Canadian-American soprano Erin Wall is fast establishing herself as one of today's most sought-after Mozart and Strauss sopranos. She will make her LA Opera debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflote in January 2009.

Erin Wall's 2007-2008 opera season began with one of her signature roles, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, at the Washington National Opera, followed by two new roles: Love Simpson in Carlisle Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree with the Atlanta Opera and Violetta in La Traviata with the Arizona Opera. In concert, she appears in an operatic gala with Ben Heppner at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, then as Soprano II in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with Christoph Eschenbach and the Orchestre de Paris. Erin Wall's recording of this piece with Pierre Boulez and the Staatskapelle Berlin will soon be released by Deutsche Grammophon. Finally, Ms. Wall will make her Houston Symphony debut as the soprano soloist in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Hans Graf conducting. Future engagements include returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in several leading roles and to the San Francisco Symphony as well as debuts with the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan and the Los Angeles Opera.

Ms. Wall's last season opened with the Soprano I in Mahler's 8th Symphony on a European tour with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. The soprano then went to Paris and Vienna for Così fan tutte in the Patrice Chéreau production, which is now available commercially on a Virgin DVD. After a holiday concert in Ottawa and Messiah in Edmonton, Canada, Erin Wall returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a new production of Così fan tutte. Her next Mozart role was the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Minnesota Opera, where she made a triumphant debut the previous season as Donna Anna. Miss Wall ended her opera season with a triumphal debut as the title role in Strauss' Daphne at the Santa Fe Opera. Further concert dates included the Toronto Symphony in Mahler's Second Symphony with Sir Andrew Davis, who also led her performances of Così fan tutte in Chicago, the Vancouver Symphony for Strauss' Four Last Songs and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a piece she also sang with Maestro Davis and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Erin Wall's operatic engagements in 2005-2006 included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Marguerite in Faust with the Vancouver Opera, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Minnesota Opera, and Belinda in concerts of Dido and Aeneas at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Recent recital appearances included Chicago, Tokyo and Utica. During the summer, Ms.Wall sang concerts in Campos do Jordao and Rio de Janeiro as well as at the Bellingham Festival.

Ms. Wall's 2004-2005 season began with a triumphant appearance as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni on opening night of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 50th Anniversary Season. She also sang Freia in Das Rheingold and Gerhilde in Die Walküre for Lyric Opera last season. She made her South American debut in July, as Marguerite in Faust for the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile. Concert appearances included the Toronto, Calgary, Oregon, Chicago, and San Francisco Symphonies, and a live concert of Massenet opera excerpts with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra which was recorded for CBC Radio and Television, and which was seen as part of the 2005-2006 "Opening Night" series on CBC Television. Ms. Wall also appeared in Carnegie's Zankel Hall as part of the Marilyn Horne Foundation's "The Song Continues" series, and made her New York City solo recital debut on the Foundation's "On Wings of Song" series. She appeared in solo recitals in Chicago and Bellingham, Washington. Over the summer, Erin Wall appeared with Bryn Terfel and Andrea Bocelli in a televised concert of opera arias and duets at Mr. Terfel's Faenol Festival as well as at the Ravinia Festival as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Christoph Eschenbach.

Past seasons included a three-season engagement as a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Center for American Artists. At Lyric Opera, Ms. Wall has sung Marguerite in Faust and the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte, among other roles. Ms. Wall made her European concert debut in Britten's War Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra, and has also appeared in concert with the Vancouver Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and the Grant Park and Ravinia Festivals.

Among the awards and career grants that Ms. Wall has received are the 2004 ARIA Award from the Aria Foundation, a Richard Tucker Award (2004) and a Sara Tucker Study Grant (2002) from the Richard Tucker Foundation. She represented Canada in the finals of the 2003 BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff competition to critical acclaim, and has also received awards from the Dallas Opera Career Grant Competition, the George London Foundation, the MacAllister Awards, the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, and the Florida Grand Opera's Young Artists' Competition.

Born to American parents in Calgary, Alberta, Ms. Wall studied piano at the Vancouver Academy of Music throughout her childhood. She holds music degrees from Western Washington University and Rice University. She also attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.