Praised for her “theatrical magnetism,” American mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote has earned acclaim for her compelling stage presence and vocal depth across leading opera houses and concert halls. Last season, Ms. Vote returned to the Metropolitan Opera as weite Dame in Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, and appeared in Verdi’s Requiem with both the Key Chorale Symphonic Chorus and the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus in collaboration with Opera Southwest. She also made her début with The Cleveland Orchestra as the Mayor’s Wife in Jenufa under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. This season, Ms. Vote’s engagements include Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte in a return to Sarasota Opera, her début as the Mother in Kenny Leon’s new production of Amahl and the Night Visitors at Lincoln Center Theater and as Amneris in Aida in a return to Opera Southwest. Later in the season she debuts Second Norn in Götterdämmerung in a return to Atlanta Opera. www.oliviavote.com