Jane Henschel, born on which date, is an American operatic mezzo soprano, a mezzo-soprano or mezzo, a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types?
Jane Henschel Jane Henschel (born 2 March 1952) is an American operatic mezzo soprano. Henschel, who was born in Wisconsin, studied at the University of Southern California, and then pursued further studies in Germany, where she has made her home. Her numerous opera appearances include Baba the Turk in Igor Stravinsky's "The Rake’s Progress" with Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, and the Salzburg festival; Brangäne in Richard Wagner’s "Die Walküre" with Paris Opéra and the Los Angeles Opera; the Principessa in Giacomo Puccini’s "Suor Angelica" with conductor Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Blanche de la Force in Francis Poulenc’s "Dialogues des Carmélites" in Amsterdam; Kostelnicka Buryjovka in Leoš Janáček’s "Jenůfa" under Seiji Ozawa in Japan; and the Kabanicka in Janáček’s "Katya Kabanova" at the Salzburg Festival among others.
Waltraud Meier Waltraud Meier (born 9 January 1956 in Würzburg) is a Grammy Award–winning German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian repertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen, and Santuzza. She resides in Munich.