Soprano, JANET OBERMEYER, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in opera and oratorio from the Eastman School of Music. Radiating grace and charm she performs with the finest chamber ensembles and orchestras across Canada, in the United States and in Europe.
Often described as "the perfect Mozart soprano", her agile voice and alluring interpretations never fail to draw lavish praise from audiences and critics alike.
Her many credits include Mozart's Requiem with the Rochester Philharmonic; Handel's Messiah and Mendelssohn's Lobegesang Symphony II with the Toronto Symphony and Vancouver Symphony, Bach's Mass in B minor with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart's Exsultate jubilate and Grand Mass in C minor with Orchestra London; Brahms' Requiem with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and Haydn's Creation with Orchestras Mississauga. Of particular note was a premiere performance in Canada by Miss Obermeyer of the recently re-discovered seven-part master work for soprano by Georg Frederic Handel entitled, Gloria in excelsis Deo. A frequent guest artist with the finest chamber ensembles, recent performances include Britten's Les Illuminations with the Mississauga Sinfonia, Bach's St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion with Toronto's Aradia ensemble, and the Rutter Requiem with the Rochester Oratorio Society.
In demand as a recitalist, performances have taken her to the Netherlands, England, Scotland and the United States, as well as the Liszt Memorial Museum in Budapest, and the Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels. Last year she returned to the Netherlands to perform Strauss' Four Last Songs, and gave performances on the Richmond Concert Series in London and for the Haddington Concert Society in Scotland. As well, Janet performs annually for the North American Liszt Society's Great Romantics Festival in Hamilton, Ontario.
She is also a vocal performance tutor at York University in Toronto and Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario. In October 2011, she will be adjudicating and performing at Harvard’s Garrison-Liszt Competition in Baltimore, Maryland.
Among her many recordings, 'Songs of Love and Longing', the lieder of Franz Liszt, with pianist Leslie De'Ath, received international accolades.
