Mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon begins her 2026–27 season performing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra conducted by Federico Cortese. During the fall, she joins the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for covering duties in both Medea with Carlo Rizzi and Maria Stuarda with Enrique Mazzola. Two engagements in Texas include taking on the role of Flora in La Traviata for Austin Opera and Opera San Antonio, conducted by Timothy Myers and Francesco Milioto respectively, with E. Loren Meeker directing. She will also be the mezzo-soprano soloist for the Mozart Requiem with The Washington Chorus led by Eugene Rogers. Her career has included engagements at the Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Palm Beach Opera, Chattanooga Symphony, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Virginia Opera, Ravinia Festival, Detroit Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera, collaborating with conductors James Conlon, Marin Alsop, Eun Sun Kim, James Lowe, Adam Turner, Leonardo García Alarcón, Ilya Ram, Kwamé Ryan,  Carlo Montanaro, David Neely, Michelle Merrill, among others, in productions and stage appearances working with directors James Robinson, Tomer Zvulun, Fenlon Lamb, Mark Foehringer, Karen Tiller, and more. Her concert repertoire has included Alma Mahler’s Sieben Lieder, Verdi’s Requiem, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Ravel’s Shéhérazade, among others. Ms. Dixon earned her Bachelor of Music at the Louisiana State University and Master of Music at the University of Michigan. She is an alumna of the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship Program.

Ashley Dixon appears courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

Photo by John Myers