The busy mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti has made a career out of versatility: “I think generally people should not do only one ...

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time ...

Samantha Hankey, whose burgeoning opera career has taken her around the world, returns to her childhood stamping grounds.

Watch Angel Blue speak with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina about her portrayal of the title role of Bizet’s Carmen below! In her highly anticipated Met debut, Director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates ...

In 2012, I commented on a performance at the Salzburg Festival—a performance of Handel’s opera Tamerlano, in concert. I wrote, “There was a mezzo-soprano, previously unknown to me: Marianne Crebassa, ...

Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced the winners of the 10th Annual Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition, Mezzo-Soprano Edition. This is the 10th year of the event that celebrated the ...

Peruse the catalogue of composer Richard Danielpour and one may deduce that he has a predilection for the mezzo-soprano voice. He’s written music for Jessye Norman (”Sweet Talk”), Denyce Graves ...

>>> The upcoming Blackhawk Chamber Music Festival presented a unique challenge to artistic director Jeffrey Cohan. The repertoire had to be chosen around the vocal range of mezzo soprano Vivien ...

Singers are sometimes the last people to know they have a great voice. “My dad was a minister and with my three older sisters, we’d be the music for the church,” said mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, ...

Denyce Graves was a young mezzo-soprano, fresh out of the conservatory and serving an apprenticeship with Houston Grand Opera, when her phone rang. It was her agent. "He said, 'Denyce, I've got some ...

Hannah Magnelli, a member of St. Joseph Parish in Richmond, Va., is seen in this undated photo. Magnelli performs opera on the international stage and in January 2022 released her first single, ...

Christa Ludwig, who poured a lustrous voice into dramatically taut performances of opera roles — especially those of Mozart, Strauss and Wagner — and intimately rendered art songs as one of the ...