Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber Mezzo Soprano

Canadian-born mezzo soprano Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber is active in oratorio, cantata, and operatic circuits.  She has appeared as a soloist with such organizations as the Bach Concert Series, Annapolis Chorale, Friday Morning Music Club Chorale of Washington D.C., NIH Philharmonica, Susquehanna Valley Chorale, and the Harford Choral Society.  Highlights include Bach’s St. John Passion, Handel’s Alexander’s Feast and Urtrecht Te Deum, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers of the Confessor, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and several cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.  Recent recital credits include concerts in Rome, Italy, and The Aspen Institute.

Among Ms.Cutsforth- Huber’s operatic credits are performances with Kentucky Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Rome Festival Opera, and Amici Opera; roles include Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen, Meg in Verdi’s Falstaff, Isabella in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, and the Countess in Massenet’s Andrea Chenier.  Italian critic Mario Pio Amico has described her as “extraordinary,” “intense and expressive,” and noted her “excellent interpretation of character.”

Ms. Cutsforth-Huber holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master’s degree in vocal performance from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Kentucky.  She currently serves as assistant professor of music at Penn State Altoona.