Biography
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “bright, luminous mezzo-soprano of vast power and potential,” Cynthia Hanna joins Hawaii Opera Theater as Maddalena in Rigoletto and sings Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Utrecht Jubilate as a guest artist the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Last season, she returned to Utah Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and sang her first performances of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Seattle Youth Symphony in the 2014-15 season. She also joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for the first time for the company’s new production of Iolanta and in the summer, was a Resident Artist at Santa Fe Opera, responsible for roles in Salome and Rigoletto. She recently made her international operatic debut as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at the Sav
Performance credits
Past performances 2007 — 2016
Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia of Lammermoor), Donizetti
The Dallas OperaAlisa (Alice)
View cast and crewAriadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos), Strauss
Washington National OperaDryade (Dryad)
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Biography
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “bright, luminous mezzo-soprano of vast power and potential,” Cynthia Hanna joins Hawaii Opera Theater as Maddalena in Rigoletto and sings Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Utrecht Jubilate as a guest artist the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Last season, she returned to Utah Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and sang her first performances of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Seattle Youth Symphony in the 2014-15 season. She also joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for the first time for the company’s new production of Iolanta and in the summer, was a Resident Artist at Santa Fe Opera, responsible for roles in Salome and Rigoletto. She recently made her international operatic debut as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at the Sav
