Chelsea was featured last November in the second United States premier of  I Due Timidi by Nino Rota in which she played “Mariuccia” (Opera Project Columbus). Under the baton of the world renowned Alessandro Siciliani she has performed Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Mariuccia (I Due Timidi) and will be singing scenes in a concert version as Maria (The Sound of Music) this spring. She covered Musetta for Opera Columbus’ La Bohème and Violetta in La Traviata . She was featured in the world premiere of Twisted2,  a collaboration between the BalletMet, Opera Columbus and Columbus Symphony Orchestra last September. Last fall she will be appeared throughout Columbus as Musetta in La Bohème for Opera Columbus’ “Opera on the Edge”. Chelsea covered both Frasquita and Micaëla for Opera Columbus’ Carmen. She actively tours around the Ohio and Midwest areas to give concerts with her husband, Paul Melcher in their RED Chapel Concert Series. 

Chelsea’s recent roles also include Violetta (La Traviata), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Annina, (La Traviata) Nedda (I Pagliacci), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Micaëla (Carmen), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Mimi (La Bohème), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Musetta, (La Bohème), and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni). Hart Melcher has recently performed Verdi’s Requiem and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra and Amherst Symphony Orchestra. She will be the featured soprano soloist for the world premiere of “The Words Beneath the Sound” with the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra in 2018.