Measha Brueggergosman
Since her Grand Prize victory at the 2002 Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition, Measha Brueggergosman has come to be regarded as one of the leading sopranos from North America. She regularly appears on both the operatic and recital stages, and has recorded for major labels, including DG and Naxos. She was one of the soloists featured in the 2005 Naxos recording of Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and Experience, which captured three Grammy awards. Critics and admirers alike hear her voice as beautiful and distinct, with a warm tone and youthful spirit.
While much of her activity has been based in Canada in performances with the Montreal, Toronto, and National Arts Centre Orchestras, she has made acclaimed appearances with the Cincinnati Opera, the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and at the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Her repertory is broad, taking in works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Verdi, Puccini, Schoenberg, Gershwin, Barber, and many others.
Measha Brueggergosman was born in Fredericton, Canada, on June 28, 1977. She sang in the choir of her local church as a child, and in her teens studied at Boston Conservatory during the summers. Advanced studies were at the University of Toronto and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Brueggergosman's first major appearance was as Beatrice in the 1998 world premiere of the James Rolfe opera Beatrice Chancy. It garnered a spate of rave reviews and was filmed in 2000 for broadcast on Canadian television.
After winning prizes in several prestigious competitions Brueggergosman won the aforementioned Jeunesses Musicales in 2002, which sent her career on a meteoric rise, with offers for major recordings and operatic and concert appearances throughout the U.S. and Europe. That same year she debuted at the Cincinnati Opera in Strauss' Elektra and made further appearances there in Turandot and Jake Heggie's opera Dead Man Walking.
Brueggergosman's first recording was issued in 2004 on the CBC label, a compilation of songs by Barber, Copland, and Gershwin. Further (highly successful) recordings followed and led to a contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2007. The following year she won the Juno award for Best Classical Album for her first DG recording, Surprise, a song collection featuring works by Schoenberg, Satie, and Bolcom. Based in Toronto, where she lives with her husband/manager Markus Bruegger (her maiden name is Gosman), she has served as host of her own television show there, Toronto Sings.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Wagner/Mottl: Wesendonck Lieder; Wagner: Preludes & Overtures
Measha Brueggergosman, The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Night & Dreams
Measha Brueggergosman, Justus Zeyen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2010
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Surprise - Cabaret songs by Bolcom, Satie & Schoenberg
Measha Brueggergosman, William Bolcom, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Night & Dreams
Measha Brueggergosman, Justus Zeyen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 22 Oct 2007
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COPLAND: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915 (Emily Dickinson - Aaron Copland - James Agee)
Classical - Released by CBC on 16 Nov 2004
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Measha Jazz
Vocal Jazz - Released by Measha Brueggergosman on 24 Jul 2020
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The Art of Measha Brueggergosman
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 29 Aug 2020
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Howard Shore: Sea to Sea
Measha Brueggergosman, Canada 150 Choir, New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, Antonio Delgado
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Leaf Music on 8 Dec 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Zombie Blizzard
Measha Brueggergosman, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Margaret Atwood
Classical - Released by Leaf Music on 1 Mar 2024
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Christmas
Christmas Music - Released by Warner Music Canada on 27 Oct 2014
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Songs of Freedom
Soul - Released by Outside Music on 13 Jan 2017
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Hosanna! (feat. Jah'Mila & Marko Simmonds)
Miscellaneous - Released by Measha Brueggergosman on 18 Apr 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
More Of You
International Pop - Released by Measha Brueggergosman on 28 Sep 2021
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Go Tell It / Salt Spring (feat. The Bombadils) [Live]
Christmas Music - Released by Measha Brueggergosman on 20 Dec 2021
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Hammer & Bow (Astor Piazzolla - Christian Woehr - Raymond Luedeke)
Classical - Released by Fleur de Son on 25 Jul 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo