Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano MaryAnn McCormick has been hailed in the press as “charismatic”, “spell-binding”, and “elegant”. Her international credits include Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri at La Scala in Milan, Azucena in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Regio di Torino, and the title role of Carmen at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. She has also performed Maddalena in Rigoletto under Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as well as with Seattle Opera, Gluck’s Alceste under Bruno Bartoletti at the Teatro Regio di Parma, and First Maid in Elektra with Christoph von Dohnanyi at the Opéra National de Paris. A frequent interpreter of the role of Carmen, her performances include Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland of which the critics wrote “She acts and sings a wonderful Carmen”, along with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart among others. Ms. McCormick’s recent operatic engagements have included performances as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago during their 2013-14 season, and the North American premiere of Huang Ruo’s opera Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, sung in Mandarin, in the role of Ni Gui-Zhen for Santa Fe Opera’s 2014 season. Other highlights include performances with the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Grimgerde for their new Robert LaPage production of Die Walküre conducted by James Levine, which was broadcast in HD in theaters internationally and received the Grammy award for Best Opera Recording (2012) of which she is a recipient. In the 2015-16 season she performed Mahler’s Rückert lieder and selected lieder by Richard Strauss with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken Lam for a special New Year’s Eve Gala, Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the NY Metamorphoses Orchestra, and also sang performances at the Metropolitan Opera as Giovanna in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Her most recent engagements include performances at the Astoria Music Festival in Oregon singing the role of Azucena in Il Trovatore opposite Angela Meade as Leonora, along with the Portland SummerFest, Oregon in a reprisal of Azucena in Il Trovatore. Upcoming are her debut performances as Erda in Das Rheingold with the North Carolina Opera; Mahler’s 3rd symphony with the Spokane Symphony and a concert of Bach arias with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. McCormick was honored to join the voice faculty of New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 2015.
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano MaryAnn McCormick has been hailed in the press as “charismatic”, “spell-binding”, and “elegant”. Her international credits include Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri at La Scala in Milan, Azucena in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Regio di Torino, and the title role of Carmen at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. She has also performed Maddalena in Rigoletto under Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as well as with Seattle Opera, Gluck’s Alceste under Bruno Bartoletti at the Teatro Regio di Parma, and First Maid in Elektra with Christoph von Dohnanyi at the Opéra National de Paris. A frequent interpreter of the role of Carmen, her performances include Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland of which the critics wrote “She acts and sings a wonderful Carmen”, along with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart among others. Ms. McCormick’s recent operatic engagements have included performances as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago during their 2013-14 season, and the North American premiere of Huang Ruo’s opera Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, sung in Mandarin, in the role of Ni Gui-Zhen for Santa Fe Opera’s 2014 season. Other highlights include performances with the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Grimgerde for their new Robert LaPage production of Die Walküre conducted by James Levine, which was broadcast in HD in theaters internationally and received the Grammy award for Best Opera Recording (2012) of which she is a recipient. In the 2015-16 season she performed Mahler’s Rückert lieder and selected lieder by Richard Strauss with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken Lam for a special New Year’s Eve Gala, Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the NY Metamorphoses Orchestra, and also sang performances at the Metropolitan Opera as Giovanna in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Her most recent engagements include performances at the Astoria Music Festival in Oregon singing the role of Azucena in Il Trovatore opposite Angela Meade as Leonora, along with the Portland SummerFest, Oregon in a reprisal of Azucena in Il Trovatore. Upcoming are her debut performances as Erda in Das Rheingold with the North Carolina Opera; Mahler’s 3rd symphony with the Spokane Symphony and a concert of Bach arias with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. McCormick was honored to join the voice faculty of New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 2015.