Mary Ann McCormick
Mezzo-Soprano
New England First Place Winner 1990

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Mary Ann McCormick has been hailed in the press as "charismatic,", "spell-binding", and "elegant". Her most recent accomplishments include performances as "Carmen" with Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland of which the critics wrote "She acts and sings a wonderful Carmen" a role she has also performed with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart among others. With the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia MaryAnn performed this past spring Mahler’s Das Lied Von der Erde to standing ovations and participated in a gala concert honoring Luciano Pavarotti in Avery Fisher Hall. In recent seasons she made debuts with Teatro la Fenice in Die Walküre conducted by Jeffrey Tate, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as "Priyamvada" in Alfano's Sakuntala, Teatro Regio di Torino in Il Trovatore as “Azucena”,  Opera National de Paris in Elektra conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi, and sang performances of Alceste in Parma conducted by Bruno Bartoletti. With the Teatro Communale di Bologna she made her debut as “Maddalena” in Rigoletto conducted by Daniele Gatti and also with the Seattle Opera.  In previous seasons, MaryAnn recorded the role of “Tigrane” in Puccini's Edgar with the Orchestre National de France in Paris and made her debut at Teatro alla Scala di Milano as Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri. Upcoming engagements include solo concerts, performances as "Suzuki" in Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado, as well as the role of "Nefertiti" in special concert performances of Philip Glass' Akhnaten with the Atlanta Opera.

MaryAnn has been privileged to work with some of the greatest conductors of our time including Jeffrey Tate, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leonard Slatkin, James Levine, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Kurt Masur, Edo De Waart, and Sir Neville Mariner. And with some of the finest orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Montreal Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The BBC Symphony, the Dutch Radio Philharmonic, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony. Her diverse repertoire has included works such as Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Symphony no. 9, Bach's Mass in B Minor, Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, John Corigliano's Of Rage and Remembrance, Verdi's Messa di Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Mahler's Symphony no. 2 and Das Lied von der Erde, Bruch's Odysseus, and De Falla's El Amor Brujo. 

With the Metropolitan Opera of New York, MaryAnn has performed roles in many operas over the last several seasons including Die Walküre, Don Carlo, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, and the world premiere of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles.  MaryAnn has also performed with The Lyric Opera of Chicago in Il Barbiere di Seviglia as “Rosina”, The Opera Theatre of St. Louis in Dove's Flight as “the Minsk Woman”, Opera Colorado as “Hänsel” in Hänsel und Gretel, Opera Ireland as “Olga” in Eugene Onegin, The Santa Fe Opera as “Dorabella” in Cosi Fan Tutte, and The Boston Lyric Opera as “Cenerentola”. She has recorded with the Emerson String Quartet, The New York Philharmonic, and Orchestre National de France, and is featured singing in the Miramax film “The Talented Mr. Ripley”.

Read more about Ms. McCormick on her website.

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