Delores Ziegler was born on September 4,1951 and is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international performance career since the late 1970s.
14 Facts About Delores Ziegler
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Delores Ziegler is currently a professor of voice at the University of Maryland.
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Delores Ziegler married a fellow resident artist at the Cologne Opera, tenor Randall Outland.
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Delores Ziegler first appeared at the New York City Opera in the role of the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss in 1983.
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Delores Ziegler has since returned to the NYCO as Rosina in Rossini's Barber of Seville.
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In 1984 Delores Ziegler made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Dorabella during the festival's 50th anniversary season; performed the role of Idamantes in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Mostly Mozart Festival; and made her debut at La Scala as Dorabella.
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Delores Ziegler reprised the role of Idamante at several opera houses, including La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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In 1990 Delores Ziegler returned to the Canadian Opera Company as Octavian and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Siebel in Charles Gounod's Faust.
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Delores Ziegler has since returned to the Met as Octavian, as Dorabella, as Cherubino, as Rosina, Flora in La traviata, the Third Lady in The Magic Flute, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, and Maria Bolkonskaya in the Met's first staging of Prokofiev's War and Peace.
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In 1992 Delores Ziegler was the mezzo soloist in Rossini's Stabat Mater with conductor Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Delores Ziegler performed Dorabella in a film version of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
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Delores Ziegler recorded the part of Sara in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, and Giovanna in his Anna Bolena alongside Edita Gruberova in the title role.
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Delores Ziegler recorded the role of the Second Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute with Harnoncourt leading the Zurich Opera Orchestra and Chorus in 1988.
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Delores Ziegler has been a professor of voice at School of Music at the University of Maryland.