The mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford made her Metropolitan Opera début in 2006 as Laura in Luisa Miller. Other opera performances include the title rôles in The Rape of Lucretia under the baton of Lorin Maazel, L’Italiana in Algeri at Palm Beach Opera, La Cenerentola at Utah Festival Opera, Principessa in Suor Angelica and Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano, and appearances in War and Peace, Manon Lescaut, Cavalleria rusticana, Idomeneo, and The Magic Flute, at the Metropolitan Opera. In concert she has appeared in major venues, making her Carnegie Hall début in 2005.
A native of Sandy, Utah, Tamara Mumford studied at Utah State and at Yale before joining the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. She has received top awards in the Opera Index, Palm Beach Opera, Sullivan Foundation, Connecticut Opera Guild and Joyce Dutka Foundation Competitions.
