The soprano Miriam Meyer was born in Osterode am Harz, Germany, she studied medicine at Hannover University and at the same time started vocal training with W. Reimer at the Hanover Conservatoire. In 1997 she moved to the Lübeck Conservatoire where she studied with U. Bästlein obtaining  her diploma with distinction in 2002. Miriam also participated in masterclasses with Renata Scotto, Irwin Gage, Charles Spencer, Kai Wessel, and Esther de Bros.

From 2000-2002 Miriam was a member of the solo ensemble of the Stadttheater Hildesheim where she sang Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Anne in the Monooper Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (Grigori Frid),  Marzelline, Fidelio  and Christel,Vogelhändler (Zeller).

From 2002 to 2008 the young soprano was a member of the solo ensemble at the Komische Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Ännchen, Der Freischütz (Weber), Marzelline, Fidelio, Valencienne, Die lustige Witwe (Lehár), Adele, Die Fledermaus (Strauss), Katka in the world premiere of Frank Schwemmer’s Kinderoper Der Reiter mit dem Wind im Haar, a work specially commissioned for the Komische Oper, Mi, Land des Lächelns (Lehár) and Musetta, La Bohème. As a freelance singer Miriam often guests at the Komische Oper opera as Musetta, Adele and Marianne in Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss). At the Komische Oper Miriam worked with conductors such as Michail Jurowski, Vladimir Jurowski, Kirill Petrenko, Constantin Carydis, Matthias Foremny, and Friedemann Layer.

Miriam is highly regarded as a singer of Baroque Music and is frequently invited to the Handel Festival Halle where she sang with great success the soprano solo in Handel's Messiah with the Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre and the Lautten Compagney Berlin under the baton of Wolfgang Katschner. She also appeared there as Clizia in Teseo (Handel) in a production directed by Axel Köhler which made guest performances at the Schwetzingen Festival, Bayreuth Baroque, Hanover Herrenhausen Festival, Winterthur, Potsdam Sanssouci, Royal Theatre Bury St. Edmund, and in London. A DVD of this Teseo production was released in 2005. At the Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam Miriam jumped in at short notice as Iole in Hercules (Handel) conducted by Andreas Spering. Under Christoph Rademann she has sung the soprano solos in various concerts from works by J. S. Bach, J. L. Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Vivaldi in co-operation with the Dresden Chamber Choir as well as with the NDR Choir (North German Radio Choir) at festivals and venues such as the Telemann Festival Magdeburg, Music Festival Dresden, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Erzgebirge Alter Musik, and St. Johannis Hamburg.  Radio recordings were made by NDR and MDR.

At the 2004 Herrenchiemsee Festival Miriam made her role-debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro under Enoch zu Guttenberg. An ARD TV production of Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten and his Die Schöpfung at the Alte Oper Frankfurt and at the Prinzregententheater Munich followed with excellent reviews. In the summer of 2005 Miriam sang the Jahreszeiten again at the Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival. In 2006, she sang the soprano solo in Mahler’s 4th Symphony on a tour of England under Enoch zu Guttenberg, and in the summer of that year returned to the Herrenchiemsee Festival as Susanna. Miriam participated in a China tour in 2009 (Bejing Music Festival) with a Haydn programme also under the baton of Enoch zu Guttenberg . Further projects include First Lady in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) at the 2010 International Herrenchiemsee Festival.
 

Special highlights in 2007 and 2008 include concerts with works by J.S. Bach and D. Buxtehude at the: International Buxtehude Festival Lübeck (A CD production by NDR was produced in cooperation with all the German cultural broadcasters and various international radio stations); the Music Festival of Bremen, the Festival of Ancient Music in Utrecht, in Leiden, and Krakow. Other CD-productions include the complete recording of cantatas by Buxtehude with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir under Ton Koopman, of which the recording “Dietrich Buxtehude, Opera Omina VII – Vokal Werke Vol. 3” with Miriam as a soloist, won the “Echo Klassik Award 2009” for the best recording of 16th-17th century choral works. Further concerts with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir are planned for 2011.

In 2008 Miriam Meyer sang the role of Iphis in a CD-production of Handel’s oratorio Jephtha with the Dresden Baroque Orchestra (live-recording at the Dresden Frauenkirche). This CD was published by Carus in December 2008. In 2009 Farao released a DVD with Haydn`s Jahreszeiten under  Enoch zu Guttenberg.

Last Update May 2010