Meg Brilleslyper

mezzo-soprano


ABOUT MEG

Colorado Springs native Meg Brilleslyper is a mezzo-soprano and a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. She is currently a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opernstudio in Munich, Germany.

Recent roles include Giovanna (Rigoletto), and Der Küchenjunge (Rusalka), Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Sandman (Hänsel und Gretel), Flora (La Traviata), Babette (Die Englische Katze), Isolier (Le comte Ory), Cherubino (The Ghosts of Versailles), Bradamante (Alcina), Mercédès (Carmen), and Bianca/Lucretia (cover) in The Rape of Lucretia. Upcoming roles include Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Glaša (Káťa Kabanová), and Anne in the world premiere of Liberty at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Meg will also sing the title role in Carmen (in concert) with members of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opernstudio.

An active competition singer, Meg was a finalist in the National Voice Competition at Dallas Opera, a Career Grant recipient at the 2025 Sullivan Foundation Competition, a finalist in the 2025 Houston Grand Opera Concert of Arias, and a winner of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Houston District. She is also a recipient of first prize in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition and the Eastman Concerto Competition (2023).

Meg is a proud alumna of the Young Artists’ Vocal Academy at Houston Grand Opera (2023), the Aspen Music Festival and School (2022, 2023), the Music Academy of the West Lehrer Vocal Institute (2024), and the Merola Opera Program (2025).