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Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-soprano.

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up December 2007 American mezzo-soprano Mary Ann McCormick has distinguished herself for her artistic diversity upon the operatic, concert and recital stages. Her most recent accomplishments include performances as Carmen with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, a role she has also performed with Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Last season she performed in Die Walküre with Teatro la Fenice conducted by Jeffrey Tate, and with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Priyamvada in Alfano's Sakuntala. In 2005 she made her debut at Teatro Regio di Torino in Il Trovatore as Azucena, with 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 conducted by Daniele Gatti. In July of 2004 this production also toured to Seoul, Korea to great acclaim. In previous seasons, Ms. McCormick had the release of her recording in the role of Tigrane in Puccini's Edgar with the Orchestre National de France in Paris and made her debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri. Current and future engagements include performances as Carmen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, as well as in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

. o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e...........back to roster....up Berlioz: Didon Bizet: Carmen/Carmen Britten: Mrs. Grose/ Turn of the Screw Lucretia/Rape of Lucretia Donizetti: Leonora/La Favorita Handel: Cornelia/Giulio Cesare Massenet: Charlotte/Werther Prince Charmant/Cendrillon Puccini: Tigrane/Edgar Suzuki/Madama Butterfly Rossini: Isabella/L'Italianna in Algeri Arsace/Semiramide Saint Säens: Dalila/Samson et Dalila Tchaikovsky: Olga/Onegin Pauline/Pique Dame Verdi: Maddalena/Rigoletto Amneris/Aida Azucena/Il Trovatore Wagner: Brangene/Tristan Waltraute/Götterdämerung b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

. o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e.......back to roster....up Bach: St. Matthews Passion St. Johns Passion B Minor Mass Magnificat Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Symphony No. 9 Bruch: Odysseus Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien Dvorak: Stabat Mater Elgar: Sea Pictures Dream of Gerontius De Falla: El amor Brujo Handel: Messiah Mahler: Symphony no. 2 Symphony no. 3 Symphony no. 8 (1st or 2nd alto) Wayfarer Songs Kindertoten Lieder Ruekert Lieder Das Lied von der Erde Mozart: Requiem Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Orff: Klage der Ariadne Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Stabat Mater Verdi: Requiem b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

. r e v i e w s...........back to roster....up The Janacek Festival - Hyde Auditorium, Glens Falls Dvorak/Janacek Recital "Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo soprano, graced the stage with a presence that visually and vocally commanded the attention of the audience. With a vocal charisma bigger than the auditorium, her performance of "Ziegeunermelodien (Gypsy Songs) Op. 55" by Antonin Dvorak mesmerized the audience. Her international reputation and fine pedigree over the last 20 years was well-earned." "Connecticut Opera Stages A Powerful `Carmen' " The role of Carmen at The Connecticut Opera From the Hartford Courant, October 28, 2006 "Mezzo-soprano Mary Ann McCormick is an elegant and poised "Carmen," with a silken lower register. One might have wished for more eroticism in the first act, particularly in the famous "Habanera" which, though beautifully sung, lacked a certain voluptuousness - though in this day and age, perhaps there's something to be said for a little understatement. Regardless, any such caviling was easily forgotten by the time we reached Act Four. Here, McCormick was at her best, brilliantly capturing the essence of the doomed-but-defiant heroine. One could feel the electricity in the air as her fate approached, and when the final blow came, it left the audience stunned and reeling in the wake of a moment of genuine tragedy." Jonathan Dove's opera Flight - The Minsk Woman at the Boston Lyric Opera (Minsk Woman) From The Boston Globe, Richard Dyer, April 28, 2005 "Mezzo soprano Mary Ann McCormick as a pregnant woman, countertenor David Walker as a refugee (modeled on the same man who inspired Steven Spielberg's ''The Terminal"), and contralto Myrna Paris as an Older Woman have the most meaningful roles, the ones that go farthest within, and they make the most of them. Walker's diction suffers from off-center vowels, but he is a good singer with a consistently alert and affecting presence. Paris maintains her dignity even when leading a conga line, and makes every word and gesture tell. McCormick casts a spell through operatic essentials -- a beautiful voice, expressively used." Rigoletto at the Seattle Opera (Maddalena) The role of Maddalena in Rigoletto - Seattle Opera From the Seattle Weekly, October 20, 2004 "McCormick's Maddalena was a ripe-busted platinum blonde à la Jayne Mansfield with a dusky, seductive, violalike quality to her voice. Some company ought to build a Carmen around her." Rigoletto at the Seattle Opera (Maddalena) In the role of Maddalena at the Seattle Opera From The Seattle Times, October 18, 2004 "Maddalena, Mary Ann McCormick was all sultry sensuality: Not since Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" has a pair of long stockings been removed so effectively." b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .