“…tiny powerful soprano Madeline Ross.” - Angela Allen for Oregon ArtsWatch Dark Sisters by Nico Muhly with OrpheusPDX

“Equally outstanding was soprano Madeline Ross, who sparkled in the role of Tamiri, eliciting beautiful passages with ease.” - James Bash for NW Reverb Il re pastore by Mozart with OrpheusPDX

"...Madeline Ross, jazz soloist... scatting to beat the band" -Rorianne Schrade for New York Concert Review

“Ross adapted to the space perfectly. She maintained the resonance of her instrument through softer dynamics and accessed her higher register without overwhelming the audience. The intimate setting also highlighted Ross’s acting chops: her facial expressions were as nuanced as a film actor’s.” - Max Tapogna for Oregon ArtsWatch Tito by Mozart with Renegade Opera

“Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre received a supreme performance by soprano Madeline Ross…Simultaneously Intense, dramatic, and humorous…Ross hit all sorts of impossible notes…” - James Bash for Oregon ArtsWatch

“Madeline Ross…made swift and excellent work of “Der Hölle Rache” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. The rapid, repetitive high-C’s (which were all perfect, as was the infamous F above it) could be heard as an imitation of the high-pitched cackle of this bird, adding a clever, retroactively applied programmatic element to the performance.” - Lorin Wilkerson for Oregon ArtsWatch

Madeline Ross is a soprano and arts advocate based in Portland, OR. She can be seen performing in operas, recitals, and concerts all across the United States and abroad.

Ms. Ross made her Portland Opera solo debut as a concert soloist in 2022 and her operatic role debut as the 1st Woodsprite in Rusalka, Spring 2023. Recently she has been seen as Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Lucinda in Muhly’s Dark Sisters and Tamiri in Mozart’s Il re pastore with Orpheus PDX, the title role in Tito: a modern adaptation of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito with Renegade Opera, and as an ensemble member with Resonance Ensemble at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She has performed as a soloist with 45th Parallel, Oregon Chorale, Cascadia Composers, and Celebration Works Concert Series and as an ensemble member with the Oregon Symphony and NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra. Other recent engagements include a solo debut at Carnegie Hall with Deke Sharon and Total Vocal where she was hailed for “scatting to beat the band” (New York Concert Review), Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Lark Opera and the Aquilon Music Festival, Lisa in Bellini’s La Sonnambula with Promenade Opera Project and solos with Queer Opera in their gender-bending scenes program. Ms. Ross has also performed the roles of the Snake in Opera Theater Oregon’s production of The Little Prince (2018), La Fee in Massenet’s Cendrillon with the Promenade Opera Project (2018), Miss Silverpeal in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor with the Longy School of Music (2018), Alice in Rossini's Le Comte Ory with Harvard University’s Lowell House Opera in Cambridge, MA (2018) and Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with the Longy School of Music (2017). Ms. Ross earned a masters of music in opera from the Longy School of Music at Bard College in Cambridge, MA, where she studied with Karyl Ryczek and Robert Honeysucker. Mrs. Ross was a Young Artist at the Miami Music Festival where she was seen as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (2017), working with Caren Levine, Corinne Hayes, and Manny Perez.

She is the founder and Executive Director of Renegade Opera (501c3), an unconventional opera company dedicated to creating immersive experiences that give voice to traditionally underrepresented communities and break the framework of traditional opera. Check out their website at www.renegadeopera.org for more information!

Rusalka Portland Opera, 2023

Ms. Ross won first prize in the 2020 NATS National Vocal Competition, the 2018 Longy School of Music Honors Competition, and has competed as a finalist in the Portland SummerFest's Northwest Young Voices competition, where she sang for Angela Meade. Ms. Ross has participated in master classes with Audrey Luna, Mark Morash, Julia Bullock, Ruth Ann Swenson, Wilene Gunn, Julianne Baird, and The Rose Ensemble. She is an experienced soloist in concert repertoire, opera, choral music, musical theater, and jazz. Ms. Ross is the recipient of two awards from DownBeat Magazine for Best Undergraduate Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble as a member and soloist of the Willamette Singers.

Maddy has taught voice, piano and theater at Northwest Children's Theater and School, Resound NW, and First Presbyterian Church in Portland. She currently maintains a private teaching studio in Portland, OR, and is available for lessons and consultations by appointment. She is endlessly thankful to her mentor and teacher, the inimitable Nancy Olson-Chatalas.

In 2023 Ms. Ross presented about her artistic process and her love of opera at Creative Mornings PDX. You can find that video here: https://creativemornings.com/talks/renegade-opera-madeline-ross