Mezzo-Soprano Noted for her “commanding and dramatic presence” (Opera News),
mezzosoprano Renée Tatum continues to garner recognition in the most demanding of
operatic repertoire. In the 2022-23 season, Ms. Tatum returns to the Metropolitan Opera for
Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, sings Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Palm Beach Opera,
debuts her first Verdi Requiem with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra and MIT, sings a recital
with pianist Eileen Downey and the Needham Concert Society, Mozart’s Missa Brevis and
Vesperae solennes de confessore with the Masterworks Chorale, Maddalena in Rigoletto with
The Rochester Philharmonic and ends the season as the soloist in a world premiere with the
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. She also joins Varna International as a faculty voice
teacher and presents a masterclass for The Boston Wagner Institute. Future seasons include
Flosshilde and Waltraute in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in concert with The Dallas
Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, Dame Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff and engagements with the
Metropolitan Opera. Last season, Ms. Tatum made her Atlanta Opera debut as Cornelia in
Giulio Cesare, followed by a recital with the Boston Artists Ensemble. Later in the season, she
debuted Fricka in Das Rheingold with Nashville Opera and Margret in Wozzeck with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. She also continued her long relationship with The Metropolitan
Opera in their new production of Rigoletto and Ariadne auf Naxos. Ms. Tatum’s relationship
with The Met spans 11 years and has included nearly 100 performances including Fenena in
Nabucco, 3rd Lady and 2nd Lady in The Magic Flute, Emilia in Otello, Inez in Il Trovatore,
Adonella in Francesca da Rimini, and Waltraute and Flosshilde in Robert LePage’s Der Ring
des Nibelungen.
Ms. Tatum is holds degrees from The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music and
California State University Fullerton. She is an alumna of San Francisco Opera’s Adler
Fellowship as well as graduate of The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists’ Program.
Ms. Tatum has taught through Harvard University’s Office of the Arts and was a Visiting Artist
in Residence for The Longy School of Music in Boston in 2020-21. She is Artist Teacher of
Voice at The University of Tennessee and maintains a private voice studio in the Boston area.