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Classical Mezzo-soprano

Classical mezzo-soprano centers on the warm, dark-tinged middle female voice, prized for its richness, agility, and dramatic color. Mezzos often inhabit complex roles—seductive villains, steadfast heroines, witty trouser roles, and mythic figures—moving from intimate art song to grand opera and oratorio. The genre highlights expressive legato, nuanced text delivery, and a wide range that can sound plush in the low register yet gleam above the staff when needed. Repertoire spans Baroque and Classical refinement, Romantic intensity, and modern psychological depth, with a focus on character-driven storytelling and vocal nuance.

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To Awaken the Sleeper

Kansas City Symphony•

Michael Stern•

Joyce DiDonato•

Album - 11 Tracks - Released July 24, 2026

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July 24, 2026

To Awaken the Sleeper
Kansas City Symphony•
Michael Stern•
Joyce DiDonato•
Yo-Yo Ma
11 tracks
April 8

Verdi: Don Carlo (Remastered)
Giuseppe Verdi•
Plácido Domingo•
Montserrat Caballé•
Ruggero Raimondi•
Sherrill Milnes•
Shirley Verrett•
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden•
Carlo Maria Giulini
74 tracks
March 27

Vårvill
Tora Augestad
9 tracks
March 6

Vårvill
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
March 4

Airs d'opéras français et italiens
Rita Gorr•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Francesco Cilea•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Gaspare Spontini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Hector Berlioz•
Jules Massenet•
Luigi Cherubini•
Pietro Mascagni•
Richard Wagner
22 tracks
February 24

Cherubini: Médée
Luigi Cherubini•
Rita Gorr•
Georges Prêtre
9 tracks
February 6

På veg til deg
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
January 30

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Edward Elgar•
David Butt Philip•
Karen Cargill•
Roland Wood•
Huddersfield Choral Society•
The Orchestra Of Opera North•
Martyn Brabbins
21 tracks
January 30

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
26 tracks
January 9

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 1, They shut me up
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
December 22, 2025

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner•
Jon Vickers•
Helga Dernesch•
Christa Ludwig•
Walter Berry•
Karl Ridderbusch•
Berliner Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
48 tracks
December 12

Strauss, J: Die Fledermaus (2025 Remaster)
Hilde Gueden•
Johann Strauss II•
Waldemar Kmentt•
Eberhard Wächter•
Walter Berry•
Regina Resnik•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
36 tracks
December 5

Schubert: Sei mir gegrüsst, D. 741
Franz Schubert•
Julia Hamari
1 tracks
December 5

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 23, There is another sky
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
November 28

Et juledikt
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
November 28

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIII. Softly and Gently "Angel's Farewell"
Edward Elgar•
Karen Cargill•
Huddersfield Choral Society•
The Orchestra Of Opera North•
Martyn Brabbins
1 tracks
November 21

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: No. 4, Du Ring an meinem Finger
Robert Schumann•
Julia Hamari
1 tracks
November 21

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 19, Her Face
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
November 7

Porpora: Polifemo
Nicola Porpora•
Franco Fagioli•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
60 tracks
November 7

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 7, Because I could not stop for Death
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
October 10

Porpora: Polifemo, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato. Ahi! Sento che d'Amore (Galatea, Calipso)
Nicola Porpora•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
1 tracks
August 22

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
Henry Purcell•
Joyce DiDonato•
Fatma Said•
Michael Spyres•
Il Pomo D'oro•
Maxim Emelyanychev
37 tracks
August 4

Vend i tide
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
July 25

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2025 Remaster)
Giacomo Puccini•
Mirella Freni•
Luciano Pavarotti•
Christa Ludwig•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
41 tracks
July 4

Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Julia Lezhneva•
Alexander Melnikov
45 tracks
May 30

Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 10, Before my window
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Julia Lezhneva•
Alexander Melnikov
1 tracks
May 7

The Art of Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter
55 tracks
April 18

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra•
Andrea Marcon•
Julia Lezhneva•
Sara Mingardo
12 tracks
March 21

Ingenting forsvinner
Marcus Paus•
Tora Augestad
13 tracks
March 14

INGENTING FORSVINNER (2019): V. Ingenting forsvinner
Marcus Paus•
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
February 14

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)
Igor Stravinsky•
Toronto Symphony Orchestra•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Isabel Leonard•
Paul Appleby
25 tracks
January 10

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XIV. Tarantella
Igor Stravinsky•
Toronto Symphony Orchestra•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Isabel Leonard•
Paul Appleby
1 tracks
November 22, 2024

Hasse: Serpentes ignei in deserto
Johann Adolf Hasse•
Philippe Jaroussky•
Julia Lezhneva•
Jakub Józef Orliński•
Bruno de Sá•
Carlo Vistoli•
David Hansen•
Thibault Noally•
Les Accents
22 tracks
October 4

Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas•
San Francisco Symphony•
Bay Brass•
Isabel Leonard•
Audra McDonald•
Renée Fleming•
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
49 tracks
September 27

Thomas: Grace
Michael Tilson Thomas•
Jean-Yves Thibaudet•
Sasha Cooke
1 tracks
August 30

Thomas: Meditations on Rilke: No. 5, Imaginärer Lebenslauf
Michael Tilson Thomas•
San Francisco Symphony•
Sasha Cooke
1 tracks
August 9

Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank: Pt. 4 - "I want to go on living..."
San Francisco Symphony•
Michael Tilson Thomas•
Isabel Leonard
1 tracks
May 24

Strauss: Le Chevalier à la rose, Act II: "Fin" (Resume)
Richard Strauss•
Christa Ludwig
1 tracks
April 26

Puts: The Hours (Live)
Kevin Puts•
Renée Fleming•
Kelli O'Hara•
Joyce DiDonato•
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra•
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
26 tracks
March 15

I et landskap
Tora Augestad•
Torbjørn Dyrud•
Mathias Eick
15 tracks

July 24, 2026

To Awaken the Sleeper
Kansas City Symphony•
Michael Stern•
Joyce DiDonato•
Yo-Yo Ma
11 tracks
April 8

Verdi: Don Carlo (Remastered)
Giuseppe Verdi•
Plácido Domingo•
Montserrat Caballé•
Ruggero Raimondi•
Sherrill Milnes•
Shirley Verrett•
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden•
Carlo Maria Giulini
74 tracks
March 27

Vårvill
Tora Augestad
9 tracks
March 4

Airs d'opéras français et italiens
Rita Gorr•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Francesco Cilea•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Gaspare Spontini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Hector Berlioz•
Jules Massenet•
Luigi Cherubini•
Pietro Mascagni•
Richard Wagner
22 tracks
February 24

Cherubini: Médée
Luigi Cherubini•
Rita Gorr•
Georges Prêtre
9 tracks
January 30

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Edward Elgar•
David Butt Philip•
Karen Cargill•
Roland Wood•
Huddersfield Choral Society•
The Orchestra Of Opera North•
Martyn Brabbins
21 tracks
January 30

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
26 tracks
December 22, 2025

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner•
Jon Vickers•
Helga Dernesch•
Christa Ludwig•
Walter Berry•
Karl Ridderbusch•
Berliner Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
48 tracks
December 12

Strauss, J: Die Fledermaus (2025 Remaster)
Hilde Gueden•
Johann Strauss II•
Waldemar Kmentt•
Eberhard Wächter•
Walter Berry•
Regina Resnik•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
36 tracks
November 7

Porpora: Polifemo
Nicola Porpora•
Franco Fagioli•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
60 tracks
August 22

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
Henry Purcell•
Joyce DiDonato•
Fatma Said•
Michael Spyres•
Il Pomo D'oro•
Maxim Emelyanychev
37 tracks
July 25

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2025 Remaster)
Giacomo Puccini•
Mirella Freni•
Luciano Pavarotti•
Christa Ludwig•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Herbert von Karajan
41 tracks
July 4

Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Julia Lezhneva•
Alexander Melnikov
45 tracks
May 7

The Art of Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter
55 tracks
April 18

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra•
Andrea Marcon•
Julia Lezhneva•
Sara Mingardo
12 tracks
March 21

Ingenting forsvinner
Marcus Paus•
Tora Augestad
13 tracks
February 14

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)
Igor Stravinsky•
Toronto Symphony Orchestra•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Isabel Leonard•
Paul Appleby
25 tracks
November 22, 2024

Hasse: Serpentes ignei in deserto
Johann Adolf Hasse•
Philippe Jaroussky•
Julia Lezhneva•
Jakub Józef Orliński•
Bruno de Sá•
Carlo Vistoli•
David Hansen•
Thibault Noally•
Les Accents
22 tracks
October 4

Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas•
San Francisco Symphony•
Bay Brass•
Isabel Leonard•
Audra McDonald•
Renée Fleming•
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
49 tracks
April 26

Puts: The Hours (Live)
Kevin Puts•
Renée Fleming•
Kelli O'Hara•
Joyce DiDonato•
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra•
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
26 tracks

March 6, 2026

Vårvill
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
February 6

På veg til deg
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
January 9

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 1, They shut me up
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
December 5, 2025

Schubert: Sei mir gegrüsst, D. 741
Franz Schubert•
Julia Hamari
1 tracks
December 5

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 23, There is another sky
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
November 28

Et juledikt
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
November 28

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIII. Softly and Gently "Angel's Farewell"
Edward Elgar•
Karen Cargill•
Huddersfield Choral Society•
The Orchestra Of Opera North•
Martyn Brabbins
1 tracks
November 21

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 19, Her Face
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
November 21

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: No. 4, Du Ring an meinem Finger
Robert Schumann•
Julia Hamari
1 tracks
November 7

Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be: No. 7, Because I could not stop for Death
Kevin Puts•
Time For Three•
Joyce DiDonato
1 tracks
October 10

Porpora: Polifemo, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato. Ahi! Sento che d'Amore (Galatea, Calipso)
Nicola Porpora•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
1 tracks
August 4

Vend i tide
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
May 30

Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 10, Before my window
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Julia Lezhneva•
Alexander Melnikov
1 tracks
March 14

INGENTING FORSVINNER (2019): V. Ingenting forsvinner
Marcus Paus•
Tora Augestad
1 tracks
January 10

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XIV. Tarantella
Igor Stravinsky•
Toronto Symphony Orchestra•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Isabel Leonard•
Paul Appleby
1 tracks
September 27, 2024

Thomas: Grace
Michael Tilson Thomas•
Jean-Yves Thibaudet•
Sasha Cooke
1 tracks
August 30

Thomas: Meditations on Rilke: No. 5, Imaginärer Lebenslauf
Michael Tilson Thomas•
San Francisco Symphony•
Sasha Cooke
1 tracks
August 9

Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank: Pt. 4 - "I want to go on living..."
San Francisco Symphony•
Michael Tilson Thomas•
Isabel Leonard
1 tracks
May 24

Strauss: Le Chevalier à la rose, Act II: "Fin" (Resume)
Richard Strauss•
Christa Ludwig
1 tracks
March 8

Dette lys er ikke solen
Tora Augestad•
Torbjørn Dyrud•
Mathias Eick
1 tracks