Michaela Martens

Biography

Michaela Martens is fast becoming known for her portrayals of some of the most difficult dramatic mezzo-soprano roles in the repertoire. She has performed extensively across the US, as well as being a regular performer at The Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Her international engagements include English National Opera, Oper Graz, the Opernhaus Zürich, the Vienna State Opera, and the New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo, with a wide variety of roles including Klytemnestra (Elektra), Freia (Das Rheingold), Herodias (Salome), Hérodiade, Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Cassandre (Les Troyens), Kostelnička (Jenůfa), Kundry (Parsifal), and Marilyn Klinghoffer (The Death of Klinghoffer), among others.