NewsNovember 7, 2024
Melanie is a New York District Winner of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She moves on to the Eastern Region Finals on December 13 at Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center.
August 24, 2023
Each year, the Tuesday Musicale of Detroit, a musical organization hosting monthly concerts throughout Southeast Michigan, awards a singer with the Dina Soresi Winter Voice Award. This year, Melanie is proud to be the recipient of the 2023-24 Award.
To receive her prize, Melanie will perform on the organization's February concert, singing a selection of arias and ensembles. She is especially proud to be receiving this honor from the Tuesday Musicale of Detroit, as it was founded in 1885 by a group entirely made up of female musicians. 
June 14, 2023
Beginning in September, Melanie will begin her second season as a Resident Artist at Detroit Opera. As part of her tenure for the 2023-24 season, she is a featured soloist in Starry Night at the Opera, a gala with the Detroit Opera Orchestra; a soloist in Cage's Europeras 3&4; and Hen/Mrs. Páskova in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. She will also complete official role studies of the title role of Cunning Little Vixen as well as Bess in Breaking the Waves, and perform on several Resident Artist Program recitals and outreach events throughout the year.
"Detroit Opera has announced the five singers selected to train in our Resident Artist Program during the 2023–24 season: soprano Melanie Spector, mezzo-soprano Lisa Marie Rogali, tenor River Guard, and baritones Rolfe Dauz and Ben Reisinger. Welcome back to Melanie and Ben, each returning for a second year in the program! And we can’t wait to welcome Lisa Marie Rogali, River Guard and Rolfe Dauz when they arrive in Detroit this September." 
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October 12, 2022
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Melanie sat down with Operawire to discuss her lifelong relationship with opera and how she has taken it with her to Detroit.
Click the photo below to view the article on Operawire
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October 8, 2022
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After making the semi-finals of the Camille Coloratura Awards, Melanie advanced to the Final Round on October 8 in Towson, Maryland and received an Encouragement Award.
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September 13, 2022
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Melanie was recently named a semi-finalist in both the Student Vision and Virtual Division of the 2022 Camille Coloratura Awards Competition, a newly founded competition focused on the art of coloratura technique. On October 8, she will compete at Towson University in Maryland.
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July 16, 2022
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In September, Melanie will be one of five young artists invited to join the Detroit Opera Resident Artist Program. As part of her duties as a Resident Artist, she will perform the High Priestess in Verdi's Aida starring Angel Blue and Christine Goerke; cover Atalanta in Handel's Xerxes; and cover Nuria in Golijov's Ainadamar
"After an international search, Detroit Opera is proud to announce five new singers who will train in our Resident Artist Program for 2022-23. The redesigned program provides a comprehensive career development to emerging singers who have demonstrated potential to make important contributions to the art form. Our new Resident Artists for 2022-2023: Melanie Spector, soprano Elizabeth Polese, soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo-soprano Leo Williams, tenor Ben Reisinger, baritone" Read the full announcement here 
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