Actor
Susanne Mentzer
January 21, 1957 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Often works with
Thomas Allen
2 titles together
Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte
Neil Shicoff
2 titles together
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
Bryn Terfel
2 titles together
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Le Nozze di Figaro
Natalie Dessay
2 titles together
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla, The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
Dwayne Croft
2 titles together
Così fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro
Cecilia Bartoli
2 titles together
Così fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro
