VICTORIA ERICKSON, SOPRANO

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BIOGRAPHY

Praised for her "beautifully ruby-throated quality" (Classical Voice North Carolina), Minnesota native Victoria Erickson is establishing herself as a promising and vibrant soprano. Most recently, Erickson received the Encouragement Award at the North Dakota-Manitoba District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In summer 2019, Erickson performed the role of Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites with Saltworks Opera, the Resident Opera Company of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Previously, Erickson portrayed Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff, where she was praised by Voix des Arts for her "pointed wit and sparkling tone wielded with comedic potency" (UNCG Opera Theatre). In Fall 2018, she won 1st Place in the Student Artist Division of the Saltworks Opera Vocal Competition and performed the leading role of Cookie in the 20th century piece Talk Opera (UNCG Opera Theatre). Other recent engagements include Liù in Turandot (North Carolina Summer Opera), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Granny in a children's touring opera production of Little Red Riding Hood (UNCG Opera Theatre). Erickson received an Encouragement Award at the Charlotte Opera Guild Competition (Opera Carolina) in both 2017 and 2018, and was a finalist for the Student Artist Competition at the UNCG School of Music.

Previously, she received a merit-based scholarship to attend Berlin Opera Academy and was awarded a Colburn Fellowship with SongFest in Los Angeles, California. Other opera credits include Maggie in The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret (Really Spicy Opera) and The Baron in an all-female production of Cendrillon (Garden of Song Opera).

A versatile performer, Erickson has also appeared in musical theatre roles such as Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Phipps Center for the Arts, College Light Opera Company) and Hedy LaRue in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (College Light Opera Company).

Erickson received her Master of Music in Voice at University of North Carolina- Greensboro with a full tuition scholarship and assistantship in May 2019. Upcoming roles include Nedda (cover) in Greensboro Opera's production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and will be making her Greensboro Opera mainstage debut as Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2019. In January 2020, Erickson looks forward to making her international debut with Really Spicy Opera performing the title role of Émilie in André-Modeste Grétry's 1781 comic opera Émilie ou la belle esclave in Paris.

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"In UNCG Opera Theatre’s Falstaff, Alice waged her wars against male domination with pointed wit and sparkling tone, wielded with comedic potency by soprano Victoria Erickson. Upon her arrival in the second scene of Act One, her Alice took charge of the drama like a military commander, singing ‘Facciamo il pario in un amor ridente’ and ‘Falstaff m’ha canzonata’ like calls to arms. Her resolute top Bs and earnest attempts at the trills were testaments to her technique and preparation, especially as every note of her music was sung with the appearance of spontaneity.

Erickson’s talents as a comedienne were invaluable in the hubbub of Act Two: even as Falstaff trumpeted his objections from the laundry basket, Alice remained the center of attention, her elation as Ford, expecting to surprise his wife with her paramour, discovered Nannetta and Fenton behind the screen galvanizing the ensemble. As Alice’s plans came to fruition in Act Three, Erickson’s vocalism became still bolder, the character’s ascendancy crowned by the singer’s rousing top C. Most consequentially, Erickson led her fellow ladies in avoiding confusingThe Merry Wives of Windsor with The Taming of the Shrew. Though clearly pleased with the outcome of her quest for retribution, Erickson’s Alice stopped short of gloating, enjoying her supremacy without unpleasantness."

-Voix des Arts, April 2019

Alice Ford | Falstaff | UNCG Opera Theatre

Liù | Turandot | NC Summer Opera | 2018

"Soprano Victoria Erickson as the slave girl Liù...sang with a beautifully ruby-throated quality which filled the auditorium very satisfactorily and included some breath-taking high pianissimi skillfully spun into full-voice vocal plums. There are a number of big name sopranos who could not have done as well."

-Classical Voice North Carolina

Schedule

2019-2020

U P C O M I N G

Nedda (cover)

Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo

GREENSBORO OPERA

November 15 | 7:30 pm

November 17 | 2 pm

UNCG Auditorium

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Mother

Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti

GREENSBORO OPERA

December 18, 19, 20 | 10:30 am

December 22 | 2 pm

Well-Spring Theatre

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Émilie

Émilie ou la belle esclave by André-Modeste Grétry

REALLY SPICY OPERA

January 15, 2020

Bibliothèque nationale de France

January 16, 2020

Fondation des États-Unis

CONTACT

Ms. Erickson is available for a variety of bookings, including:
Opera, Musical Theatre, Oratorio, Cabaret, Recital/Concert, Wedding/Memorial Services, and Private Events.

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