Brünnhilde in Die Walküre
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Read MoreMelton has a voice with the power of a hurricane and a beautiful quality as well – and the ability to turn her thunderous volume down for heartrending delivery in quieter moments…
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Recital with Kyle van Schoonhoven, Tenor
George London Foundation
Read MoreIt is easy to see why Melton is making waves. Isolde’s Narrative and Curse not only displayed her temperament, but again the especially strong and vibrant middle of her voice, molten metal turned to sound. She tossed out Isolde’s high notes with unbridled fury, never missing the mark…
Sieglinde in Die Walküre
New York Philharmonic
Singing with bloom and richness, the radiant soprano Heidi Melton was a tender, vulnerable Sieglinde...Read More
Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
The crown belongs to Heidi Melton as Brünnhilde, who never loses lyrical intensity even in her most dramatic outbursts. With her warm, deep soprano, she creates every single phrase with luminosity and still has plenty of reserve for the big showdown at the end...Read More
Brünnhilde in Siegfried
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Heidi Melton sang Brünnhilde with the aplomb of a great Wagner heroine - not one that is singing it for the first time. One must travel very far to hear Wagner of this quality...Read More
Third Norn / Gutrune in Götterdämmerung
Houston Grand Opera
A fleet of extravagant women joins Goerke in this final installment... Melton holds her own in voice and presence, dazzling in a shade-throwing match with Brünnhilde that puts any Dallas catfight to shame...Read More
Brünnhilde in Siegfried
Hong Kong Philharmonic
This velvety sound box commanded our rapt attention until the end, throwing us up in the air with high emotion, and bringing us down with gentle lament...Read More
Mescalina in Le grand macabre
London Symphony Orchestra & Berlin Philharmonic
Heidi Melton made a memorable and deliciously wanton Mescalina...Read More
Soloist in Wagner & Strauss Excerpts
New York Philharmonic
Her silky soprano, which you want to wrap around yourself like a scarf and rub your cheeks against all day...Read More
Brünnhilde in Die Walküre
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Heidi Milton's brilliant Brünnhilde loses absolutely nothing in the last scene. It always has vocal intensity and is dynamically flexible, is never sharp in forte and is above all, easy to understand...Read More
Sieglinde in Die Walküre
Bayreuth
Melton is an easy flowing, clear as a bell Sieglinde, who can turn the intensity up so much that the entire audience forgets to breathe...Read More
Isolde in Tristan and Isolde
English National Opera
Melton's voice is only comparable to the young prewar Kirsten Flagstad and that of Birgit Nilsson – she acts and negotiates the depths and the tops of this, the most difficult of the written tessituras for dramatic soprano...Read More
Isolde in Tristan und Isolde
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Without blemish, flourishing in tone, dynamically dramatic outbursts, overpowering the orchestra with sonorous, stunning volume, coupled with dreamlike piani and in the love duet, she displayed an all-embracing, overwhelming vocal focus...Read More
Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung Excerpts
Vienna Philharmonic
She sang with a ringing, vibrant tone, and a way of phrasing that was natural and ideal. Her characterization was full of human, rather than grandiose, dignity...Read More
Sieglinde in Die Walküre
Hong Kong Philharmonic
Melton was at ease, natural, enthralling: the type of dramatic soprano that Wagner aficionados will travel the world for...Read More
Sieglinde in Die Walküre Act I
Montréal Symphony Orchestra
She obviously knows every corner of the character's mood – she sings with an impressive chest voice, but also a rare intelligence. This is a major incarnation, certainly one of the top three in the world currently.Read More
Eglantine in Euryanthe
Oper Frankfurt
A rumbling, deep chest voice combined with a penetrating, impeccably produced high voice. There is not a sound produced that is not beautiful...Read More
Sieglinde in Die Walküre
Canadian Opera Company
Melton's crystalline soprano provided amazing intensity as Sieglinde...riveting...Read More
Brünnhilde in Siegfried
Opéra National de Bordeaux
Luminous timbre with immediate seduction that pierces through the orchestral wall of sound...Read More
Amelia in Un ballo in maschera
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Here heart, mind, an excellent technique and much feeling were combined in the best possible way. Just a dream...Read More