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Susanne Mentzer

Susanne Mentzer
  • Name: Susanne Mentzer
  • Birthday: 1957-01-21
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Popularity: 0.185
Biography: Susanne Mentzer (born January 21, 1957) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. She is best known for singing trouser roles, such as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo, Octavian in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier and the composer in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as other music of Mozart, Strauss, Rossini, Berlioz and Mahler. She created the role of the mother of Yueyang in Tan Dun's opera The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera on December 21, 2006. She has also premiered works by Libby Larsen, Daniel Brewbaker and Carlisle Floyd. Mentzer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Maryland and New Mexico. She was first introduced... Read More

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Title Release date
Les Contes d'Hoffmann   as  La Muse / Nicklausse 2003-11-22
The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos   as  The Composer 2003-04-03
Le Nozze di Figaro   as  Cherubino 1998-11-11
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla   as  Nicklausse/The Muse 1996-11-17
Così fan tutte   as  Dorabella 1996-02-27
Don Giovanni   as  Zerlina 1987-12-01