Mezzo-soprano Michele Detwiler (born 1976 in California) is an American opera singer.
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Since 2000, she has sung over fifteen roles with regional companies on the West Coast, favoring Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, bel canto and French repertoire.
From 2001-2007, she was a Principal Artist and Guest Artist with Opera San Jose where she sang in eighteen productions ranging from lyric to dramatic repertoire. In addition, Ms. Detwiler has sung with Sacramento Opera[permanent dead link], West Bay Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Mission City Opera, and Apollo Sierra Opera.
Critics have described her instrument as "amber-voiced",[1] "a velvety mezzo soprano voice with excellent range",[2] with some performances being cited as "riveting"[3] and holding "center stage commandingly".[4]
Recent engagements
editRole | Work | Company | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Flora | La traviata | Opera San Jose | 2007 |
Suzuki | Madama Butterfly | Opera San Jose | 2007 |
Soloist | Handel's Messiah | Boise Master Chorale | 2007 |
Soloist | Herzogenberg's Die Geburt Christi | Boise Master Chorale | 2008 |
Soloist | Einhorn's Voices of Light | Boise Philharmonic | 2009 |
Siebel | Faust | Opera Idaho | 2009 |
Tisbe | La Cenerentola | Opera Idaho | 2010 |
Soloist | Candide Suite | Boise Philharmonic | 2010 |
Main Roles
edit• Zerlina (Don Giovanni)
• Dorabella (Così fan tutte)
• Stefano (Roméo et Juliette)
• Pauline (Pique Dame)
• Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
• Meg Page (Falstaff)
• Suzuki (Madama Butterfly)
• Carmen (Carmen)
• Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier)
• Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos)
• Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible)
In Concert
edit• Messiah (Handel)
• Requiem (Mozart)
• Christmas Oratorio (Camille Saint-Saëns)
• Die Geburt Christi (Herzogenberg)
• Voices of Light (Einhorn)
Performance History
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- www.operasj.org Opera San Jose Biography