Sarah Mesko, mezzo - soprano

Praised by The Washington Post for her “consistently beautiful sound,” American mezzo-soprano Sarah Mesko is rapidly gaining recognition for her “rich mezzo-soprano” voice and musicality. Highlights of her 26/27 season include debuts with the New World Symphony and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges (La Chatte; L’Écureuil; Un Pâtre) and an appearance with the Plano Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Last season, Mesko returned to Houston Grand Opera for Il trittico (La maestra delle novizie) and to The Metropolitan Opera for a new production of I puritani (Enrichetta cover).

Mesko made her Metropolitan Opera debut in The Magic Flute (Second Lady) and has returned to the company for Rodelinda (Eduige), Semiramide (Arsace), Carmen (Mercédès), Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame), and Il trovatore (Ines), as well as Agrippina (title role cover) and Cendrillon (Le Prince Charmant cover). She also appeared nationwide with the Met’s Rising Stars concert tour.

 Other operatic highlights include Carmen (title role) with Houston Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Tulsa Opera, Vancouver Opera, and Washington National Opera; Le comte Ory (Isolier) with Edmonton Opera; and Julius Caesar (title role) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. As a member of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera, she appeared in Hansel and Gretel (Hansel), Così fan tutte (Dorabella), Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), and The Magic Flute (Second Lady). Her European debut came in Paris in Lully’s Armide (La Sagesse; Sidonie) with Mercury Baroque and the Théâtre de Gennevilliers.

Mesko was a National Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, performing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under Patrick Summers. She has won First Prize in competitions including the George London Foundation, National Society of Arts and Letters, Annapolis Opera, Virginia Opera, Young Texas Artists, Sun Valley Opera, and Franco-American Vocal Academy. She is among the few singers to have twice received the Richard F. Gold Career Grant, at both Washington National Opera and Central City Opera.