vocal Performance from The Boston Conservatory and a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah University in Virginia. In addition to her work as a professional classical singer, Erin serves as the Director of Development and Operations at Shelter Music Boston.
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