
Biography
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Ms. Detwiler has sung over thirty roles with regional companies in the United States, favoring Mahler, Strauss, Bel Canto and French repertoire. Critics have described her instrument as "amber-voiced", "a velvety mezzo soprano voice with excellent range", with performances being cited as "riveting" and holding "center stage commandingly".
She has performed over a dozen characters with Opera Idaho. Last season, she premiered Madama Quickly in Opera Modesto’s Falstaff, covered Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and returned to Opera Idaho in the role of Albine in Thaïs. Most recently, she debuted as Fenena (Nabucco) with New Rochelle Opera in New York.
In addition, the mezzo has sung with Sacramento Opera, MidAtlantic Opera, West Bay Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Mission City Opera, the Boise Philharmonic and Master Chorale, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Auburn Symphony, Boise Baroque and Symphony Silicon Valley as well as guest and resident artist for several years with Opera San Jose.
Her concert credits include soloist in Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Saint-Säens’ Christmas Oratorio, Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer and 2nd Symphony, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Herzogenberg’s Die Geburt Christi, Einhorn’s Voices of Light, and her favorite Old Lady in Bernstein's Candide Suite, as well as numerous Bach cantatas.
She and her husband, baritone Jason Detwiler live in Idaho, while studying with NYC teacher, Andrea DelGiudice and is managed by Peter Randsman.