Gretchen Struckmeyer, mezzo-soprano

Gretchen Struckmeyer is a Boston based mezzo-soprano, originally hailing from Minnesota and North Carolina. Her most recent appearances include Tessa in The Gondoliers (The Sudbury Savoyards) and Sandman in Hansel and Gretel (Boston Opera Collaborative). Previously, she appeared as Annio in La clemenza di Tito and Noémie in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Soprano 1 in Philip Glass’s Hydrogen Jukebox, and Lady in the Balcony in Ned Rorem’s Our Town, all at Boston University’s Opera Institute. Previous roles outside BU include Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief as well as Papagena in The Magic Flute, both at Appalachian Opera Theatre. Ms. Struckmeyer graduated from Boston University with a masters in vocal performance, also having won the prestigious Voice Department Award. She is the winner of the Hayes School of Music Concerto/Aria Competition (Boone, NC) as well as a semifinalist for the Heafner/Williams Competition (Lincolnton, NC)
In addition to singing, Ms. Struckmeyer is an avid seamstress, often sewing her own concertizing attire. When not sewing, she can be found enjoying nature on long walks, or buried with her nose in a book.