RANDA MELHEM
MEZZO SOPRANO
ABOUT
There is no form of music that matches the unequaled power and grandeur of opera, and very few singers embody those qualities quite like mezzo soprano Randa Melhem. She is an artist who has always gravitated towards the most passionate and expressive art.
Coming from a non-musical background, Randa discovered her love of opera while studying Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Harvard University. While she has been singing practically since she could walk, her initial performance experiences were in choral settings and in her vocal jazz a cappella group, The Radcliffe Pitches. She loved to perform but was constantly unsatisfied with the way her nerves interfered with her singing. It wasn’t until she joined the student-run Harvard College Opera as a junior that she realized what she was missing. From the moment she sang her first note as the Witch in Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel, she found that the full power of her voice could be accessed with the classical technique. She knew she had to find a way to pursue opera as a career. Since then, she has shown a precocious aptitude for music that is typically considered dramatic.
upcoming
events
PREFORMANCE
Concert with Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra
- May 16th, 2026 |7-8pm
- 4300 Pioneer Road SE Alexandria, MN
It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.
– Maria Jeritza
