Julia Szabo, mezzo

Julia Szabo has received acclaim for her versatility and striking personality on the opera stage. She made her Washington Opera debut in Handel's Giulio Cesare, followed by her Carnegie Hall debut with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino. Her performance in Alessandro Scarlatti's Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante was praised in Palermo for its expressiveness. Some of her most memorable opera performances have been in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1997), The Mikado (Opera Northeast, 1994), and Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Tulsa Opera, 1993). Ms. Szabo has sung in Handel's Amadigi and Rossini's La Gazza Ladra at the Caramoor International Music Festival.

She has distinguished herself on the concert stage as well. Her 1993 Avery Fisher Hall debut was as a dramatic last minute replacement in Mozart's Mass in C minor with the National Chorale. She has sung with the American Symphony Orchestra in Kurt Weill's Kings and Prophecies, the Orchestra of St. Luke's in Copland's The Tender Land, the New York Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble in Barber's A Hand of Bridge, and the Stamford Symphony in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. Audiences at New York's prestigious Bachworks ensemble have heard her in several Bach cantatas, including Widerstehe doch der Sünde and the "Peasant" Cantata.