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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2016-05-23T17:09:00+01:00"
lastmod = "2016-05-24T13:17:00+01:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1464040941592/WALLIS---Dario-Acosta.gif"
primary_image_credit = "Photo: Dario Acosta"
publishDate = "2016-05-23T23:06:00+01:00"
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related_companies = ["scene/companies/opera-atelier.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/wallis-giunta.md"]
short_description = "Canadian mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta spoke to us from St. Louis, between performances of Angelina in La Cenerentola and Rossweise in Die Walküre, both at Oper Leipzig. She&#039;s also getting ready to sing Mercédès in Oper Frankfurt&#039;s Carmen in July, before returning to Toronto for the title role in Purcell&#039;s Dido and Aeneas at Opera Atelier in October."
slug = "talking-with-singers-wallis-giunta"
title = "Talking with singers: Wallis Giunta"

youtube_url ="https://youtu.be/tpV1U6Tb2dA"
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Canadian mezzo-soprano [Wallis Giunta](/scene/people/wallis-giunta/) spoke to us from St. Louis, between performances of Angelina in *La Cenerentola* and Rossweise in *Die Walküre*, both at [Oper Leipzig](http://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/person/wallis-giunta/8537). She's also getting ready to sing Mercédès in [Oper Frankfurt](http://www.oper-frankfurt.de/de/spielplan/carmen/?id_datum=8#date)'s *Carmen* in July, before returning to Toronto for the title role in Purcell's [*Dido and Aeneas*](http://operaatelier.com/season/16-17-season/) at [Opera Atelier](/scene/people/opera-atelier/) in October.

We asked her about advice for North American singers working in Germany, about getting her fix of feminine roles among a résumé full of trouser roles, and the items she always keeps in her suitcase while she's on the road.
