Resident Artists
Margaret Mezzacappa, mezzo-soprano
AVA fourth-year Resident Artist
Hometown: Euclid, Ohio
Education: B.M. in Music Performance, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
Competitions: Finalist, Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, 2013; Sara Tucker Study Grant, 2012; Grand Prize Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2012; George London Award, George London Foundation Vocal Competition, 2012;Fourth Prize, Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2011; Top Prize, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2011; Second Prize, Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, 2011; Second Prize, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2011; Third Prize, Loren L. Zachary Society Vocal Competition, 2011; Recipient, Sergio Franchi Award, 2010; Grant, Loeb Foundation, 2010; Winner, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, 2009; Winner, Baldwin-Wallace College Concerto Competition, 2008.
Roles at AVA: Ulrica, Un ballo in maschera; Filipievna, Eugene Onegin; Berta, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Geneviéve, Pelléas et Mélisande; Cuniza, Oberto; Mother's Voice, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Adelaide, Arabella; La Zia Principessa, Suor Angelica; Frugola, Il tabarro; Azucena in excerpts from Il trovatore; Mistress Quickly, Falstaff.
Other Roles: Azucena, Il trovatore, Opera New Jersey; Emilia, Otello, Opera Philadelpia; Public Opinion, Orpheus & Underworld, Baba, The Medium, Juno, Semele, Mum, Albert Herring, Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, The Sorceress, Dido and Aneas, all with Baldwin-Wallace College; Sorceress, Turandot, Opera Cleveland.
Upcoming: Fenena, Nabucco, Opera Philadelphia, Fall 2013.