Tamara Mumford

A graduate of Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford made her debut there as Laura in Luisa Miller, and has since appeared in more than 140 performances with the company. Other recent operatic engagements include the world premiere of The Thirteenth Child at the Santa Fe Opera, her leading role debut in Tancredi with Teatro Nuovo, the first U.S. performances of Rossini's Aureliano in Palmyra at the Caramoor Festival. Also an active concert pianist and recitalist, Mumford appeared with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra on tours throughout the United States and Europe.

Other concert engagements have included appearances with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Utah Symphony, Oregon Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony orchestras.

Mumford is featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic's recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (Deutsche Grammophon), which won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. Along with sixteen other singers, she was invited to work with Naxos Records and Yale University on a collaborative project to record the complete songs of Charles Ives. This season, Mumford returned to the Metropolitan Opera for the new production of Die Zauberflöte and made her Detroit Opera debut in Die Walküre. She also appeared in concert with the New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Boston Baroque and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A native of Sandy, Utah, Mumford holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Utah State University and has received awards from the Opera Index Competition, the Palm Beach Opera Competition, the Sullivan Foundation, the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, the Joyce Dutka Foundation Competition and the MacAllister Awards.