Lauded for her “theatrical magnetism” and “her big, rich voice,” American mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2018-19 season for productions of Die Walkure, Suor Angelica, and Rigoletto, in which she made her house debut. In the 2019/2020 season, she returned to the Metropolitan Opera for their premiere of Ahknaten and to cover Charlotte in Massenet’s Weather. In recent seasons, Olivia has also sung with the Inland Northwest Opera and Hawaii Opera Theater as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Cincinnati Opera, with the Atlanta Opera as Mary in a new production of The Flying Dutchman, a role debut as Adalgisa in Norma with Opera Southwest, and her company debut with North Carolina Opera as Maddalena in Rigoletto. On the concert stage, she was heard in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with The Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C. under the baton of Antony Walker, and in Durefle’s Requiem at The Kennedy Center. Other recent debuts include appearing with Sarasota Opera as Mère Marie in the Dialogues des Carmélites and Nicklausse in Les contes d'Hoffmann with Hawaii Opera Theater. An eager and passionate fan of modern music. Olivia has premiered and workshopped several new roles and works. With Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia, Ms. Vote worked on Jennifer Higdon's exciting premiere of Cold Mountain. Also with Santa Fe Opera, she participated in the workshop of the premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell in San Francisco. With the 21st Century Consort at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., she performed “Colors passing through us”, a chamber work written specifically for her by composer David Froom. While at Opernhaus Zurich she created the role of Mary Hawkins in Frank Schwemmer's Die Schatzinsel and at The Academy of Vocal Arts she sang the world premiere of Margaret Garwood’s The Scarlet Letter as Hester Prynne. Ms. Vote returned to Opernhaus Zürich to sing Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos with Fabio Luisi and Flora in a new production of La Traviata under Maestro Armiliato. She first came to Switzerland from 2012-2014 for the Internationales Opernstudio at Opernhaus Zürich. Highlights of her performances during this period included singing Fidalma in Il Matrimonio Segreto, Philomene in Martinů's Zweimal Alexandre, and as a soloist in Hans Neuenfels's new production, Wie ich Welt wurde, a co-production with the Zürich Shauspielhaus about the life of Richard Wagner. In addition, she performed roles in Rinaldo, Meistersinger, Salome, and Rigoletto and covered roles in Madame Butterfly, Alcina, La Straniera, and Falstaff. Prior to beginning her time in Zürich, Ms. Vote participated as a Filene Young Artist with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, attended the Academy of Vocal Art in Philadelphia, Yale University, and North Carolina School for the Arts. In competition, Ms. Vote won first prize in the Jenson Foundation Vocal Competition and at the Partners for the Arts, Inc. Competition in Virginia. She has been a grand finalist in the Francesco Vinas Competition in Barcelona and won second place in the Loren L. Zachary Society Competition, Alfredo Silipigni International Vocal Competition, Gerda Lisner Foundation International Competition, and the Fort Worth McCammon Opera Guild Competition. She is a grant winner from the Sullivan Foundation, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, has been a New England and Mid Atlantic regional finalist, and study grant recipient in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. Ms. Vote looks forward to future engagements at the Metropolitan Opera for the next two seasons. She will also be performing with the Florentine Opera in Verdi’s Rigoletto this fall.