Dolora continues to own the role of Azucena in the Met’s Il Trovatore
“The powerhouse mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick, who made her 1988 Met debut in this opera as Azucena, still owns this role, the Gypsy haunted by the horrific memory of seeing her mother burned at the...
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Dolora honoured at the Met with a commemorative golden anvil at Saturday’s...
Dolora was presented with a commemorative golden anvil by General Manager Peter Gelb at Saturday’s performance of Verdi’s Il Trovatore in which she sings Azucena. She made her Met debut in 1988 in the...
View ArticleDolora ‘astonishing’ as Ulrica in Rome Opera’s Un Ballo in Maschera
“Dolora Zajick is astonishing. Wikipedia tells me she is sixty-two. Here is one of those mezzo voices that become more authoritative every year that passes. Audience members were almost diving under...
View ArticleDolora makes role debut with Dallas Opera as Mrs. Grose in Britten’s Turn of...
“One surprise was the opportunity to hear one of the world’s top Verdian mezzos, Dolora Zajick, as Mrs. Grose, the bewildered housekeeper… She makes certain that her voice fits perfectly in the small...
View ArticleDolora debuts as Mary in Met Opera’s Der Fliegende Holländer
“The wonderful, veteran mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick was, pushed around in a wheel chair and singing with an enormous sound and a pleasing, hard edge that captured the character’s authority.” (New York...
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Dolora Celebrates Merola’s 60th Anniversary
Dolora opened the gala concert with Deborah Voigt and then "returned later on to deliver a powerhouse account of “Voi lo sapete” from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana,” (SF Gate, June 12)
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Dolora talks to Music Writer Brian Kellow about the Institute for Young...
Music writer Brian Kellow spent three days with the IYDV and writes about his experience, including an interview with Dolora. Read the full article here.
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Opera Magazine Features IYDV
In December 2017, Opera magazine featured an article on the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. Music writer Brian Kellow talks to Dolora Zajick, students and faculty members about the program and...
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Dolora Conquers Verona with her Azucena
The legendary Dolora Zajick merits her own paragraph... Zajick is still a powerful Azucena, with an extraordinary charisma and a strong grip on the public. Everything in her singing, her intonation...
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Dolora announces her retirement from the opera stage in 2020
Hailed as a “force of nature” (Variety), renowned mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick has announced her retirement from the opera stage. Her final performances will be in spring 2020 at the Metropolitan Opera...
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