American mezzo-soprano MELISSA KORNACKI is an internationally recognized artist who has appeared throughout the USA, Middle East and Europe.  She grew up in Frederick, MD, and later furthered her education at Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University where she studied under tenor Frederick Urrey and, later, Metropolitan Opera star Faith Esham.  She graduated with a Bachelors in Music Education, but her passion was always for the stage.

​Ms. Kornacki debuted as the alto soloist for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Grand Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ and has since branched out into not only soloist appearances, but acting as well.  Some career highlights include an international debut in as Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti and Anita in West Side Story in Dubai, UAE in which her performances were hailed by Gulf News as "Brilliant!"; a certificate in Voice Over from Edge Studios in Kensington, MD; portraying the infamous Julia Child in Lee Hoiby's Bon Appétit with Opera Delaware; and finally getting her Valkyrie wings playing Waltraute in Götterdämmerung with Union Avenue Opera.

​​Excelling at oratorio, Kornacki has won a number of accolades on the concert stage including First Prize in the Lyra New York International Vocal Competition (Oratorio Division), debuting at Carnegie Hall in the Lyndon Woodside Competition for the Oratorio Society of New York winning the Leopoldo Damrosch award, and most recently, Second Place in the Professional Oratorio Division for the American Prize.

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