Sydney Mancasola is fast establishing herself as one of the most engaging singing
actresses of her generation. Beginning her musical training as a classical violinist in
her home state of California, Sydney went on to study voice at the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where she completed her Bachelor of Music degree
in 2011 and was the recipient of the Margot Bos Standler Scholarship. Sydney went
on to become a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, where her roles included
Gilda Rigoletto, Musetta La bohème, Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Onoria Ezio, the
Italian Singer in Capriccio, Roxana in a new production of Szymanowski’s Król
Roger, Frasquita Carmen, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro and the soprano soloist in a
new production of Betulia liberata.
Sydney’s notable debuts have included her house and role debut as Adina L’Elisir
d’amore at the Opéra National de Paris, her company debut at the Metropolitan
Opera as Pamina The Magic Flute, as well as her debut as Bess in a new production
of Breaking the Waves at the Adelaide Festival Centre in Australia and Edinburgh
International Festival, where she was awarded a Herald Angel for her performance.
She made her European debut with Komische Oper Berlin as the heroines Les
Contes d’Hoffmann, subsequently returning to the house as Cleopatra in Giulio
Cesare, Pamina Die Zauberflöte, title role Semele and Eurydice in Offenbach’s
Orpheus in der Unterwelt.
Further recent opera highlights include the title role in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice in
a new arrangement of the work for Boston Lyric Opera, a return to the Metropolitan
Opera as Frasquita in a new production of Carmen, and appearing as Mélisande
Pelléas et Mélisande at Des Moines Metro Opera.
The concert stage has seen Sydney perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at the Palau
de les Arts, Valencia, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung for her Italian debut with the Orchestra
Sinfonica Nazionale RAI conducted by James Conlon, and with the Eugene
Symphony Orchestra; Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe Symphony, San
Francisco Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic and with the Philadelphia Orchestra
under the direction of Michael Rossi; Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the
Sun Valley Symphony; and Carmina Burana, Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer and
Strauss’s Brentano-Lieder with the Santa Fe Symphony.
Highlights of Sydney’s 2024-25 season include her house and role debut as
Marzelline Fidelio with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and her house debut at Dutch
National Opera as Adele in Barrie Kosky’s production of Die Fledermaus. She also
debuts at the Opera Nice Côte d’Azur as Pamina Die Zauberflöte, and at the Seji
Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in Japan as Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
reprising the role she performed last season in her company debuts at both the
Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Italy, and at the Royal Opera House
Muscat. Sydney also makes her role debut as Norina Don Pasquale for her house
debut at Staatsoper Hamburg, reprising the role later in the season for the Opera
Theatre of Saint Louis.
Sydney Mancasola is represented by Intermusica.
2024/25 season / 493 words. Not to be altered without permission.