Julie Makerov - Treasurer

email: treasurer@natslachapter.org

The Toronto Star declares “Julie Makerov as Senta...was every inch the ringing life force Wagner intended.” As winner of the Dora Award, Canada’s most prestigious live theater honor, Ms. Makerov was recognized for her compelling portrayal of Senta in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and continues to captivate audiences internationally. This gifted soprano’s voice has been described as “gloriously commanding” (la scena musicale), “sumptuous” (ArtsSF.com), and “soaring” (The Oakland Tribune). The New York Times proclaims “Julie Makerov’s plush soprano voice and vulnerability were ideal for the goddess Freia”, and of her debut with Los Angeles Opera, The Huffington post wrote “Julie Makerov is triumphant!”. 

In addition to her most recent role as Professor of Voice at California Baptist University in Riverside, Ms. Makerov has sung with the world’s finest opera companies, including Canadian Opera Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera and Oper Frankfurt. 

The internationally acclaimed soprano’s engagements include singing with Houston Grand Opera in their productions of Strauss’s Elektra and Wagner’s Die Walküre under the baton of Patrick Summers and with Opera Theater Saint Louis singing Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth and Queen of Hearts in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland. Ms. Makerov’s other engagements include singing Sieglinde in Die Walküre with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leon Botstein and singing the role of Chrysotemis in Elektra with Des Moines Metro Opera. 

Ms. Makerov has sung with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Los Angeles Opera, singing the role of The Mother in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, and Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer. The sought-after soprano also sang the title role of Tosca with the Canadian Opera Company, and performed the role of Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer in Salzburg under the baton of Sir Ivor Bolton. 

Ms. Makerov’s International career also includes returning to Oper Frankfurt, where she sang the role of Margherita in Boito’s Mefistofele, and to the Canadian Opera Company where she sang Senta in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. Ms. Makerov garnered outstanding critical acclaim singing the title role in Dvořák’s Rusalka and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Canadian Opera Company. She also reprised the role of Rusalka in the Czech Republic with the Český Krumlov International Music Festival. 

Other notable operatic engagements include the soprano’s debuts with Theater Erfurt and Oper Frankfurt singing the title role in Tosca and performing in Matsumoto, Japan with Seji Ozawa’s internationally acclaimed Saito Kinnen festival. Ms. Makerov also joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera where she covered the roles of Gerhilde, Lady in waiting, The Shopkeeper, and Mme. Peronskaya in the productions of Die Walküre, MacBeth and War and Peace, and toured with them to Japan. She has sung Gerhilde in Die Walküre and Freia in Das Rheingold with Canadian Opera Company, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Seattle Opera and Sarasota Opera, the title role in Tosca with Sarasota Opera, Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Palm Beach Opera, Sarasota Opera and Opera San Jose.