About Teresa Buchholz
Versatile mezzo-soprano Teresa Buchholz enjoys success in the realms of opera, art song and oratorio, ranging from the baroque to romantic operas to contemporary works. She just completed a successful run of Handel’s opera “Rodelinda” in the role of Eduige at Hudson Hall (Hudson NY), her second collaboration with director R.B. Schlather, following her performances as Ann in the critically acclaimed production of “The Mother of Us All” at Hudson Hall in 2017. Verdi’s Requiem is quickly becoming a staple of her repertoire, and she has recently performed the work with True Concord Chorus and Orchestra (Tucson, AZ), the Helena Symphony (Helena, MT), the New Jersey Choral Society, and the Lake Como Music Festival (Italy). Other recent performances include Mozart’s Requiem with the Tulsa Symphony and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with the Greenwich Choral Society. Engagements for the 2022-23 season included Mozart’s Requiem with DCINY and Vivaldi’s Magnificat, with Mid-American Productions, both at Carnegie Hall, in addition to another Vivaldi work, the solo cantata Stabat Mater with The Berkshire Bach Society. She covered roles for two rare Strauss operas: the role of Gaea in “Daphne” at Carnegie Hall with The American Symphony Orchestra, and the role of Carlotta in “Die Schweigsame Frau'' for Bard’s Summerscape Festival. Her 2021-22 season also included Handel’s Messiah with the Boise Philharmonic, Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Helena Symphony, Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Mozart’s Requiem with the Long Beach Symphony (CA), Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with The Portland Symphony (ME), Mahler’s Symphony No 2 with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra (TN), and Vivaldi’s Gloria with The Berkshire Bach Society (MA). Some other recent performances include Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall with Distinguished Concerts International New York, several Holiday concerts with The Greenwich Choral Society and a guest recital at her alma mater, The University of Northern Iowa. In March 2019 she performed Alexander Nevsky with the Anchorage Symphony, and 2018/19 marked the debut of a newly formed collaboration with Bard colleagues Erika Switzer and Marka Gustavsson, The Blithewood Ensemble, which has performed a program of chamber music as part of the Downtown Music at Grace series (White Plains, NY) at the Hudson Hall (Hudson, NY) and Bitò Hall at Bard College. She has been a member of the Bard College and Conservatory faculty since 2014, where she teaches private voice, vocal pedagogy and Opera Workshop.