About
The Boston Globe hails Michaela Martens for her "dense, color-saturated voice" and declares: "She is a passionate and sympathetic vocal actress." Ms. Martens is fast becoming known for her portrayals of some of the most difficult dramatic mezzo-soprano roles in the repertoire, beginning with a triumphant last minute debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as die Amme in Die Frau ohne Schatten, a role she repeated for the Oper Graz in a new production by the critically acclaimed director Marco Marelli.
The current season begins with a return to San Francisco Opera as Klytemnestra in Elektra, followed by performances of the same role with Houston Grand Opera. She returns to North Carolina Opera as Dalila in a concert performance of Samson et Dalila, and sings Susan B. Anthony in Virgil Thomson’s The Mother of Us All at the Hudson Opera House in Hudson, NY.
Last season, Michaela Martens sang the role of Martha in John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall, was heard as Freia in a concert performance of Das Rheingold with North Carolina Opera, sang Herodias in Salome with Pittsburgh Opera, and debuted with Washington Concert Opera in the title role of Hérodiade. In the 2015-2016 season, Ms. Martens performed the role of Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle in concert with the New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo, Cassandre in Les Troyens with Geneva Opera in Switzerland, and Kostelnicka in Jenufa with English National Opera.