Young South-African soprano MERCY MALIELOA finished her BACHELOR's Degree of Art, Music & Society at the Northwest University & Coservatory of Music, and obtained her MASTER’s Degree at the Conservatory for Music and Dance in Cologne, studying with Prof. Brigitte Lindner and Prof. Josef Protschka, with whom she is working also currently. She completed her education in Masteclasses with Helmut Deutsch, Susanna Eken, Klesie Kelly-Moog, Johann Martin Kränzle, Lothar Odinius, Kobie van Rendsburg, Johannes Truninger, Stefan Wehr,Dominic Wheeler and Dolora Zajick, in the Opernstudio Kapstadt, as well as in the ENOA Mozart Academy in Aix-En-Provence / France. Currently, Mercy Malieloa is a member of the Ensemble at Aalto Music-Theatre Essen / Germany, where she in the 2025/26 season returns to the stage after her maternity leave to embody LUCY, the main female part in Samuel Penderbayne's World-Premiere "The enchanted City", PAQUETTE in Bernstein's "Candide", PEPPI PLEININGER in J. Strauß's "Wiener Blut" and SANDMÄNNCHEN & TAUMÄNNCHEN in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel", and in addition, she will perform in the concert-series "The Blue Hour" among others melodies by Johann Strauß.
In previous seasons, Mercy Malieloa appeared in Essen as DESPINA in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", ELIZA DOOLITTLE in Loewe's "My Fair Lady", JEANNETTA in Joseph Bologne's "L'Amant Anonyme", WITCH & MARTA in Louise Bertin's "Fausto" (German premiere), 1. DAME in Mozart’s „Zauberflöte“, BARBARINA in „Le Nozze die Figaro", EIN JUNGER HIRT in Wagner‘s „Tannhäuser“ and with the SOPRANO-Part in Samawathie's & Kron's "Aufbruch - A Merry Odyssee". Furthermore, she covered the parts of OSCAR in Verdi’s „Un Ballo in Maschera“ and VIOLETTA in Verdi’s "La Traviata" and SUSANNA in „Le Nozze di Figaro“ and was MUSETTA in Puccini's "La Bohème", which also brought her to the Theater Hagen. Before her commitment as member of the ensemble in Essen, the young soprano was part of the Opera-Studio NRW (including Aalto Musiktheater Essen / Opera Dortmund / Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen and Opera Wuppertal), appearing on the main stages as MUSETTA in Puccini’s „La Bohème“ in Essen, as SOPRAN and BEAUTIFUL WOMAN in „Jauchzet, frohlocket“, after J. S. Bach's “Christmas-Oratorio” with additional compositions by Carl Orff, Arvo Pärt, Hanns Eisler and Dario Fo; as BELISA in Paisiello’s „Il re Teodoro in Venezia", HELENE in a movie-production of Hindemith’s „Hin- und zurück“ and the SOPRANO-Part in Mozart‘s "Requiem" in the Ballet-Evening „Requiem / The Lost Ones" in Gelsenkirchen; and ANNINA in Verdi’s „La Traviata“, EIN JUNGER HIRT in „Tannhäuser“ and PRIMADONNA in the EPILOG of R. Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" in Wuppertal. Besides the already mentioned roles, Mercy Malieloa she embodied FIORDILIGI in Mozart’s „Cosí fan tutte“ in a at the Music Conservatory in Cologne, LA NINFA in Monteverdi’s „L’Orfeo“ at the Music Conservatory inCape-Town, SKLAVIN in R. Strauss‘ „Salome“ at the Cape Town Opera, the SOPRANO-SOLO-Part in Haydn’s „Die Schöpfung“ in Johannesburg and in Haydn’s „Missa in Angustiis“ at the Rheingau Musik Festival. Mercy Malieloa is a proud 1st PRIZE-WINNER at the <Samro Overseas Scholarshio Competition> in Joahnesburg, at the <II. UNISA National Vocie Competition> in Pretoria and at the <ATKV Muziqanto National Voice Competition> in Kapstadt; of the 3rd PRIZE at the <VI. UNISA Internatinoal Competition> in Pretoria and at the <VII. Galina Vishnevskaya International Singing Competition> in Moskau, and of the 4th PRIZE at the <Mirjan Helin International Singing Competition> in Helsinki. Furthermore, she was a FINALIST at the <Opera Crown Tbilisi International Voice Competition> and a SEMI-FINALIST at the <X. Moniuszko International Vocal Competition> in Warszawa and 2021 at the <Queen Sonja International Music Competition>. And in 2022, she was awarded by NWU & Conservatory of Music with the ALUMNI-AWARD. Season 2025/26 . |
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