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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 Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Throughout her career, Mentzer has sung notable trouser roles such as Octavian in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo, among others. 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.
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  2.   Don Giovanni, K.527, Act I, Scena terza: La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni/Zerlina) featuring Riccardo Muti
  3.   Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Dunque seguitemi" featuring Neville Marriner
  4.   Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Questo vecchio maledetto" featuring Neville Marriner
  5.   Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Act 2 - "Oh! guardate che accidente" featuring Neville Marriner
  6.   Sulamite by Susanne Mentzer
  7.   Rossini: Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante) featuring Susanne Mentzer
  8.   Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia (Andante - Allegro) featuring Susanne Mentzer
  9.   Rossini: La scala di seta: Sinfonia (Allegro - Andantino - Allegro) featuring Susanne Mentzer
  10.   Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Recitativo. Aprite, presto, aprite (Alternative) featuring Susanne Mentzer
  11.   "Andrò ramingo e solo" featuring Colin Davis
  12.   Mozart: Non più, tutto ascoltai - Non temer, amato bene, K.490 - for "Idomeneo", K.366/Version for mezzo-soprano featuring Barbara Hendricks
  13.   Faust, Act 1: Valse et chœur. "Ne permettrez-vous pas" (Faust, Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Siébel, Chœur) featuring Susanne Mentzer
  14.   Don Giovanni K527, ATTO SECONDO, Scena quinta: Questo è il fin featuring Samuel Ramey
  15.   Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 1. Kyrie featuring Stephen Cleobury
  16.   Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 1. Te Deum laudamus featuring Bernard Haitink
  17.   Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 6. Agnus Dei featuring Stephen Cleobury
  18.   Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 5. Benedictus featuring Stephen Cleobury
  19.   Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 2. Te ergo featuring Bernard Haitink
  20.   Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 2. Gloria featuring Stephen Cleobury
  21.   Mozart: Missa (solemnis) in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhausmesse" - 3. Credo featuring Stephen Cleobury
  22.   Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 4. Salvum fac featuring Bernard Haitink
  23.   Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 5. In te, Domine, speravi featuring Bernard Haitink
  24.   Bruckner: Te Deum, WAB 45 - 3. Aeterna fac featuring Bernard Haitink
  25.   Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Recitativo. Aprite, presto, aprite (Alternative) featuring Nuccia Focile
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