Herta Glaz (also spelled Hertha; September 16, 1910, Vienna - January 28, 2006, Hamden, Connecticut) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director of Austrian birth. She became a United States citizen in 1943. She was a fixture at the Metropolitan Opera between 1942-1956 where she sang in more than 300 performances. She was also highly active with the San Francisco Opera between 1944-1951. Some of the roles she portrayed on stage were Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Annina, Siegrune in Die Walküre, Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung and Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
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