Wanda Brister

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wanda Brister
Occupation	Operatic Soprano
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1957(1957-08-12)
Age	67
Birthplace	Houma
Country	United States
Birth City	Louisiana
Horoscope	Leo

Wanda Brister Biography

Wanda Brister is one of the most popular and richest Operatic Soprano who was born on August 12, 1957 in Houma, Louisiana, United States.

Born in Houma, Louisiana, she has appeared throughout the Americas, Europe, and South America. She matriculated at Loyola University of the South, studying with Patricia Brooks Etienne (Havranek). It was here she made her unofficial debut in 1978 as Maddalena in act 4 of Rigoletto, opposite Anthony Laciura as the Duke of Mantua. Two years later, she sang the Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica at Loyola. She holds degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Louisiana, Lafayette where she worked with Patrick Shelby, a student of Andrew White and Sidney Dietch.

She served as an apprentice at the New Orleans Opera Association (where she made her professional debut in 1981 as Mistress Benson in Lakmé) before attending the Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, where she then was an apprentice with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. After several years of work as a professional singer and beginning her life as a university professor, she pursued and completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she studied with renowned vocal repertoire scholar Carol Kimball. Her dissertation topic was “The Songs of Madeleine Dring: Organizing a Posthumous Legacy.”

Wanda Brister Net Worth

Wanda Brister is one of the richest Operatic Soprano from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wanda Brister 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wanda Brister (born August 12, 1957) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.

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She was a teaching intern with the National Association of Teachers of Singing under the acclaimed vocal pedagogue, James McKinney, and has published articles with the Journal of Singing. (See Josef Szulc, Jean Cras, Madeleine Dring. She was faculty artist for the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy from 2010-2015, and was artist faculty of the Schlern International Music Festival (2006-2009). In 2013 she presented on Madeleine Dring to the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Brisbane, Australia. She has also presented for the National Association of Teachers of Singing national conference in Las Vegas and the Music by Women Festival in 2018 and 2019 as well as the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Most recently Brister compiled and edited a series of scores published by Classical Vocal Reprints. Madeleine Dring’s only opera Cupboard Love as well as 9 volumes of the previously unavailable vocal music were published are in this series.

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William Ranked on the list of most popular Operatic Soprano. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Wanda Brister celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.

Forthcoming publications: Biography of Madeleine Dring (2020)