American soprano Mary Feminear has been described by The New York Times as showing "versatility [as Magdalene] in her sorrowing and in her transcendent joy".  Engagements for the 2024/25 season are all debuts: Beth March in Adamo's  Little Women (Fort Worth Opera), the soprano soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana (Baton Rouge Symphony), Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni (Norwalk Symphony), and Johanna Barker in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd (Opera Maine).  In future seasons, she will perform as the soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah (TBA). Operatic roles in recent seasons include the title role in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah (Wichita Grand Opera & Wichita State University Opera Theater), Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff  (Maryland Lyric Opera), Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Omaha & Maryland Lyric Opera), and a return to Grand Théâtre de Genève as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen. 

As an avid interpreter of baroque music, her performances include the title role in Handel's Semele (Seattle Opera & Opera Omaha), Amore in Cavalli’s Il Giasone (Château de Versailles & Grand Théâtre de Genève), Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante (Opera Omaha One Festival), Proserpine in Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphee aux Enfers (Gotham Chamber Opera), La Messaggera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo (Pacific MusicWorks), Maria Maddalena in Handel’s La Resurrezione (William Christie and Juilliard415), and Polissena in Handel’s Radamisto (Juilliard 415).

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As a member of the Troupe des Jeunes Solistes at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, she performed a number of roles which include Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème, Mimì in the Scènes de la vie de Bohème (based on the work by Puccini), Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, and Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

She has also appeared in concert, with performances as Agnes Sorel in Tchaikovsky’s Orleanskaya Deva (Victoria Hall/Grand Théâtre de Genève), and as the soprano soloist in the St. Matthew Passion (Alice Tully Hall/Juilliard415).

Ms. Feminear is a recipient of the Novick Career Advancement Prize, the Makiko Narumi Memorial Prize, and the Hardesty and Beverley Peck Johnson Award.

She holds an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Master of Arts degree from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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