ABOUT MICHAL
Michal Doron is an Israeli-American contralto and mezzo-soprano and a member of the Semperoper Dresden ensemble. She is a graduate of the Semperoper’s Young Ensemble Program and the “Meitar” Opera Studio at the Israeli Opera. Already as a student, she stood out with her unique voice and personality, received multiple scholarships and awards and was personally selected by Zubin Mehta to perform in a gala conducted by him.
Since graduating from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, she has worked and performed with both renowned and up and coming conductors, including Christian Thielemann, Daniele Gatti, Philippe Jordan, Daniel Oren, Alan Gilbert, Omer Meir Wellber, Dmitri Jurowski, Nikolaj Znaider, Antonino Fogliani, Gaetano D’Espinosa, Christoph Gedschold, Giampaolo Bisanti, Alessandro De Marchi, Erik Nielsen, Oksana Lyniv, Marie Jacquot, Jonathan Darlington, Thomas Guggeis, John Fiore, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Bar Avni and Keren Kagarlitsky, and worked with directors such as Dmitri Tcherniakov, Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Jetske Mijnssen, Peter Konwitschny, Evgeny Titov and Andreas Dresen.
Recent highlights include appearances at Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and house debuts in Staatsoper Hamburg, Opernhaus Zürich, Staatstheater Nürnberg and Stadttheater Klagenfurt. In the 2024/25 season she made her role debut as Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica as the Mezzosopran in Verdi's Requiem. Her recent roles include Jezibaba (Rusalka), Waltraute and Grimgerde (Die Walküre), Mother (Hänsel und Gretel), Antonia’s Mother (The Tales of Hoffmann), Erda (Das Rheingold), Erste Norn (Götterdämmerung), and Polina (Pique Dame).
Since joining the Semperoper Dresden ensemble in 2019/20, she has performed roles including Fenena (Nabucco), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Cornelia (Giulio Cesare), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) and Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro). Earlier engagements include Annina (Der Rosenkavalier) in Essen, as well as concerts and appearances such as Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederic Chaslin.
Michal is a prize winner of the Aviv Competition (Special Achievements Award and Audience Choice Award) and a finalist of the Voci Verdiane competition. She began her vocal studies with Lilly Epstein and completed her B.Mus. at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music with Danna Glaser. She is the recipient of numerous scholarships, including those from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Ronen Foundation, the Eli Leon Foundation and others.