During the 2024–2025 season, Melissa sang Carmen in a new production at Theater Hagen and made her role debut as Erda in Wagner’s Siegfried at the Saarländisches Staatstheater. At Theater Dortmund, she appeared as Erda in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried as part of Peter Konwitschny’s complete Ring cycle. In May 2025, she reprised Erda in a concert performance of Siegfried at the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles with conductor Sébastien Rouland and the Saarländisches Staatsorchester.

Additional recent highlights include Third Witch in Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at the Opéra Comique, Erda and Floßhilde in a concert performance of Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles, covering Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera, Prinz Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at Stadttheater Klagenfurt, and Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with ensembleKONTRASTE, conducted by Jac van Steen.

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From 2021 to 2023, Melissa was an ensemble member of the Saarländisches Staatstheater, where she debuted a number of roles, including the title role in Carmen, Ruggiero in Alcina, Erda and Floßhilde in Das Rheingold, and Prinz Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus.

Melissa was awarded First Prize and the Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Award at the Wagner Society of New York’s 2026 Singer Awards. Her further distinctions include Fifth Prize and the Mercedes Viñas Extraordinary Prize at the Tenor Viñas Competition at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Eva Kleinitz Award at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino, and finalist distinction at the 2024 Elizabeth Connell Competition at Wigmore Hall. She is a grantee of the Olga Forrai Foundation for Dramatic Voices, a Bayreuth scholarship recipient, and was awarded a Fulbright Grant.

Melissa holds a master’s degree in Lied and Oratorio performance, with distinction, from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg & a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music (USA). She lives in Austria.