soprano

about

rachel

wresh

biography
Rachel Wresh is an American soprano hailing from Melissa, Texas. A specialist in crossover works within the opera canon, she is a tenacious and elegant musician dedicated to storytelling through emotional connection. In addition to being a freelance opera, musical theater, and choral performer, Rachel is an Adjunct Professor of Voice in Musical Theater at Florida Atlantic University.
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This summer she is a Resident Young Artist with Ohio Light Opera, debuting in 5 productions including Brigadoon as Fiona, Patience as Patience (cover), and more. She recently made both her professional musical theater debut with Broadway Series at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center in Rodger and Hammerstein's South Pacific and
professional operatic debut with
Opera Arlington as La Fée in Cendrillon.
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Other notable stage roles include Rose in Street Scene with Frost Opera Theater, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Music on Site Inc., Clara in The Light in the Piazza with Red River Lyric Opera, and Sally in Stone Soup as part of Florida Grand Opera's Education Outreach program.
As a choral soloist, her favorite credits include soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Coconut Grove Music Series and performing in the world-premiere of Frank La Rocca’s Mass for the Forgotten, which was televised
on the EWTN network.
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Rachel received her B.A. in Vocal Performance from Texas Woman’s University and her M.M. in Vocal Performance from University of Miami’s Frost School of Music under the tutelage of renowned soprano Sandra Lopez-Neill. She is based in Miami, FL.