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Zan McKendree-Wright (Mezzo Soprano)

Mezzo soprano Zan McKendree-Wright has performed extensively to critical acclaim, in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and New York. She is a versatile performer and her numerous reviews speak consistently of her warm, dramatically exciting voice and her engaging stage presence.

Ms McKendree-Wright has performed in numerous operas and her roles include: the title role in Bizet’s Carmen and Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Sesto in Handel’s Julius Ceasar, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Judith in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Sesto in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina, Flora in La Traviata, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Omar in The death of Klinghoffer, and Flosshilde and Schwertleite in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Her concert and oratorio credits include Shostokovich’s Symphony No. 14, Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mendelsohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat and Easter Oratorio, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Skycity Starlight Symphony (Auckland, NZ) and A Night at the Opera (Christchurch, NZ).

Zan McKendree-Wright

Discography

  "Simply fantastic…I now expect the Melba Ring Cycle to take its place in the annals of recorded history as one of the...
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) is the dramatic culmination of Wagner’s epic Ring cycle from the State Opera of South...
2 SACDs "The Trojan tragedy with great tunes". World premiere recording. CD1: Hélène     CD2: Nuit persane