MAIRE THERESE CARMACK American mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack has been praised by Opera News for her “deep mezzo and vibrant metallic timbre.” In the 2022/2023 season, Ms. Carmack joins the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist Program, makes her Carnegie Hall debut as a participant in Renée Fleming’s SongStudio, and her Heinz Hall debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under the baton of Maestro Manfred Honeck. Equally at home in repertoire old and new, Ms. Carmack performed the role of Prima Donna in the world premiere of Philip Blackburn’s multi-media hyper-opera, The Sun Palace, which became a 60-minute Indie film that was premiered at New York’s Anthology Film Archives. In a collaboration with Parisian composer Jean Luc Lenoir, she presented the Photo credit: John Carnessali American premiere of Songs of the Hebrides: a collection of Hebridean Gaelic folk songs arranged Maire Therese Carmack holds Bachelor of for voice and ensemble. Arts degrees in Philosophy and Music from Ms. Carmack is an alum of the Opera the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Saratoga Young Artist Program, the Palm summa cum laude (2016) and a Master of Music Beach Opera Bailey Apprentice Artist in Voice Performance and Literature from the Program, The Glimmerglass Festival Young Eastman School of Music, with honors (2018). Artists Program, and the Pittsburgh Opera Ms. Carmack won the Florida District of Resident Artist Program. Her role and cover the Metropolitan Opera National Council credits include Empress Ottavia L’incoronazione Auditions in 2020, followed by third place di Poppea, Margaret Johnson Light in the in the Gulf Coast Region. She is a first place Piazza, Maddalena Rigoletto, La Zelatrice winner of the Rochester International Voice Suor Angelica, Flora La traviata, Orlofsky Die Competition, Encouragement Award winner Fledermaus, Olga and Larina Eugene Onegin, in The Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Berta The Barber of Seville, Witch/Mother Competition, and a second place winner of the Hänsel und Gretel, Marquise of Berkenfield La Friends of Eastman Opera Aria Competition. fille du régiment, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Juno Semele, Baroness Nica Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, Carmen and Mercédès Carmen, Third Lady The Magic Flute, and Celeste Songbird.
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