German American mezzo-soprano Siena Licht Miller is rapidly establishing a name for herself in opera, concert, and recital. In the 24/25 season Sienna continues in the Opernhaus Zürich Ensemble where she’ll appear in Ariadne auf Naxos (Dryade), Manon Lescaut (Un musico), Die tote Stadt (Lucienne), and Salome (Page of Herodias/Slave). On the concert stage, she will debut with the Bozeman Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem.
Last season, she returned to the Ensemble at Opernhaus Zürich where she was seen in La Rondine (Suzy), Barkouf (Périzade), L’italiana in Algeri (Zulma), Das Rheingold (Floßhilde), Die Walküre (Roßweiße), and Götterdämmerung (Floßhilde). On the concert stage, she debuted with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in selections from Hänsel und Gretel conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and perform Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with pianist Ann-Katrin Stöcker at the Baur au Lac.
In 22/23, Siena’s first year in the Ensemble at Opernhaus Zürich, her assignments included Offenbach’s Barkouf (Périzade), Salome (Page), Lakmé (Mallika), and the title role in Xerxes. Additionally, she appeared in La clemenza di Tito (Annio) in concert with Cecelia Bartoli (Sesto) and Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco and appeared with the Grant Park Music Festival in Dvořák’s Stabat Mater.
Siena was a member of the International Opera Studio (IOS) at Opernhaus Zürich for two seasons prior to joining the ensemble where was seen in a new production of Salome (Page) directed by Andreas Homoki, the world premiere of Evers Die Odyssee (Penélope), L’italiana in Algeri (Zulma), Rigoletto (Giovanna), Maria Stuarda (Anna Kennedy), Simon Boccanegra (Amelia’s Maid), I puritani (Enrichetta di Francia), and Viva la Mamma (Luigia). On the concert stage she debuted with the Dallas Symphony at Bravo Vail! and returned to the Oregon Symphony for Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Career highlights include the world premiere of Venables’ Denis & Katya (Katya) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia) with Opera Philadelphia, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Oregon Symphony, Messiah with Boise Philharmonic and Columbus Symphony, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. As a seasoned recitalist, Siena has also joined Ravinia Steans Music Institute for their winter song tour and a spring residency at Caramoor with New York Festival of Song and performed a recital with the Carnegie Hall Citywide Concert Series. Additional accolates include being named a 2019 Gerda Lissner Grant Awardee. Ms. Miller made her professional debut during the 2017-2018 season in Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame) with Opera Philadelphia and spent the summer of 2018 as a member of The Santa Fe Opera’s prestigeous Apprentice Program, covering in Doctor Atomic (Kitty Oppenheimer) and Madame Butterfly (Suzuki).
Siena sang the title role in L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Aspen Music Festival, and appearanced with Curtis Opera Theatre in the title role in both Dido and Aenaes and The Rape of Lucretia as well as Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah), Doctor Atomic (Kitty Oppenheimer), and The Medium (Baba).
Ms. Miller is an alumna of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. Training programs include the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Chautauqua Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival.
AUGUST 2024
