Korliss Uecker: A frequent presence onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, Korliss Uecker has performed as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro(broadcast on national radio), Marzelline in Fidelio, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos, Karolka in Jenufa, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Giannetta in a telecast of L’Elisir d’amore. She sang Frasquita in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in a performance to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Placido Domingo’s debut.
Korliss Uecker American soprano
Other operatic credits of Ms. Uecker’s include Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire with Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France; the role of Sybil in the world premiere of Lowell Lieberman’s The Picture of Dorian Gray with Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Adriana in Gli Equivoci at the Wexford Festival; and Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Caracas, Venezuela; Ännchen in Der Freischütz, with Opera Orchestra of New York; Carolina in Il matrimonio segreto with Glimmerglass Opera; Norina in Don Pasquale with Tulsa Opera; and Gilda inRigoletto with Opera Memphis. She has also performed with Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Spoleto Festival (USA).
Korliss Uecker’s orchestral engagements have included Florent Schmitt’sPsalm 47 with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall. She has appeared with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and several times with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has appeared at the Ravinia Festival on several occasions, including in a solo recital. Her Mostly Mozart Festival debut, in which she appeared with baritone Thomas Hampson in an excerpt from Don Giovanni, was televised nationally on Live from Lincoln Center. Ms. Uecker has been televised in concert on CBS Sunday Morning.
Korliss Uecker has recorded a CD of the lieder of Clara Schumann on the Arabesque label, a CD with the Metropolitan Opera for London/Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and the role of Jane in Babes in Toyland with John McGlinn and the EMI Orchestra in London. A native of North Dakota, Korliss Uecker received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of North Dakota. She studied at The Juilliard School, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees.
Korliss Uecker: The Financial Times (London) acclaimed that ”Korliss Uecker, a bright and pretty American soprano, was charming, crystalline of voice and sparkling as an actress.” The Baltimore Sun has lauded ”her creamy soprano and artful characterization” and the Pittsburgh Press has noted her ”glittering coloratura.”
Korliss Uecker’s 2009-10 season included singing as soloist in a gala Victor Herbert 150th Birthday Celebration with Little Orchestra Society of New York. In the 2008-09 season Ms. Uecker sang as Micaëla in Carmen with Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, and in a gala concert with Sacramento Opera. Past highlights include Violetta with Emerald City Opera, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Mimi in La bohème, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, the premiere of Seymour Barab’s Phillip Marshall, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro,the world premiere of Peterson’s Sakajawea, Marzelline in Fidelio and the title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah.
Other recent performances include the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Hawaii Opera Theater and appearing as soloist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Metropolitan Opera
| [Met Performance] CID:306480 L’Elisir d’Amore {181} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/9/1991 Debut: Korliss Uecker |
| [Met Performance] CID:306510 L’Elisir d’Amore {182} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306540 L’Elisir d’Amore {183} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/1991 Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:306570 L’Elisir d’Amore {184} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306620 L’Elisir d’Amore {185} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306650 L’Elisir d’Amore {186} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306860 World Premiere The Ghosts of Versailles {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/1991 Debuts: Stella Zambalis, Dean Badolato, Lauren Flanigan, Steven Combs, Howard Bender, Janet Hopkins, Lynda Keith, Mary Ann McCormick, Kenn Chester, Debra Brown Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:306900 The Ghosts of Versailles {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306930 The Ghosts of Versailles {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:306960 The Ghosts of Versailles {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/1991 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307010 The Ghosts of Versailles {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/4/1992 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:307040 The Ghosts of Versailles {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/7/1992 Debut: Rebecca Russell |
| [Met Performance] CID:307070 The Ghosts of Versailles {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/1992 Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:307460 Rigoletto {677} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/1992 Charles Anthony honored for record number of Metropolitan Opera performances Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:307490 Rigoletto {678} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307530 Rigoletto {679} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307570 Rigoletto {680} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307620 Rigoletto {681} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1992 Debut: Charlotte Philley |
| [Met Performance] CID:307650 Rigoletto {682} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/7/1992 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:307700 Parsifal {265} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/1992 Debut: Gwynne Geyer |
| [Met Performance] CID:307740 Parsifal {266} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307780 Parsifal {267} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307820 Parsifal {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:307860 Parsifal {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1992 Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:307990 Parsifal {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/9/1992 Debut: Deborah Polaski |
| [Met Performance] CID:308030 Parsifal {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:308070 Parsifal {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310710 L’Elisir d’Amore {201} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/1/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310750 Opera News L’Elisir d’Amore {202} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/5/1992 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:310800 L’Elisir d’Amore {203} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310900 Jenufa {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/1992 Debut: Jacque Trussel Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:310930 Jenufa {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1992 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:310950 Opera News Jenufa {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/1992 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:310980 Jenufa {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311030 Jenufa {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/2/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311050 Jenufa {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/5/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311080 Jenufa {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/8/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311110 Jenufa {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311170 Die Zauberflöte {283} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/1993 Debut: Sally Wolf |
| [Met Performance] CID:311190 Die Zauberflöte {284} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/19/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311220 Die Zauberflöte {285} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/1993 Debut: Eric Halfvarson |
| [Met Performance] CID:311280 Die Zauberflöte {286} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311710 New Production Ariadne auf Naxos {53} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1993 Debuts: Thomas Moser, Michael Yeargan Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:311760 Ariadne auf Naxos {54} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311800 Opera News Ariadne auf Naxos {55} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1993 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:311830 Ariadne auf Naxos {56} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311880 Ariadne auf Naxos {57} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/27/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311920 Ariadne auf Naxos {58} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:312300 L’Elisir d’Amore {206} Tokyo, Japan; 06/1/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:312410 L’Elisir d’Amore {209} New York, Brooklyn, Prospect Park; 06/16/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:312430 L’Elisir d’Amore {210} New York, Staten Island, Gateway-NRA, Great Kills Park; 06/19/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:312450 L’Elisir d’Amore {211} Montclair, New Jersey, Brookdale Park; 06/23/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314060 Die Zauberflöte {294} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/4/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314100 Die Zauberflöte {295} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/8/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314160 Die Zauberflöte {296} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314200 Die Zauberflöte {297} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314240 Die Zauberflöte {298} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314290 Die Zauberflöte {299} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314330 Die Zauberflöte {300} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/30/1993 |
[Met Performance] CID:314440 ![]() Metropolitan Opera Premiere Rusalka {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/11/1993 Debuts: Kathryn Krasovec, Sylvia Strahammer Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:314470 Die Zauberflöte {304} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314480 Rusalka {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/15/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314490 Die Zauberflöte {305} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314510 Rusalka {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/18/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314530 Die Zauberflöte {306} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314550 Rusalka {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/22/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314610 Rusalka {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314650 Rusalka {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/3/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314700 Rusalka {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/8/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:314730 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Rusalka {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1993 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:315170 Le Nozze di Figaro {337} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315210 Le Nozze di Figaro {338} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315240 Le Nozze di Figaro {339} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315270 Le Nozze di Figaro {340} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/3/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315300 Le Nozze di Figaro {341} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/5/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315330 Le Nozze di Figaro {342} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/9/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:315360 Le Nozze di Figaro {343} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/1994 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:316030 Ariadne auf Naxos {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/1994 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:316070 Ariadne auf Naxos {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:316090 Opera News Ariadne auf Naxos {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/1994 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:324150 In Concert Ariadne auf Naxos {63} Frankfurt, Germany; 05/15/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326010 The Bartered Bride {76} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/1/1996 Debut: Timothy Nolen Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:326040 The Bartered Bride {77} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/4/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326100 The Bartered Bride {78} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326160 The Bartered Bride {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326200 The Bartered Bride {80} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326250 The Bartered Bride {81} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326290 The Bartered Bride {82} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/1996 Debut: Paul Charles Clarke |
| [Met Performance] CID:326330 The Bartered Bride {83} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/1/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326860 Hänsel und Gretel {227} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326880 Hänsel und Gretel {228} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326900 Hänsel und Gretel {229} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/28/1996 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:326920 Hänsel und Gretel {230} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326950 Hänsel und Gretel {231} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/2/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326980 Hänsel und Gretel {232} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/4/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327000 Hänsel und Gretel {233} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/7/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327470 Un Ballo in Maschera {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327510 Un Ballo in Maschera {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:328200 Rusalka {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/7/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:328230 Rusalka {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330042 Ariadne auf Naxos {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/6/1997 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:330054 Ariadne auf Naxos {68} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330063 Ariadne auf Naxos {69} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330075 Ariadne auf Naxos {70} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330264 Boris Godunov {251} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/1997 Debuts: Constantin Pluzhnikov, Olga Borodina, Iosef Shalamayev, Nikolai Gassiev, Daniel Sumegi, Matthew Polenzani |
| [Met Performance] CID:330273 Boris Godunov {252} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330282 Boris Godunov {253} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330294 Boris Godunov {254} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330306 Boris Godunov {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1998 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:330342 La Cenerentola {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/15/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330357 La Cenerentola {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330369 La Cenerentola {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1998 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:330372 Die Zauberflöte {317} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1998 Debuts: Gerald Finley, Edo de Waart |
| [Met Performance] CID:330384 Die Zauberflöte {318} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330399 Die Zauberflöte {319} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/2/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330411 Die Zauberflöte {320} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/6/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330420 Die Zauberflöte {321} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/9/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330429 Die Zauberflöte {322} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/1998 Debut: Garth Dawson |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:331327 Gala Performance Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332513 The Merry Widow {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332522 The Merry Widow {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333621 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Ariadne auf Naxos {71} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2001 Debuts: Lyubov Petrova, Waldemar Kmentt Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:333627 Ariadne auf Naxos {72} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333636 Ariadne auf Naxos {73} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333651 Un Ballo in Maschera {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/25/2001 Debut: Ana Maria Sanchez |
[Met Performance] CID:350065 ![]() Le Nozze di Figaro {392} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/2002 Debuts: Peter Mattei, Soile Isokoski |
| [Met Performance] CID:350066 Le Nozze di Figaro {393} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350067 Le Nozze di Figaro {394} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/01/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350068 Le Nozze di Figaro {395} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350069 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Le Nozze di Figaro {396} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2002 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350415 Fidelio {219} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350461 New Production Jenufa {32} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/13/2003 Debuts: Kim Begley, Christopher Ventris, Olivier Tambosi, Frank Philipp Schlössmann Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:350492 Jenufa {33} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350465 Jenufa {34} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350474 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Jenufa {35} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350503 Jenufa {36} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350508 Jenufa {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/03/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350592 Jenufa {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350516 Jenufa {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2003 Debuts: Josepha Gayer, Richard Berkeley-Steele, Rosalind Plowright, Carla Wood |
[Met Performance] CID:350648 ![]() Parsifal {281} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2003 Debut: Don Frazure |
| [Met Performance] CID:350656 Parsifal {282} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350670 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Parsifal {283} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350677 Parsifal {284} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/2003 Debut: Linda Watson |
| [Met Performance] CID:350684 Parsifal {285} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350841 Le Nozze di Figaro {414} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350990 Rusalka {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2004 Debut: Oleg Kulko |
| [Met Performance] CID:350996 Rusalka {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350999 Rusalka {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/08/2004 |
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