Erin’s Story

American soprano Erin O’Meally is a multifaceted performer praised for her “delightfully operatic lyric soprano,” “sparkling voice,” and “lovely expressive face” (The Independent, San Francisco Classical Voice). Based in Berlin, Germany, Erin brings operatic, theatrical flair, and bold emotional presence to he work across opera, cabaret, new music, and cross-genre collaboration

While living in San Francisco, Erin rapidly established herself as a beloved and compelling performer. During the 2019–2020 season, she was featured in West Edge Opera’s daring production of The Threepenny Opera under the direction of Elkhanah Pulitzer. As Lucy Brown, she was lauded as “a good comic foil” who gave “an energetic, convincing, and satisfying performance” (OperaWire). That same season, she held a soprano AGMA position with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, performing under Michael Tilson Thomas and appearing in a concert with Andrea Bocelli at the Chase Center. Earlier that year, she led as Magda in Pocket Opera’s La Rondine, where her “clarion tone transmitted ardor and excitement” (OperaWire).

In 2018, Erin gave a standout performance as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Lamplighters Music Theatre. The feminist interpretation of the role earned her a nomination for “Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role in a Musical” from Theatre Bay Area. That spring, she starred as Hélène in La Belle Hélène with Pocket Opera, where her “sparkling voice” and “expressive and dynamic variety” were widely praised (SFCV). She made her debut with Opera San Jose as Annina in La Traviata, offering “authentic feeling” and a “poised, silvery soprano... well-suited to Annina’s gentle phrases” (Opera Today).

Additional roles include Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Rose Maybud in Ruddigore, Phoebe in Yeomen of the Guard, Musetta in La Bohème, and the title role in La Chatte (Ravel). She has also performed with Lamplighters in A Song to Sing, O! and starred as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with San Francisco Opera’s Opera à La Carte school tour program. Erin was featured in Opera Outings concerts for Il Cenacolo (affiliates of San Francisco Opera’s Merola and Adler Fellow Programs) from 2015–2019 and appeared twice in Yosemite’s historic Bracebridge Dinner performance series at the Majestic Hotel.

In 2019–2021, Erin took a break from opera to work as a personal assistant on the Warner Brothers film The Matrix 4. The film was shot in both San Francisco and Berlin, and the experience offered her a rare, up-close view of large-scale international filmmaking. It was an unforgettable honor — and one that ultimately brought her to Berlin, where she now lives and works.

In new music and crossover work, Erin premiered the role of Queen Sarai in Ammon and the King: Immigrant Speaks Truth to Power, presented by Culver Crest Productions in San Francisco’s Presidio. She premiered a classical crossover song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble in 2022, written by composer and bandmate Michael Kropf, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2024, she was invited to Gonzaga University to teach a masterclass to undergraduate vocal students and performed a concert featuring original works by Kropf’s students. Kropf is a composition professor at Gonzaga and a key collaborator in Erin’s creative life.

Erin is the lead vocalist of the band Love Can’t Save You Padme, which blends classical voice with theatrical rock, cinematic textures, and mythic storytelling. The band, releasing its’ fourth studio album in summer of 2026, is known for its genre-bending, emotionally charged sound. Erin is also an active member of Xylophone: Berlin’s Best Hottest Musical Comedy. Xylophone is an improv group that performs fully improvised musicals with a live band in Berlin. Alongside her improv shows, Erin performs as Trixi Bubblez, her cabaret and burlesque persona, who brings sparkle, satire, and storytelling to Berlin’s alt-performance scene.

Her concert credits include the Mozart Solemn Vespers (Montclair Presbyterian Church) and a range of Baroque and sacred repertoire. She has appeared in masterclasses with Dominique Labelle and Deborah Voigt, performing repertoire by Strozzi and Bellini. She holds First Prize honors from the Henry and Maria Holt Scholarship Competition and the East Bay Opera League Competition, and Third Prize from the James Toland Tier II Vocal Competition.

Erin earned her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she sang Drusilla in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Lisa in A New Brain, and gave a “show-stopping” performance in The Fairy Queen (The Berkeley Daily Planet). She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where highlights included Anne Sexton/#2 in Susa’s Transformations and La Chatte in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.

Now based in Berlin, Erin continues to perform and teach internationally. Her work blends rigorous technique with storytelling, humor, vulnerability, and theatrical freedom — whether in a Mozart aria, a feminist punk ballad, or a sequined corset.