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Delawarean Margaret Thompson began her career in the opera houses of Germany, Austria and Spain where she sang over 70 operatic and oratorio roles such as Octavian, Charlotte, Eboli, Venus, Composer, Sesto and Cherubino. She has performed opposite such greats as Plácido Domingo, Patricia Racette, Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Matti Salminen, and Vladimir Chernov and conductors such as Peter Schneider, James Conlon, Julius Rudel, Kent Nagano, the late Mstislav Rostropovich, Lawrence Foster, Asher Fisch and Gabrielle Ferro.Ms. Thompson recently performed "Flora" in La Traviata (Oct 2008) at the Kennedy Center with Washington National Opera. She was heard as "Jo" in Opera Delaware's production of Little Women May 2008. She also sang the "Alto Solo" in Händel's The Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall/Lincoln Center December 2007 and covered Rosalind Elias as the "Baroness" in NYCO's Vanessa in November 2007. She performed with Karita Mattila in LA Opera 's Jenufa, covered Lioba Braun as "Venus" in Tannhäuser October 2007 and sang "Hänsel" for their June 2007 Hänsel und Gretel production. She appeared as "Suzuki" in Madama Butterfly with Washington National Opera November 2006. Future engagements include "Rossweisse" and covering Michelle DeYoung as "Fricka" in Die Walküre and "Flora" in La Traviata both with Los Angeles Opera May - June 2009 and again for the 2010 season.
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For LA Opera's 20th year Gala, Ms. Thompson performed "Emelia" opposite Plácido Domingo and Patricia Racette. She sang at Lincoln Center April 2006 in Bach's B-minor Mass at Avery Fisher Hall. She sang "Octavian" and "Annina" in Der Rosenkavalier for LA Opera in 2005 as well as "Suzuki" in Robert Wilson's production of Madama Butterfly.Her career has expanded into such rarities as "Olga" in the world premiere of Debra Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra opposite Placido Domingo with M. Rostropovich conducting and "Anna" Kurt Weill's Die Bürgschaft at the Spoleto Festival USA from which the first complete recording of the opera was released by EMI Classics. At Carnegie Hall she sang "Charmian" in Antony and Cleopatra opposite Carol Vaness. She also sang "Nasstassja" in the world premiere of T. Blomenkamp's The Idiot, "Margareta" in R. Schumann's Genoveva, "The Queen" in H. Marschner's Hans Heiling, "Berta" in J. Weir's The Blond Eckbert, "The Witch" in Rusalka and "The Mother/Alto" in F. Schmidt's The Book with Seven Seals.
Ms. Thompson was chosen by Christa Ludwig to receive the "Academia Vocalis" 1st Prize and was nominated for "Best Young Singer" in the 1999 OPERNWELT Yearbook and was prize winner/finalist in the IV. International Sylvia Gezsty Coloratura Competition held in Luxembourg.