A 2019 Grand Finals Winner by the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, American mezzo-soprano Mack Wolz (they/them) most recently returned to their home company of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to take part in the World Premiere Harvey Milk by Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie. Mx. Wolz has also performed with OTSL for the World Premiere of On The Edge (Laura Karpman and Taura Stinson) and as Amore in The Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi). A recent member of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio, they performed both mainstage leading and supporting roles including Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Mozart), Mercèdes in Carmen (Bizet), and Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music (Sondheim). Mx. Wolz’s training has included past resident artist apprenticeships with International Meistersinger Akademie (Neumarkt, Germany), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Seagle Music Colony. Mx. Wolz holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where they were the recipient of the Gerry and Steve Ricci Scholarship. Mx. Wolz currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.