Michelle DeYoung (Mezzo-Soprano)
Born: 1968, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Nationality: American
Artist's website: http://www.michelledeyoung.com/
American mezzo Michelle DeYoung was born in Michigan in 1968 and trained on the Lindemann Young Artists Program at the Metropolitan Opera; early competition successes included the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1992 and the Marian Anderson Award three years later. She is particularly associated with Mahler, Judit in Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, and Wagner’s Fricka, Brangaene, Waltraute and Sieglinde.