To sing.
To return.
To be.
Singing is more than a profession for me. It is the place I always return to. As a mezzo-soprano, I move between opera, recital, and music theatre.
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«Singing is a place»
«Drawn to depth
and inner fire»
Désirée Pauli · Mezzo-soprano
Profile
Voice and Repertoire
A lyric-dramatic voice with a focused core, a touch of silver in the upper register, and a dark, resonant middle — Désirée Pauli’s mezzo-soprano is built for both intimacy and power. Her singing is marked by directness, musical intelligence, and an instinct for text.
Her repertoire ranges from opera to jazz, chanson and cabaret. A voice that understands boundaries and knows when to move beyond them.
Stage · Selection
Performed Roles
Opera
Baba · Madame Flora
The Medium · G. Menotti
Zurich, 2020
Prepared
Charlotte
Werther · J. Massenet
Prepared
Polina
The Queen of Spades · P. Tchaikovsky
Operetta
Public Opinion
Orpheus in the Underworld · J. Offenbach
Arth, 2019
Prepared
Fenena
Nabucco · G. Verdi
In Preparation
Fricka
Die Walküre · R. Wagner
Oratorio de Noël · C. Saint-Saëns
Soloist · Kath. Kirche Oberbuchsiten, 7:30 pm
Diven. Dramen. Dispute.
Theater Stok · Zurich
The Medium · G. Menotti
Soloist · Zurich