An alumna of the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer continues to maintain a strong relationship with the company, having appeared in their productions of Le nozze di Figaro, War and Peace, Khovanshchina, Parsifal, Die ägyptische Helena, Jenůfa, and the complete Ring Cycle. She also appeared in the Met’s HD broadcasts of the Ring Cycle and The Magic Flute, which have subsequently been released on DVD (Deutsche Gramophon). Other opera engagements have included the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos and Adalgisa in Norma at the Palm Beach Opera, Leonore in Fidelio at Opera Omaha and with Boston Baroque, Senta in Die fliegende Holländer at the Seattle Opera, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Houston Grand Opera, and Mimì in La bohéme at the Utah Opera Festival.
In concert, Ms. Harmer has appeared with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and at the Tanglewood Festival and Lincoln Center. In 2005, she made her New York recital debut under the auspices of The Marilyn Horne Foundation, and was presented by the George London Foundation in a recital with Ben Heppner at the Morgan Library. Her many awards include a 2010 Richard Tucker Grant, the 2007 Jensen Award, the 2005 George London/Leonie Rysanek Award, and an award from The Marilyn Horne Foundation.