Michelle Berger

MEZZO SOPRANO
Michelle was born and raised in Montana. A
semester's study through the University of Montana took her to
Vienna, Austria, which launched a European career lasting
almost two decades. During this time Michelle also returned to
the U.S. to perform.
The roles she has sung include
Carmen in Bizet's Carmen, Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in
Maschera, Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore, Dido in Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas, Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Suzuki
in Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Tituba in Ward's The Crucible,
Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, Amneris in Verdi's Aida, Flora
in Puccini's La Traviata, as well as many others.
Some
of the opera companies Michelle has sung for are Colorado Opera
Festival (Colorado Springs), Stadttheater Bern (Switzerland),
Girona Opera Festival (Spain), Opera Idaho (Boise), Opera San
Jose (San Jose), Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland) and Rimrock
Opera (Billings).
Michelle was most recently seen as
Julia Child in the Nova production of Bon Appétit. She was the
assistant director for last season’s production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Nova. In the upcoming
2019-2020 Nova season Michelle will be directing the Rankin
File Show, Inside Out. The off-Broadway musical features an all
woman cast about a therapist and five of her clients