February 24 & 25, March 1-3, 2012 @ 8 pm:
Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar
the multi-media operatic PREMIERE
written for Ms. Fischer and the NOW Ensemble
based on diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
Steven Osgood, conducting
click here for tickets, now available!
The Kitchen, New York City

November 12, 2011 @ 7:30 pm:
Mahler 3rd Symphony
Adelphi Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducting

October 29, 2011 @ 8 pm:
Mozart Requiem
American Classical Orchestra, Thomas Crawford conducting
Church of Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, West 86th at West End, NYC

October 18 & 28, 2011 @ 7:30:
Mercadante's 1826 American premiere I Due Figaro (a non-Beaumarchais sequal to Le Nozze di Figaro)
Amore Opera, Gregory Buchalter conducting
the Connelly Theatre, 220 E 4th Street (between Ave A and B), NYC

JUST IN: "Mezzo Abigail Fischer, in the central role of Cherubino, was the vocal standout of the evening. Fischer has a distinctive timbre and impressive range, and sang with dynamic and dramatic nuance. She also incarnated Cherubino's impishness delightfully, with swagger that was a pleasure to watch. Her Act II aria was a highlight of the evening, enveloping us all in Cherubino's dreamy tenderness." - Opera Obsession

ONE MORE: "The cast and chorus were talented and confident, led by the poised, rich-voiced Cherubino of the adventurous mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer." - New York Times

AND ANOTHER: One of the highlights of the evening was Abigail Fischer, whose Cherubino was nothing short of stunning. She commandeered a perfect balance of ornamental ease and velvety legato that made me want to listen for hours. Although her Act 1 aria was beautiful, her aria in the second act is one that will leave you breathless.  One particular note of longing (for Inez) was so powerful that it reverberated in my sternum.  Fischer has given us a heartfelt and mature Cherubino, a far cry from the boy we knew before. Her performance was outstanding." -Stage Magazine

October 5, 2011 @ 7:30 pm:
Robert Sirota's Holy Women (NY premiere)
Corpus Christi Church, 529 W 121st Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam, NYC

July 29/30, August 6, 2011 @ 8pm, August 7 @ 3 pm:
Rossini's Cenerentola (Angelina)
Union Avenue Opera, Saint Louis, MO

June 10-27, 2011:
I was in Mongolia at the Roaring Hooves Festival, traveling with Continuum and other amazing Mongolian and international musicians. What an awesome experience!

May 29, June 3,5, 2011:
Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (Stèphano)
Bel Cantanti Opera, DC

May 6-9, 2011 @ 8 pm:
Bach's Magnificat and Lotti's Mass for three Choirs
American Bach Soloists, San Francisco/Bay Area (different locations)

April 8/9, 2011 @ 8 pm:
21c Liederabend, on which I will perform a new work from Song from the Uproar by MIssy Mazzoli (8th) and Zorn's Frammenti del Sappho (9th)
The Kitchen

March 13, 2011 @ 3 pm:
Biber's Missa Christi Resurgentis
Cambridge Concentus with Joshua Rifkin, conductor
First Church Congregational, Cambridge, MA

February 23, 2011 @ 7 pm:
Recital of Handel Sonatas and Arias: from Giulio Cesare, Alcina, La Resurezzione, Messiah, Solomon
Cambridge Concentus with special guest Peter Sykes
Taylor House, Jamaica Plain, Boston

February 11/12, 2011:
Tour with NOW Ensemble to Ferdonia and Toronto
Missy Mazzoli's Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

December 12 ,2010 @ 8 pm:
Handel's Dixit Dominus with the Huntington Choral Society

November 12, 2010 @ 8 pm:
John Zorn perspective at Bard's Fisher Center
Frammenti del Sappho

October 24, 2010 @ 3 pm:
Recital of Bellini, Schumann, and American selections from Barber to Gallagher, with pianist Kimball Gallagher
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

September 20-27, 2010:
Tour to North and South Carolina with NOW Ensemble
Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar

September 19, 2010 @ 3 pm:
Cambridge Concentus: J.S. Bach's solo alto cantata BWV 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde
First Church in Cambridge, MA

August 28, 2010 @ 7:30 pm:
Ted Hearne's Katrina Ballads
Zilhka Hall Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby Street #300, Houston, TX

August 24, 2010 @ 7:30 pm:
Ted Hearne's Katrina Ballads CD Release Show!
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, NY, NY

July 17, 2010 @ 8 pm:
Handel La Resurrezione (Cleophas)
American Bach Soloists: Jeffrey Thomas, conducting
San Fransisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Fransisco, CA

April 26, 2010 @ 7:30 pm:
LOKI inaugeral concert
Music Mondays Series
Works and improvisations on Schoenberg, as well as composers Nathan Shields, Reinaldo Moya, and Will Cooper
Advent Lutheran: 93rd and Broadway, NYC

April 12, 2010:
Juilliard composer's concert
works by Reinaldo Moya and Nathan Shields
Juilliard School's Paul Hall

March, 2010:
Hansel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
New Jersey State Opera, Martin Yazdzik directing
13 outreach performances in schools all over New Jersey! Contact me personally if you'd like to attend

February 28, 2010  @ 3 pm:
Bach Cantata 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit"
performed with Cambridge Concentus
First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

December 8 @ 7 pm:
Continuum: New Music from Canada
I shall perform a microtonal Continuum commission by Farangis Nurulla-Khoja
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York City

November 19, 2009 @ 8 pm:
21 c Liederabend, an evening of post-classical song
I shall sing works by Missy Mazzoli and Caleb Burhans
produced by Beth Morrison Projects, Opera on Tap, & Vision Into Art
Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn

June-August 2009:
I spent the summer at Aspen Music Festival, where I performed scenes from Handel's Serse, Guilio Cesare, and Alcina, as well as performing the role of Dido in a concert version of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Early June 2009:
I spent two weeks workshopping Chris Cerrone's Invisible Cities at Yale Repertory Theatre. It was an amazing cast of singers and directors. Overall a great success!

• Check out Ted Hearne's unbelievable new album Katrina Ballads, on which I'm singing, among many other amazing musicians. 

• Nico Muhly's second album Mothertongue has three big pieces working with three different singers from totally different backgrounds, one of which is me! Check it out if you haven't already.
• I'm singing on John Zorn's new soundtrack called The Last Supper, a horror movie where the women wear diapers and have no nipples. Freaky!