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Mezzo-Soprano Simone McIntosh Stays True To Her Growing Reputation

Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano; St茅phane Mayer, piano (Photo: Chris Hutcheson)
Published: 6 December 2017

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"Of the current crop of fresh young Canadian classical voices, mezzo聽Simone McIntosh has that rare quality that makes the listener sit up and take notice. She combines a beautiful, well focused, gleaming high mezzo with an innate theatricality that bodes well for the future.

I heard her for the first time about two years ago in a masterclass, if memory serves. On the program was 鈥淣acht鈥 from Berg鈥檚聽Sieben fr眉he Lieder.聽Not only did she sing this difficult song very nicely, I recall that she wore a striking Klimt-inspired necklace, perfect for the Expressionist piece. How many voice students can one expect to have such a sophisticated sense of style,聽and聽a top-class voice?"

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