Whether singing Carmen or Cherubino, mezzo sopranos are the versatile stars of opera. But what makes a mezzo a mezzo? Canadian-Irish opera singer Wallis Giunta introduces her voice part... In its ...
Mahler, it turns out, has been omnipresent for DeYoung. For the first decade of her career, she mainly sang concerts, rather than opera. Most of these performances were devoted to works by Mahler. "I ...
Mezzo soprano Sarah Mesko might not be a household name -- yet. But she's only 33, and she's sung with the New York Philharmonic, the Washington National Opera and on the stage of the Metropolitan ...
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham won a Grammy Award on Sunday for her recording of songs by Charles Ives. With Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the piano, Graham sings a song Ives called "Memories: A - very ...
Laura Mixter suffers from bass envy. Although she has a beautiful mezzo-soprano range, she loves the deep, rich sound of a strong male voice. "I just find bass voices so amazing. Plus they get to sing ...