Michele Detwiler

Mezzo-soprano Michele Detwiler (born 1976 in California) is an American opera singer.

Since 2000, she has sung over fifteen roles with regional companies on the West Coast, favoring Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, bel canto and French repertoire.

From 2001 to 2007, she was a Principal Artist and Guest Artist with Opera San Jose where she sang in eighteen productions ranging from lyric to dramatic repertoire. In addition, Ms. Detwiler has sung with Sacramento Opera, West Bay Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Mission City Opera, and Apollo Sierra Opera.

Critics have described her instrument as "amber-voiced", "a velvety mezzo soprano voice with excellent range", with some performances being cited as "riveting" and holding "center stage commandingly".

Recent engagements Role Work Company Date Flora La traviata Opera San Jose 2007 Suzuki Madama Butterfly Opera San Jose 2007 Soloist Handel's Messiah Boise Master Chorale 2007 Soloist Herzogenberg's Die Geburt Christi Boise Master Chorale 2008 Soloist Einhorn's Voices of Light Boise Philharmonic 2009 Siebel Faust Opera Idaho 2009 Tisbe La Cenerentola Opera Idaho 2010 Soloist Candide Suite Boise Philharmonic 2010

Main Roles • Zerlina (Don Giovanni) • Dorabella (Così fan tutte) • Stefano (Roméo et Juliette) • Pauline (Pique Dame) • Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) • Meg Page (Falstaff) • Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) • Carmen (Carmen) • Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) • Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos) • Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible)

In Concert • Messiah (Handel) • Requiem (Mozart) • Christmas Oratorio (Camille Saint-Saëns) • Die Geburt Christi (Herzogenberg) • Voices of Light (Einhorn)

Performance History