Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung has appeared with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic. She has also performed at the festivals of Ravinia, Tanglewood, Saito Kinen, Edinburgh, and Lucerne.  

A multi-GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist, Ms. DeYoung’s impressive discography includes Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Götterdämmerung with Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Naxos), Les Troyens with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live!), and various Mahler works with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Her most recent recording, the Metropolitan Opera’s Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11, was nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY Award in the category Best Choral Performance.