Resident Artists
Margaret Mezzacappa, mezzo-soprano
AVA third-year resident artist
Hometown: Euclid, Ohio
Education: B.M. in Music Performance, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
Competitions: Regional Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Middle Atlantic), 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 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: 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: Emilia, Otello, Opera Company of 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.
