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New Brunswick soprano Wendy Nielsen has enjoyed an international career on the
operatic and concert stage.She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Fiordiligi
in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in 1996  and has performed numerous roles there in the
ensuing seasons. These include Countess in Marriage of Figaro, Donna Elvira in
Don Giovanni and Micaela in Carmen. She has also performed with many companies
across North America including the Canadian Opera Company (where she was a member of the Ensemble training program), New York City Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera,L'Opera de Montreal, Calgary Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Florida Grand Opera.

With orchestra she has performed world wide from Beijing to St John's in a variety or repertoire from Mozart to Penderecki with such acclaimed conductors as James Conlon,Kurt Masur, Ivan Fischer, Long Yu, Eiji Oue, Charles Dutoit, and Mario Bernardi.

Her 2010/ 2011 season performances included the title role of Tosca with Manitoba Opera, Vitellia in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito with Vancouver Opera and the title role in Barber's Vanessa for Pacific Opera Victoria. She will also tour the Maritime region giving recitals and master classes.

The 2011/2012 season sees Ms. Nielsen embarking on a new relationship with the University of Toronto as she takes on the role of Visiting Artist in Opera and Voice.  Ms. Nielsen will continue her regular relationship as mentor and teacher to the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble and the Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Program. As a performer she will be heard as the soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah for Symphony Newfoundland and will sing her first Leonoras in Beethoven's  Fidelio with Edmonton Opera.

 Ms Nielsen is an active voice teacher, clinician and adjudicator.She has been a guest teacher at the Glenn Gould School, University of Manitoba,McGill, Dalhousie and Mt Allison University to name a few. She has taught at a variety of summer programs including Orford, Opera Nuova, the new University of Toronto summer opera program COSI in Sulmona Italy and is the artistic director of  the summer
program at St Andrews by the Sea which she has developed into a nationally
recognized program over the past 16 years.

Ms Nielsen is the past chair of the board of Debut Atlantic and is a former board member of the national organization opera.ca  She began her formal studies at Mount Allison University and has a Bachelor of Music in voice from the University of Lethbridge , a Masters Music in Opera from the University of British Columbia as well as honorary doctorates from the University of New Brunswick , the University of Lethbridge and Mount Allison University.