Colorado Springs native Meg Brilleslyper is a mezzo-soprano in the Bayerische Staatsoper Operstudio in Munich, Germany. Meg recently sang the role of Isolier in Rossini’s Le comte Ory at the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, CA, and attended the Music Academy of the West in 2024 as a Lehrer Vocal Institute Fellow. In 2023, Meg attended the Young Artists’ Vocal Academy at Houston Grand Opera under the vocal instruction of Dr. Stephen King. Following that program, Ms. Brilleslyper returned to the Aspen Music Festival as a Studio Artist, working with Patrick Summers, Renée Fleming, Rachelle Fleming, Robin Rice, and Betsy Bishop. Meg is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (‘23) from the studio of Katherine Ciesinski and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University (‘25) from the studio of Robin Rice.

At the Bayerische Staatsoper, upcoming roles include Babette in Die Englische Kätze, Flora in La Traviata, Sandmännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Die Vertraute in Elektra, Blumenmädchen in Parsifal, Clotilde in Norma, Brautjungfer in Der Freischütz, and Der Küchenjunge in Rusalka. Recent roles include Isolier in Le comte Ory, Cherubino in The Ghosts of Versailles, Bradamante in Alcina, Mercédès in Carmen at Music Academy of the West, as well as Lucretia* in The Rape of Lucretia, Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, and Filipyevna* in Eugene Onegin at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Meg sang the role of the Healer in the premiere of So You May Breathe In Light, a one-act opera by Theo Chandler, in April 2024. Her roles with Eastman Opera Theatre include The Foreign Singer in Postcard from Morocco, Pane in La Calisto, Granny/Witch Cover in Into the Woods, and Ruggiero in Alcina. Ms. Brilleslyper sang the role of Nancy in the Miami Beach Music Festival’s Albert Herring. Scenes performances include Meg Page in Falstaff, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sesto in Giulio Cesare, and 2nd Lady in Die Zauberflöte.

Meg was one of seven finalists in the 2025 Concert of Arias competition at Houston Grand Opera. In January 2025, Meg was named a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Houston District. With collaborator Lyndsi Maus, Meg competed in the Schubert and Modern Music International Chamber Music Competition in February 2025 in Graz, Austria, advancing to the semi-finals. Previously, Meg won an Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Houston District in 2024, first place in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition (May 2023), and won the Eastman School of Music Concerto Competition (November 2022) with Rossini’s La regata veneziana. She also received an Encouragement Award in the Schmidt Vocal Institute Undergraduate Voice Competition (Jan. 2023). Outside of opera, Meg enjoys singing concert repertoire and oratorio. While at Eastman, Ms. Brilleslyper was selected as the alto soloist for three Bach Cantatas (BWV 132, 33, 34) in the Eastman Cantata Series as well as Beethoven’s Mass in C Major and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Eastman Philharmonia. Meg was the soloist with the Music Academy Festival Orchestra’s performance of Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer. 

In addition to her vocal performance degree studies, Ms. Brilleslyper was an Arts Leadership Certificate Candidate at Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and a recipient of the Eastman School of Music Ornest Award for excellence in academic and musical endeavors. Ms. Brilleslyper values the intersection of music, leadership, and academic achievement. Ms. Brilleslyper served as the 2022-2023 President of the Students’ Association and the Secretary of Sigma Alpha Iota at Eastman. She was a Student Alumni Ambassador and was a Resident Advisor during her sophomore and junior years. During her summers at the Aspen Music Festival, Ms. Brilleslyper was selected as a Student Ambassador.

When not singing or studying, she enjoys all things physical fitness and the outdoors. Meg is passionate about the intersection of vocal training and physical health and enjoys hiking, adventuring, and traveling with her friends and family!