Biography
Hailed by the International Herald Tribune for her “luscious mezzo” and Der Tagesspiel for “her impressive, metallic dramatic soprano”, American mezzo-soprano Julia Benzinger is enjoying a career in both opera and concert throughout Europe and the United States.Ms. Benzinger opens the 2017-2018 season with Seattle Art Song Society in a recital celebrating the works of beloved Seattle composer, Bern Herbolsheimer. For Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra and Choral Arts Northwest, she will perform Joseph Haydn's Missa in Angustiis ("Nelson Mass"). Julia will be seen as Dritte Dame in Pacific Symphony's Die Zauberflöte, and Mother Earth in Seattle Art Song Society's Earth Day reflection: Elemental. She returns to Vashon opera for their production of Die Zauberflöteas well as an evening of
Performance credits
Past performances 2007 — Yesterday
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Wagner, Richard
Deutsche Oper BerlinRoßweiße (Rossweisse)
View cast and crewHänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Humperdinck
Deutsche Oper BerlinHänsel (Hansel)
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Biography
Hailed by the International Herald Tribune for her “luscious mezzo” and Der Tagesspiel for “her impressive, metallic dramatic soprano”, American mezzo-soprano Julia Benzinger is enjoying a career in both opera and concert throughout Europe and the United States.Ms. Benzinger opens the 2017-2018 season with Seattle Art Song Society in a recital celebrating the works of beloved Seattle composer, Bern Herbolsheimer. For Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra and Choral Arts Northwest, she will perform Joseph Haydn's Missa in Angustiis ("Nelson Mass"). Julia will be seen as Dritte Dame in Pacific Symphony's Die Zauberflöte, and Mother Earth in Seattle Art Song Society's Earth Day reflection: Elemental. She returns to Vashon opera for their production of Die Zauberflöteas well as an evening of
