Maria Spacagna

2001 Preliminary Judge

A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Maria Spacagna has sung with the Dallas Opera, the New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Opera in Berlin, and at La Scala, where she made her debut in the title role of Madame Butterfly, the first American ever to perform the role there. She has also sung the role at the Metropolitan Opera and in Berlin and Cologne. Additionally, she has sung the part of Liu in Puccini's Turandot at the Met. Her other notable roles include the title part in Verdi's Luisa Miller and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, which she has also sung at the Met. Spacagna has also performed recitals. She is the artistic adviser to Rhode Island's Ocean State Lyric Opera. In 1999, she sang the role of Mimi in OSLO's production of La Bohème.

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