A native of Colorado Springs, mezzo-soprano Meg Brilleslyper is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and is in her second year of graduate school at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music in the studio of Robin Rice. Upcoming roles include Bradamante in Alcina and Cherubino in The Ghosts of Versailles. Recent roles include Mércèdes in Carmen, Bianca and Lucretia (cover) in The Rape of Lucretia, Filipyevvna (cover) in Eugene Onegin, Ruggiero in Alcina, Pane in La Calisto, and Nancy in Albert Herring. Meg was awarded an Encouragement Award at the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Houston District and was the winner of both the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition and the Eastman Concerto Competition in 2023. Meg attended the Young Artists Vocal Academy at Houston Grand Opera in May 2023 and the Aspen Music Festival in 2022 and 2023. Most recently, Meg attended the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA, as a Lehrer Vocal Institute Fellow.