Praised by critics for her rôle in Glass’s Waiting for the Barbarians, mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala also portrayed the title character in the American première of Dove’s The Adventures of Pinocchio. She created the rôles of Erminella in Volpone, Sister James in Doubt, Rosy Cheney in The Manchurian Candidate, and will première Lucy in Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight, and Masha in Steal a Pencil for Me. She made her European début under Lorin Maazel in Valencia as Mercédès in Carmen, and frequently appears in traditional rôles such as Cherubino and Rosina with Minnesota, Florentine, Arizona, Madison, Seattle, Saratoga, San Diego, and Utah opera companies, among others.