Irina Mishura

Company debut. Russian born mezzo-soprano Irina Mishura made her operatic debut with the Moldavian State Opera, becoming their lead mezzo-soprano and singing all the lead mezzo roles. She is well known for her portrayal of Amneris in Aida, a role she has sung at Deutsche Oper Berlin, The Metropolitan Opera, The Dallas Opera, Portland Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Aspen Music Festival, among others. Her portrayal of Herodias has been heard at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Madrid’s Teatro Real and Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence. Other notable performances include Carmen for San Francisco Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Finnish National Opera and Arena di Verona. For The Metropolitan Opera she has sung Delilah in Samson and Delilah, Eboli in Don Carlo, Azucena in Il trovatore, Federica in Luisa Miller, Marina in Boris Godunov, La Cieca in La Gioconda and Madelon in Andrea Chénier. Other recent appearances include Azucena and Eboli in Geneva, Azucena in Bilbao and Madrid, and Azucena, Adalgisa in Norma, and Klytemnästra in Elektra with Washington National Opera.