Equally expert at music from the Baroque era to contemporary work, mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer has performed with ensembles from Boston Baroque, the La Philharmonic to the Boston Pops, performing works from Handel and Rossini to world premieres of John Zorn, Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli, Bernard Rands, Elliott Carter, and the Bang on a Can artists.

Fischer recently starred in the multi-media opera premiere at the Kitchen in Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar, written for her and the NOW Ensemble, for which the studio recording was released in November 2012 (New Amsterdam Records). recent highlights include Fischer’s LA Phil debut in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America, Handel’s Messiah with Virginia Symphony, and the title role in Rape of Lucretia with Opera Memphis.