Bio
Soprano Maureen McKay recently made her debut with The Metropolitan Opera as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, and then was invited to return as Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. Other recent and upcoming performances include appearances as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with The Mostly Mozart Festival; Despina in Così fan tutte and Susanna with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Rose Maurrant in Street Scene with Virginia Opera; and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Nannetta in Falstaff with San Diego Opera. As a previous member of the Komische Oper Berlin ensemble, McKay was featured as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Blanche in Dialogues des carmélites, Marzelline in Fidelio, Norina in Don Pasquale, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Musetta in La Bohéme, Eliza in Il re pastore, as well as Gretel and Susanna. McKay has also performed on the stages of Seattle Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Washington National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, The Bolshoi Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival, Portland Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Saito Kinen Festival, and Washington Concert Opera, among others.