Wendy Loder Lyric Soprano

Wendy has delighted San Francisco Bay Area opera audiences with her vivid portrayals of Adele, Adina, Blonde, Cunegonde, The Cunning Little Vixen, Frasquita, Fiorilla, Fiordilidgi, Gilda, Gretel, Lauretta, Nanetta, Olympia, Queen of the Night, Violetta and Zerbinetta.  In addition to her operatic activities, Wendy has been featured as soloist in Mahler's Eighth Symphony; Orff's Carmina Burana; in Dvorak's Mass in D major; Poulenc 's Gloria; and in Mozart's Great Mass as well as his Solemn Vespers and Exsultate Jubilate.

A frequent recitalist, Wendy recently collaborated with pianist Peter Bortfeldt to give her European Debut Recital in Bonn, Germany, where she was praised for her "effortless height of a voice that combined radiant power with great sureness in intonation and dynamics. Furthermore, she presents herself as a singer who knows how to be convincing with charming-capricious theatrics."(General Anzeiger, Bonn)

Wendy has won many awards, including: finalist in Opera by the Bay; Regional finalist in the MacAllister competition, Grand Prize winner in the Bella Resek competition; semi-finalist in the Zachary Competition; awards from the Marin Symphony; the Marin Music Chest; the San Francisco Musical Club; Pacific Musical Society; and San Francisco Chapter N.A.T.S.

Wendy  produced and sang her first CD, "Yestertime Songs for Children" a collection of songs that she learned as a young singer, available at cdbaby.com.  When not performing as a singer, Wendy can be heard playing her violin on several radio & T.V. commercials and with numerous symphonies and chamber ensembles around the Bay Area.