Mitra Sadeghpour

Mitra Sadeghpour, soprano, teaches voice and directs the opera program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  An active recitalist and concert musician, she has recently performed as the soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Faure Requiem and in numerous recitals throughout Wisconsin.  Her previous performances with ECCO include Barber's Knoxville:  Summer of 1915, and the world premiere of David A. Baker's Chamber Symphony.  Her stage credits include roles ranging from Frasquita in Carmen to Maria in The Sound of Music. 

Sadeghpour stage directed Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten at UW-Eau claire in 2009 and she regularly engages in collaborative research projects with students and other faculty.  Special research and performance interests include art song by women composers, diverse American art song, vocal music by French composers Charles Gounod and Cecile Chaminade, and contemporary American opera.  A graduate of Luther College and Indiana University, she previously taught on the voice faculty at Luther College and she currently serves as the artistic director aof teh Clearwater Musical Theatre camp at UW-Eau Claire.  She is a native of Iowa.