Mignon Dunn

[3] Ms. Dunn's German repertoire embraced the leading mezzo roles in different productions of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Ortrud in Lohengrin, Kundry in Parsifal, and Venus in Tannhäuser.

She gave many performances of Strauss’ operas: Klytämnestra in Elektra, Herodias in Salome, and the Nurse in Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 1986).

In Europe, she sang at La Scala, Milan; Vienna Staatsoper; London’s Royal Opera, Covent Garden; Paris Opéra; Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre; Teatr Wielki, Warsaw; Hamburg Staatsoper; Deutsche Oper Berlin; the opera companies of Frankfurt and Dusseldorf; and the Verona Arena (Carmen, directed by Luca Ronconi, 1970).

In the United States Mignon Dunn made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, as the Nurse in Boris Godunov, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.

To read the transcript visit https://www.bruceduffie.com/dunn.html[6] 2011 – Mignon Dunn was awarded the President’s Medal for Distinguished Faculty Service from Manhattan School of Music.

[7] 2014 – Mignon Dunn received the Sherrill Milnes Voice Award in 2014 for her "outstanding contribution in teaching and mentoring the next generation of opera singers.