Susanne Mentzer
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Biography
Susanne Mentzer, born January 21, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. She was introduced to opera as a teenager while working as an usher at the Santa Fe Opera and studied music therapy at the University of the Pacific before earning her bachelor's and master's degrees at the Juilliard School. Her career breakthrough came with her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1989, where she performed the role of Cherubino in Mozartâs Le nozze di Figaro. Throughout her career, Mentzer has sung notable trouser roles such as Octavian in Richard Straussâ Der Rosenkavalier and Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo, among others. She created the role of the mother of Yueyang in Tan Dunâs opera The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera on December 21, 2006.
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- Don Giovanni, K.527, Act I, Scena terza: La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni/Zerlina) featuring Riccardo Muti
- Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Dunque seguitemi" featuring Neville Marriner
- Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Questo vecchio maledetto" featuring Neville Marriner
- Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Oh! guardate che accidente" featuring Neville Marriner
- Sulamite by Susanne Mentzer
- Rossini: Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia (Andante - Allegro) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Rossini: La scala di seta: Sinfonia (Allegro - Andantino - Allegro) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Recitativo. Aprite, presto, aprite (Alternative) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- "Andrò ramingo e solo" featuring Colin Davis
- Mozart: Non più, tutto ascoltai - Non temer, amato bene, K.490 - for "Idomeneo", K.366/Version for mezzo-soprano featuring Barbara Hendricks
- Faust, Act 1: Valse et chÅur. "Ne permettrez-vous pas" (Faust, Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Siébel, ChÅur) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Don Giovanni K527, ATTO SECONDO, Scena quinta: Questo è il fin featuring Samuel Ramey
- Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 1. Kyrie featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 1. Te Deum laudamus featuring Bernard Haitink
- Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 6. Agnus Dei featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 5. Benedictus featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 2. Te ergo featuring Bernard Haitink
- Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 2. Gloria featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 3. Credo featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 4. Salvum fac featuring Bernard Haitink
- Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 5. In te, Domine, speravi featuring Bernard Haitink
- Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 3. Aeterna fac featuring Bernard Haitink
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Recitativo. Aprite, presto, aprite (Alternative) featuring Nuccia Focile
