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
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Finale. Esci ormai featuring Susanne Mentzer
- 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
- Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "La ran la le ra ... Largo al factotum della città " (Figaro) featuring Thomas Hampson
- Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K.366 - Appendix / Act 3 - "Deh vibra un colpo" featuring Francisco Araiza
- Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K.366 - Appendix / Act 3 - "No, la morte io non pavento" featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Duettino. Aprite, presto - Oh guarda il demonietto featuring Nuccia Focile
- Sulamite by Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Arietta. Voi che sapete by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Rossini: Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Recitativo. Quanto duolmi, Susanna 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, Act II: Recitativo. Bravo, che bella voce featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Recitativo. Quante buffonerie! featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Don Giovanni, K.527, Act II, Scena prima: Vedrai carino (Zerlina) featuring Riccardo Muti
- Don Giovanni, K.527, Act I, Scena terza: La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni/Zerlina) featuring Riccardo Muti
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Recitativo. Aprite, presto, aprite (Alternative) featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Recitativo. Perché chiusa? featuring Susanne Mentzer
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: Recitativo. Basilio, in traccia tosto featuring Nuccia Focile
- "Andrò ramingo e solo" featuring Colin Davis
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: Recitativo. Evviva! featuring Alastair Miles
