Maria Zifchak, Mezzo-Soprano
 This season: Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Albine in Thaïs, the Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, and Inez in Il Trovatore at the Met, and Herodias in Salome with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Previous Met appearances: Kasturbai in Satyagraha, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Meg Page in Falstaff, Enrichetta in I Puritani, Bersi in Andrea Chénier, Magdalene in Die Meistersinger, the Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (debut, 2000), and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Career highlights: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia with Central City Opera, Effie Belle Tate in Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree with Atlanta Opera, Adalgisa in Norma in Bogotá, Dorabella in Seattle, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos with Opera North, Angelina in La Cenerentola with Utah Festival Opera, and the Witch in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. She was a winner of the Met’s 1998 National Council Auditions. |
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