Praised by the New York Times as "singing beautifully and looking like a million dollars," Heather Buck has established herself internationally in many notable roles such as Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, and as Maid in Thomas Ades' Powder Her Face. In the fall of 2004, Ms. Buck received accolades for her performance in the title role of New York City Opera's world premiere of Charles Wuorinen's Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Honoring her performance, NYCO presented her with the 2005 Kolozsvar Award, which recognizes artists who perform new and unusual repertory.
Heather Buck's 2006-07 season includes performing Esa-Pekka Salonen's Five Images After Sappho with the Utah Symphony, Schubert's Mass in E-flat with North Carolina Symphony, and Bach's Magnificat at Duke University. In the summer of 2007, she makes her debut with Central City Opera as La Fée in Cendrillon.
The 2005-06 season included her return to New York City Opera as the Comtesse de Folleville in Il Viaggio a Reims. Other roles included Iris in Semele with Arizona Opera, Laoula in L'Etoile with Opera Boston, Queen of the Night with Calgary Opera, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas in a re-engagement with Boston's Handel and Haydn Society. On the concert stage Ms. Buck performed Messiah with Pacific Symphony, Carmina Burana with San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Jeptha with Choral Society of Durham, and concert arias of Mozart's Requiem with Westchester Philharmonic. In the summer of 2006, Ms. Buck performed the role of Queen of the Night in her Santa Fe Opera debut.
In the 2004-05 season, Ms. Buck not only made her New York City Opera debut as Haroun, but appeared with Opera Birmingham as Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore. That same season she performed Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the National Arts Centre Orchestra at the State University of New York at Purchase.
Ms. Buck first performed the role of Maid in Thomas Ades' Powder Her Face with the Aspen Opera Theatre. She has subsequently performed the role with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, at London's Almeida Theatre, on Channel 4 UK, with Opéra-Théâtre de Metz at the Aldeburgh Festival, and with the Boston Modern Opera Project.
Ms. Buck has performed extensively in Europe. She appeared as Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with De Vlaamse Opera, and with Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu as both Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos and First Niece in Peter Grimes. She also performed as a soloist in Tan Dun's Water Passion After St. Matthew at the White Nights Festival, and at the Britten-Pears School in the role of Tytania in Midsummer Night's Dream.
Other recent opera highlights include Ms. Buck's performances of Stella in Andre Previn's Streetcar Named Desire with the Washington National Opera, Tytania in Midsummer Night's Dream with Aspen Opera Theatre, Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera Birmingham, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the Spoleto Festival USA, Pat Nixon in Nixon in China with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and Josephine in HMS Pinafore with Lake George Opera. She has performed the role of Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Birmingham, Opera Delaware and Wolf Trap Opera, and has appeared with Central City Opera.
In concert, Ms. Buck's recent credits include performances of Messiah with both the Handel and Haydn Society and Pacific Symphony Orchestra. She was soprano soloist in Beethoven's Die Ruinen von Athen with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Celestial Voice in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at the Bard Music Festival, and performed Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Westchester Philharmonic. She has been a soloist in Bach's Mass in B Minor with Baltimore Choral Arts Society, in the world premiere of Ezra Laderman's Brotherly Love with the Philadelphia Singers, and in Jacob Druckman's Counterpoise with the Los Angeles New Music Group.
Ms. Buck holds a Masters of Music Degree from Yale, where she studied with Doris Yarick-Cross. She received her B.A. in Music from Tufts University and a B.F.A. in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Opera Theatre Center, second place winner in the Jenny Lind Competition, and the regional winner (NYC) for the MacAllister Awards in Opera. In addition to her Wolf Trap Opera Apprenticeship, Ms. Buck participated in Ravinia's Steans Institute for Young Artists.
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