Opera Colorado and the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver are set to present Loveland native Michelle DeYoung.

The recital will be held on March 30, 2023 in the Gates Concert Hall and will include songs by Ziesl, Duparc, Mahler, and Korngold. Pianist Cody Guy Garrison will join DeYoung.

The Colorado-born mezzo-soprano is one of the most in demand mezzo-sopranos in the world who has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, and the Concertgebouworkest.

She has also performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro alla Scala, Bayreuth Festival, Berliner Staatsoper, and the Paris Opera.