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The American soprano, Margot Rood, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice (magna cum laude) from University of Michigan (2003-2007); and her Master of Music degree in Early Music Voice from McGill University (2007-2009). She was Brevard Music Center Opera Fellow (2008-2009); Green Mountain Opera Emerging Artist Fellow (2010-2011); and attended Dawn Upshaw Composing Song Workshop Carnegie Hall (2011). She was awarded St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award 2015; 3rd place in the 2016 American Prize in Oratorio and Art Song competition and was named a 2015-2016 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow at Emmanuel Music, where she is often featured on Emmanuel's nationally-known Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series.
Margot Rood, hailed for her “colorful and vital” singing by The Washington Post, performs a wide range of repertoire across North American stages. She was fortunate to make her solo debut at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 2011, and since then has been a frequent soloist with Handel and Haydn Society and conductor Harry Christophers. The 2018-2019 season marks her debuts with San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (J.S. Bach's Cantatas BWV 61 & BWV 140), New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (George Frideric Handel's Messiah), and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (W.A. Mozart's Requiem). Recent and upcoming solo appearances include those with Cleveland Orchestra (Igor Stravinsky's Threni); Boston Symphony Orchestra (Benjamin's Dream of the Song), Rhode Island Philharmonic (Messiah); New World Symphony (Reich's Desert Music); Handel and Haydn Society (The Fairy Queen, J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor (BWV 232)); Seraphic Fire (Messiah, Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria, W.A. Mozart's Requiem); Bach Collegium San Diego (Messiah); A Far Cry (Golijov's Three Songs); True Concord Voices and Orchestra (J.S. Bach's St. John Passion (BWV 245), W.A. Mozart's C Minor Mass); Brookline Symphony (Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4); and numerous concerts with acclaimed ensemble Blue Heron.
Margot Rood's recent and upcoming stage appearances include La Renommée in Lalande's Les Fontaines de Verasilles and Francesca Caccini's Alcina with Boston Early Music Festival, Galatea in Acis & Galatea and First Witch in Dido & Aeneas with Handel and Haydn Society, Hyacinthus in W.A. Mozart's Apollo et Hyacinthus with Emmanuel Music, Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Grand Harmonie, Johanna in Sweeney Todd with St. Petersburg Opera, and Ramiro in Helios Early Opera’s production of Cavalli’s Artemisia. She recorded the role of Emily Webb in Ned Rorem’s Our Town with Monadnock Music which was widely released by New World Records in 2017.
In addition to opera and oratorio, Margot Rood has performed as soloist with some of the USA premiere new music ensembles, and was a 2015 recipient of the St. Botolph Club Foundation's Emerging Artist Award for her work in new music. Notable recent engagements include her Carnegie Hall debut in the world premiere of Shawn Jaeger’s Letters Made with Gold, Kati Agocs' Vessel and Arvo Pärt's Passio with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. She was a core member of Boston’s Lorelei Ensemble from 2010-2018, an all-female vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new music. Also sought after as a collaborator, she has been invited by composers at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, University of Louisville and Keene State College for performances and master-classes. She has recorded numerous world premieres and 21st-century works with Albany Records, New World Records, BMOP Sound, and Sono Luminus. Her solo recording with composer Heather Gilligan, "Living in Light", is now available from Albany Records. She currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia. |
