“...Technically I would even say [Ann Fogler] has the most flexible voice of the entire [two] casts [of Alcina], as well as very warm and pleasantly dark color....”
Praised for her “flexible, very warm, and crystalline” instrument, mezzo-soprano Ann Fogler is an accomplished performer based in Washington, D.C. Recent appearances include Frauenliebe und Leben at the Make Music Upper Perk Festival, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio as alto and mezzo-soprano soloist at St. Patrick’s Church (Washington, D.C.), and Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Dickinson College Orchestra during throughout 2024 season.
In July 2025, Ms. Fogler will appear with the Young Victorian Theatre Company in Baltimore, performing as Phoebe in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeoman of the Guard. She will also be a featured soloist with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra in September 2025, presenting excerpts from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
Ms. Fogler’s career includes her participation as a young artist in the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation program at Central City Opera, where she performed the role of the Announcer (Gallantry) in 2017. The following year, she was a featured soloist in Encore: A Musical Revue. For her performances, she was awarded the Central City Opera William’s Award (2017) and the Studio Artist Award (2018).
In 2019, Ms. Fogler made her MassOpera debut as Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), a role praised as “delightfully eccentric.” Her recent credits include Lepido (Silla) with The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble and Global Hope (Keepers of the Light) with the Nahant Music Festival. Later that year, Ms. Fogler performed as a soloist with the American Institute of Musical Studies’ festival orchestra in Graz, Austria, delivering selections as Octavian from Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Dorabella from Mozart’s Così fan tutte. She was recognized with an Encouragement Award at the 2019 Meistersinger Competition and was a grant recipient of the Anna Sosenko Trust Fund.
Ms. Fogler earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Dickinson College (’15) and her Master of Music in Voice Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee (’17), studying under Marilyn Bulli. She now continues her studies with Rosa Lamoreaux.