Maureen McKay

About Maureen McKay

Soprano Maureen McKay is praised and celebrated for her silvery soprano and dynamic character portrayals. McKay made her debut with The Metropolitan Opera as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel in 2017 and was immediately invited to return to the company as Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. The Metropolitan Opera has since engaged McKay to perform Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, the First Wood Nymph in Rusalka, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos and and also to cover roles such as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Sophie in Werther, and Anne Truelove in The Rake’s Progress. As a previous member of the Komische Oper Berlin ensemble, McKay sang leading roles in the premieres of several new productions including Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in the production where she originated the role in 2012 with Barrie Kosky and “1927”. Other roles with this company included Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Blanche in Dialogues des carmélites, Marzelline in Fidelio, Norina in Don Pasquale, Musetta in La Bohéme, Eliza in Il re pastore, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. McKay has been featured as Léïla in Les pêcheurs de perles with Seattle Opera; Susanna and Pamina with Opera Colorado; Despina, Susanna, and Pamina with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Gretel in Hansel und Gretel with the Bayerische Staatsoper; Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Nannetta in Falstaff with San Diego Opera; Pamina with The Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Washington National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, The Bolshoi Theatre, andEdinburgh International Festival; Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, Gretel, and Pamina with Portland Opera; Rose Maurrant in Street Scene with Virginia Opera; Laurey in Oklahoma! with Central City Opera; Zémire in Zémire et Azor with Opera Saratoga; Lightfoot McLendon in Cold Sassy Tree and Mabel with The Atlanta Opera; Eurydice in Orphée et Eurydice and Gretel with Philadelphia Opera; Zerlina in Don Giovanni with New Orleans Opera; and Nannetta with the Saito Kinen Festival. Concert engagements include collaborations with The Danish National Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, The National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Washington Concert Opera, Utah Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, and Los Angeles Philharmonic.