Known for her “beauty of tone, admirable legato and radiant stage presence” (Revue L’Opéra) and as a “resplendent coloratura mezzo-soprano with articulate, fluent, and authoritative vocal technique” (San Diego Story) Israeli-Belgian mezzo-soprano Mala Weissberg has performed roles including Angelina (La Cenerentola), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon), Fernando (Vivaldi’s Motezuma), Ino (Semele), Miles (The Turn of the Screw), Cendrillon (Cendrillon), Moritz (Max und Moritz), Lisea (Arsilda, Regina di Ponto) among others.

Recent engagements include her debut at the Aldeburgh Festival performing Brahms' Zwei Gesänge with James Baillieu and Brett Dean as well as her debut with Oper Köln in Gisle Kverndokk's Max und Moritz. Upcoming, she will perform the role of Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette with Park City Opera in Utah as well as Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Tel Aviv Chamber Orchestra.

A passionate advocate for Baroque repertoire, she has appeared as a soloist with Tafelmusik in Toronto, at the Young Baroque Concert at the Innsbruck Festwochen der Alten Musik, and with ensemble I Gemelli in France. She is the winner of the 2026 Concours International d’Art Lyrique de Namur, a Special Award winner at the Cesti Baroque Competition, a finalist at the Froville Baroque Competition, a recipient of the State of Israel’s “Musical Prodigy” title, and a recipient of the Career Bridges Foundation Award. She has also received an Excellence Scholarship Award from the Schulich School of Music, First Prize in the Westminster Voice Competition, and a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Keren Ronen scholarships.

Summer engagements include the prestigious International Mesitersinger Akademie-IMA (2026), Britten Pears Young Artist Program at the Aldeburgh Festival (2026), Opera Neo in San Diego (2026, 2025), Lachine International Vocal Academy, OperaFest Sewanee, Opera5 in Toronto, The CoOPERAtive program, Opera Viva! in Verona, and more.

Mala earned her Bachelor’s degree from Westminster Choir College and her Master’s degree from the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. As a member of the Westminster Choir, she was featured as a soloist in Talbot’s Path of Miracles and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer and performed at the Spoleto Festival (2019 & 2022), Carnegie Hall, and the Kimmel Center under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and has toured North America and Asia with the choir. Additional appearances include soloist engagements with the Young Israeli Philharmonic, participation as a Young Artist at the Mishkenot Sha'ananim program, and performances on Kol HaMusica live radio broadcasts from Jerusalem. Her concert repertoire includes Beethoven’s Scottish Songs, Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses, Brahms’ Zwei Gesänge, and Frank Bridge’s Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano.

Mala has participated in public masterclasses and private lessons with leading artists in the field, including Brigitte Fassbaender, Joan Dornemann, Matthew Polenzani, Andreas Scholl, Helmut Deutsch, Tobias Truniger, Pierre Vallet, James Baillieu, Nicky Spence, Caroline Dowdle, Edith Wiens, Rosemary Joshua, Julia Faulkner, Wolfgang Holzmair, Kiera Duffy, Liz Upchurch, François LeRoux, James Vaughan, Warren Jones, Chen Reiss, and others.

In her free time, Mala enjoys playing the violin and guitar, as well as hiking, cooking, painting, and caring for dogs and other animals.