Introduction

The winner of the 1999 Richard Tucker Award, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe has rapidly become one of the most highly respected artists of her generation. Recent engagements include her return to Covent Garden as Azucena in Il Trovatore, to the Metropolitan Opera  as Frugola, Principessa, and Zita in the new production of Il Trittico, and the Seattle Opera as Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri.  Her opera engagements take her to the Metropolitan Opera (Jezibaba in Rusalka and Gluck’s Orfeo), the Seattle Opera (Amneris and Fricka), the San Francisco Opera (Azucena), Lyric Opera of Chicago and Pittsburgh Opera (Amneris and Dalila).