Critically acclaimed for her "plush, luxurious voice" and "unfailing sensitivity," mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer is a versatile singer with repertoire ranging from the Medieval period to premieres of contemporary works. As an early music musician, she has worked with musicians such as Paul O'Dette, Ellen Hargis, Fred Renz, and Andrew Parrott with New York Collegium. As a contemporary musician, she has worked under conductors such as Brad Lubman, Gil Rose, and Daniel Reusse, and performed works by Berio, Babbitt, Reich, Rands, Zorn, Xenakis, and the Bang on a Can artists. On the stage, she has performed as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Mrs. Lovett in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Mother Marie in Poulenc's Dialogue of the Carmelites, Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and will perform as Ma Moss in Bronx Opera's January production of Copland's The Tender Land. Ms. Fischer solos regularly in oratorio work, performing works such as Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah, and Bach's Magnificat. Trained as a cellist, she continues to pursue chamber music as a vocalist. A graduate of Vassar College and the Eastman School of Music, Ms. Fischer studied with teachers Drew Minter, Mary Ann Hart, Carol Webber, and Susanne Mentzer. She has attended Lucca Opera Festival, Ferrandou Singing School, Opera North, Madison Early Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Festival, and the Lucerne Festival Academy.