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date = "2016-09-03T14:57:00+01:00"
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Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack leads the vanguard of a new generation of opera singers, infusing her artistry with a mix of intensity, adventurousness, and effortless charisma. Critics around the world have acclaimed her as “outstanding” (The New York Times), “a powerhouse mezzo” (Wall Street Journal) possessing “a virtuoso technique second to none” (The Guardian) and “a voice like polished onyx: strong, dark, deep and gleaming” (Opera News).

Mack’s 2019-20 season includes three house debuts, three role debuts, and a return to The Metropolitan Opera. The season opens with Mack bringing her Handelian expertise to her role debut as Juno in _Semele_ with Opera Philadelphia. She then brings her “fresh, feisty, flawless” (Opera News) Rosina to house debuts at Minnesota Opera and Palm Beach Opera for productions of _Il barbiere di Siviglia_. Renowned for her bel canto interpretations, Mack adds another role to her repertoire as Romeo in Bellini’s _I Capuleti ed i Montecchi_ with Opera Omaha, and then returns to The Metropolitan Opera for her highly-anticipated role debut as Varvara in Janáček’s _Káťa Kabanová_. On the concert stage, Mack makes her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra for Handel’s _Messiah_ under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, and performs in Verdi’s _Requiem_ with Opera Philadelphia. She closes out the season reprising her role as Rosmira in _Partenope_ with San Francisco Opera, for which the San Francisco Chronicle hailed her “athletic, perfectly tuned coloratura.”

In recent seasons, Daniela Mack made debuts at Royal Opera House-Covent Garden as Rosina in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ with Javier Camarena, at The Metropolitan Opera as the Kitchen Boy in Mary Zimmerman’s new production of _Rusalka_, at Ópera de Oviedo as Sesto in _La clemenza di Tito_, with the BBC Philharmonic as Béatrice in _Béatrice et Bénédict_, and at Boston Lyric Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre as Rosina in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_. Ms. Mack made her house and role debut as Dorabella in _Così fan tutte_ at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and debuted at Florida Grand Opera in _Carmen_ where she returned in a highly-anticipated role debut as Charlotte in _Werther_. Ms. Mack was seen at The Santa Fe Opera for her first North American performances as Isabella in _L’italiana in Algeri_, as Bradamante in _Alcina_ conducted by Harry Bicket, and in her title role debut in _Carmen_. She was seen at Washington National Opera as Bradamante in _Alcina_, debuted at Seattle Opera as Béatrice in Berlioz’s _Béatrice et Bénédict_, and returned to Arizona Opera as Angelina in _La Cenerentola_.

Daniela Mack has been seen at San Francisco Opera as Rosina in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ and as Rosmira in _Partenope_. She created roles in the world premieres of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s _Elizabeth Cree_ (title role) at Opera Philadelphia, and in David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s _JFK_ (Jacqueline Kennedy) at Fort Worth Opera with subsequent performances at Opéra de Montréal. She debuted at Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Kitchen Boy in David McVicar’s production of _Rusalka_ conducted by Andrew Davis, and returned to Madison Opera as Sister Helen Prejean in _Dead Man Walking_. She has been seen at English National Opera in a new production of _Julius Caesar_ as Sesto under Christian Curnyn, the first time the opera was produced at ENO since the legendary 1979 production. She also debuted at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and LA Opera as Nancy in _Albert Herring_, Washington National Opera as the Madrigal Singer in _Manon Lescaut_, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Verbier Festival as Cherubino in _Le nozze di Figaro_, Opéra National de Bordeaux as Isabella in _L’italiana in Algeri_, and Opera Colorado in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's famous production of _La Cenerentola_ directed by Grischa Asagaroff.

On the concert stage, Ms. Mack debuted with three orchestras under Charles Dutoit: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande in Ravel’s _L’heure espagnole_ and _L’enfant et les sortilèges_, Boston Symphony Orchestra in _L’heure espagnole_, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Falla’s _Three-Cornered Hat_. She also debuted with the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in Rossini’s _Giovanna d’Arco_ under James Gaffigan and performed Vivaldi’s _Juditha triumphans_ with Boston Baroque. She debuted with the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven’s _Symphony No. 9_ under Alan Gilbert and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Manuel de Falla’s _La vida breve_ under the baton of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. She performed Beethoven’s _Symphony No. 9_ with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Beethoven’s _Missa solemnis_ with the Washington Chorus, Ravel’s _Shéhérazade_ with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Canteloube’s _Chants d’Auvergne_ and Falla’s _Siete canciones populares españolas_ with the Sydney Symphony. She also made her Cincinnati May Festival debut in Mozart’s _Requiem_ under James Conlon and in an all-star gala at the Opera Theater of San Antonio.

Daniela Mack is an alumna of the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera where she appeared as Idamante in _Idomeneo_, Siebel in _Faust_, and Lucienne in _Die tote Stadt_ for her house debut. She performed the title role of _La Cenerentola_ as a member of the Merola Opera Program and made her West Coast recital debut as part of San Francisco Opera’s Schwabacher Debut Recital Series. Ms. Mack was a finalist in the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.