Vicki Fingalson

With over 75 productions to her credit from grand opera to musical theatre, Soprano Vicki Fingalson has been acclaimed for her “luscious sound and comedic sensibility”, as well as her “soaring soprano” and “powerful voice”.  

Vicki has performed several times with the Minnesota Orchestra in roles such as Marianne (Der Rosenkavalier), First Lady (The Magic Flute), and Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel).  Other national performances include Musetta (La Bohème) with West Virginia Symphony, Colorado Opera Festival, and Colorado Lyric Theatre; the Witch (Hansel & Gretel) with the Jacksonville Symphony (FL); Nedda (I Pagliacci), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Valencienne (The Merry Widow) with Western Plains Opera; Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel) with the Colorado Symphony; Dircea/Giulietta cover (Casanova’s Homecoming) with The Minnesota Opera; and, was featured in Oh, Coward! at the Hanifl Performing Arts Center. As a regular with Skylark Opera, she performed the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors (2021 & 2022), was featured in Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, Sondheim’s Putting It Together, and performed the roles of Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow), and Katherine (The Vagabond King), among others.  In addition, she has been broadcast numerous times on Minnesota Public Radio in live, concert, and pre-recorded performances.

In addition to numerous appearances with Lyric Opera of the North, Fingalson has performed locally with the Duluth Playhouse as Tanya in Mamma Mia! for the Grand Re-opening of the NorShor Theatre, Winifred Banks (Mary Poppins) and Claire (Rumors), and at the Underground Theater in Oh! Coward and the title role in Iolanthe.  She has performed as Soprano Soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, and premiered It Rained on Shakopee with Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra. As part of the NorShor Concert Series, she performed in Dancing Queens, as Victoria in A Grand Night for Singing!, and Ashley in Irving Berlin’s Rags to Ritzes.  

In November 2024, Vicki premiered her original biographical Art-Song Play with composer Wendy Durrwachter – The Brontë Sisters:  Retrospection – with plans for future local and regional performances.  In addition, serves as Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Workshop at University of Wisconsin-Superior.  

For more, including upcoming performances, visit: www.vickifingalson.com

 

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