Originally from Chicago, mezzo soprano Gretchen Windt channels her strong presence, engaging personality, and expressive musicality into performances in genres ranging from opera and operetta to symphonic repertoire, art song recitals, and musical theater. She has performed with companies including Cincinnati Opera, Sarasota Opera, Utah Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Southwest, Opera Birmingham, Opera Huntsville, Chesapeake Chamber Opera, Opera Idaho, and regional Chicago companies including Bowen Park Opera, OperaModa, DuPage Opera Theatre, and Sugar Creek Symphony and Song Festival.
She has performed and covered roles including Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), both Third Lady and Papagena (The Magic Flute), Mercedes (Carmen), Meg Page (Falstaff), Pitti-Sing (The Mikado), Jo (Adamo’s Little Women), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), and the title roles in La Périchole, La Cenerentola, and Massenet’s Cendrillon. Solo concert credits include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria,
Faure’s Requiem, and Bach’s Magnificat. Musical theatre credits include Meg Brockie (Brigadoon), Dolores (Babes in Arms), Alma Hix (The Music Man), Mae (The Pajama Game), Gloria Kramer (One Touch of Venus), and ensemble in My Fair Lady, Candide, Kiss Me, Kate, and Call Me Madam.
She has presented and performed at conventions including National NATS Conferences, SERNATS Scholar and Artist Series, the Music By Women Festival at Mississippi University for Women, the Darkwater Festival at UNC—Pembroke, the Sam Houston State University Art Song Festival, Alabama Music Educators Association Conference, and Iowa Choral Directors Association Summer Symposium. She was selected to participate in the prestigious NATS Intern Program in 2020.
She has degrees from the University of Utah, the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, and North Park University. She is Associate Professor and Voice Area Coordinator at the University of North Alabama. For more information: www.gretchenwindt.com