Name Michele Detwiler | Role Singer | |
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Music group Opera San Jose (2002 – 2007) Similar People Jason Detwiler, Irene Dalis, Lori Phillips, Carlo Scibelli, Nmon Ford | ||
Operatini: Let's Have a Ball
Mezzo-soprano Michele Detwiler (born 1976 in California) is an American opera singer.
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Since 2000, she has sung over fifteen roles with regional companies on the West Coast, favoring Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, bel canto and French repertoire.
From 2001-2007, she was a Principal Artist and Guest Artist with Opera San Jose where she sang in eighteen productions ranging from lyric to dramatic repertoire. In addition, Ms. Detwiler has sung with Sacramento Opera, West Bay Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Mission City Opera, and Apollo Sierra Opera.
Critics have described her instrument as "amber-voiced", "a velvety mezzo soprano voice with excellent range", with some performances being cited as "riveting" and holding "center stage commandingly".
Main Roles
• Zerlina (Don Giovanni)
• Dorabella (Così fan tutte)
• Stefano (Roméo et Juliette)
• Pauline (Pique Dame)
• Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
• Meg Page (Falstaff)
• Suzuki (Madama Butterfly)
• Carmen (Carmen)
• Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier)
• Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos)
• Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible)
In Concert
• Messiah (Handel)
• Requiem (Mozart)
• Christmas Oratorio (Camille Saint-Saëns)
• Die Geburt Christi (Herzogenberg)
• Voices of Light (Einhorn)