Korliss Uecker Korliss Uecker

The Financial Times (London) acclaimed that “Korliss Uecker, a bright and pretty American soprano, was charming, crystalline of voice and sparkling as an actress.” Uecker has sung over 150 performances at the Metropolitan Opera including Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro (international radio broadcast), Marzelline in Fidelio, Oscar in A Masked Ball, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow. She sang Giannetta in a telecast of The Elixir of Love with Lucianno Pavarotti and Frasquita in Carmen with Placido Domingo. Other opera credits include Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire in Strasbourg, France; Sybil in the Picture of Dorian Gray with Opera de Monte Carlo; the Wexford Festival, Santa Fe Opera, the Spoleto Festival and the Ravinia Festival, and the Library of Congress. In 2012 she sang at the International Women and Lied Conference in Ireland. She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophone, London Decca, Arabesque Records and has appeared on CBS Sunday Morningand Live from Lincoln Center. Ms Uecker’s recording with New World Records features the songs of Victor Herbert and was released May 1, 2012. Korliss has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard school, a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Dakota and was a Registered Nurse before she began her singing career. Her husband is Jerry Grossman, principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and their daughter, Katya, is a Junior at Nyack High School.

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