Michele Detwiler,
Mezzo-soprano
(2002 - 2007)

Recent performances for MICHELE DETWILER include the roles of Siebel (Faust), and Tisbe (La Cenenrentola) for Opera Idaho during their 2009 - 2010 season. On the concert stage, she appeared as a soloist in Boise Philharmonic's performances of Einhorn's Voices of Light and Candide Suite. Ms. Detwiler was also named a finalist in the Fourth Annual Irene Dalis Vocal Competition in May, 2010.

Roles performed recently for OSJ included Stephano (Roméo et Juliette), Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Ulrica Arvidsson (A Masked Ball) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). Other OSJ roles performed include Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in Carmen, Mary (Der fliegende Holländer), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Prince Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Siebel (Faust), Azucena (Il trovatore), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte),  Dorabella (Così fan tutte) and Suzuki (Madama Butterfly). 

For the Apollo and Sacramento Opera companies, Ms. Detwiler was seen as the Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). She has also appeared with San Francisco Lyric Opera in the roles of Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Fricka (Das Rheingold ) and for West Bay Opera as the Voice of Mother (Les Contes d'Hoffmann). 

Concert appearances have featured Ms. Detwiler in the Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio, Handel's Messiah, and Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. During the summer of 2005, Ms. Detwiler was a featured soloist with Monterey Opera. In 2000, Ms. Detwiler was a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition.