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

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, Azucena in Il trovatore at the Teatro Regio Torino, and First Maid in Elektra with Christoph von Dohnanyi at the Opéra National de Paris.  She has also performed Maddalena in Rigoletto under Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and with Seattle Opera and Gluck’s Alceste under Bruno Bartoletti at the Teatro Regio di Parma. 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. MaryAnn returned to the Metropolitan Opera this season to sing the role of Grimgerde in their new production of Die Walküre which will be broadcast in HD in theaters internationally this year and next. In recent seasons she made debuts with both Teatro la Fenice in Die Walküre conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as "Priyamvada" in Alfano's Sakuntala. She can be heard as Tigrana in Puccini’s Edgar in a recording with the Orchestre National de France led by Yoël Levi.  In the last two seasons she sang Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado, the role of Nefertiti in Phillip Glass’ Akhnaten with the Atlanta Opera, with James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera as Grimgerde in Die Walküre, and performances of Das Lied Von der Erde with the Orchestra Verdi in Milan conducted by Ion Marin.  With the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia MaryAnn performed Mahler’s Das Lied Von der Erde to standing ovations and participated in a gala concert honoring Luciano Pavarotti in Avery Fisher Hall. Last summer she created the roles of Grandma Josephine and Mrs. Teavee for the world premiere of Peter Ash’s “The Golden Ticket” with the Opera Theater of St. Louis, based on the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. MaryAnn returns to the Metropolitan Opera next season to sing again in their new production of Die Walküre and for performances in Verdi’s Ernani both scheduled for broadcast in HD in theaters internationally.  

With the Metropolitan Opera of New York, MaryAnn has performed roles in many operas over more than twelve seasons including Die Walküre, Don Carlo, Carmen, La Traviata, Die Zauberflöte, L’Enfant et Les Sortileges 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 the North American premiere of Jonathon Dove's Flight as “the Minsk Woman” and as “Prince Charmant” in Cendrillon, The Santa Fe Opera as “Dorabella” in Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera Colorado as “Hänsel” in Hänsel und Gretel, Opera Ireland as “Olga” in Eugene Onegin, 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”. 

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.

Read more about Ms. McCormick on her website.

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