Mezzo Soprano Kyle Engler has been praised for her extreme versatility in both operatic and chamber music. The Baltimore Sun has called her “ …a virtuoso of a high order” and “dramatic and visceral. On the operatic stage her roles include the Judith in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul with the Washington Opera, Charlotte in Werther, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Mercedes in Carmen, Indiana Elliott in The Mother of Us All, to name a few.
Ms. Engler has also participated in the world premiers of several new operas. In
January, 2005 Ms. Engler performed to great reviews when she was cast by Placido
Domingo to premier the role of Lydia Dudley in Washington National Opera’s
production of Democracy, An American Comedy by Scott Wheeler. She was invited to
perform in Augusta Read-Thomas’ opera Ligeia, commissioned and conducted by
Mstislav Rostropovich, at the Recontres Musicales D’Evian in Evian, France.
She has been featured with many orchestras throughout North America and Europe performing works such as Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”, Elgar’s “Sea Pictures”, Berlioz’s “Les Nuit d’Été,” Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.”
In 2019 Ms. Engler became the Director of both McDaniel College Choir and the newly created ACappella Ensemble. In May, 2022 she took several College Choir members to New York City to perform with McDaniel Alumni conductor, Dr. James Reddan at Carnegie Hall.