Audrey Babcock is an American
mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in many opera houses throughout the world.
She performed the Lola in
Cavalleria Rusticana
''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play ...
at the
Washington Concert Opera.
Babcock sang the role of Maddalena in Verdi's ''
Rigoletto
''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had co ...
'' for
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1976. BLO is the largest and longest-lived opera company in New England. BLO employs nearly 350 artists and creative professionals annually—vocalist ...
in March 2014. She sang in the first professional staging of
Daniel Crozier's opera ''With Blood, With Ink'' in April 2014 at the
Fort Worth Opera
Fort Worth Opera is the oldest continually-performing opera company in the state of Texas and among the oldest in the United States, according to the company. While originally presenting operas one at a time over a fall/winter season, it changed ...
.
Babcock has frequently performed the title role in Bizet's opera ''
Carmen'', notably in 2008 at the
San Antonio Opera
The San Antonio Opera was an American opera company located in San Antonio, Texas that produced 16 seasons of opera before filing for bankruptcy and dissolving in 2012. The company was founded as the Pocket Opera of San Antonio in 1997 by Mark Ri ...
, 2009 at the
Utah Festival Opera, and in 2012 at the
Florentine Opera
The Florentine Opera Company is one of Wisconsin's oldest professional performing arts centers and the sixth-oldest opera company in the United States. The company presents three to five staged productions per season largely from the standard ope ...
. ''Carmen'' was her European debut in 2010 at the
Savonlinna Opera Festival. In May 2014, she sang ''Carmen'' with the
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.
"Symphony caps off 74th season with Carmen"
by Leslie Lake, '' The Hour'', May 7, 2014
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Profile
*, Utah Festival Opera 2009
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American operatic mezzo-sopranos
21st-century American women
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