This season mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack makes her debuts with the New York Philharmonic, in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 led by Alan Gilbert; at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville; at The Metropolitan Opera, as the Kitchen Boy in Mary Zimmerman’s new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka; and at Florida Grand Opera as the title role in Bizet’s Carmen. Ms. Mack also returns to Arizona Opera as Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Santa Fe Opera as Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina. Recently, she was seen at San Francisco Opera as Rosina in The Barber of Seville and created the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the World Premiere of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s JFK at Fort Worth Opera. She also made her Arizona Opera debut in the title role of Carmen and was seen in recital with tenor Alek Shrader at the Tucson Desert Song Festival. In concert Ms. Mack made debuts 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 The Three-Cornered Hat. She also made her MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra debut in Rossini’s Giovanna d’Arco under James Gaffigan and performed Vivaldi’s Judith triumphans with Boston Baroque. Daniela Mack is an alumna of the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera, where she has appeared as Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Siebel in Gounod’s Faust, and Lucienne in Korngold’s 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 on San Francisco Opera’s Schwabacher Debut Recital Series. Ms. Mack was a finalist in the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
