Pop Up Opera brings short, self-contained musical performances to non-traditional performance venues, surprising audiences with operatic encounters when and where they least expect it.
Mezzo-soprano Melissa Collom enjoys performing a wide variety of opera’s sassy little ladies. Recent performances have included Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Seattle Opera), Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream (Central City Opera) and Pitti-Sing in The Mikado (New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music, her interest in new music has led to a recording of new chamber works with New York’s Anti-Social Music and a recent appearance as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit! at the inaugural performance of the Greensburg American Opera.