Biography 

American Mezzo-Soprano, Maria Caughey is a versatile artist who is gaining renown in theaters and concerts halls not only for her rich, telling voice, musical sensitivity and expression but for her fearlessness as a performer.    Ms. Caughey kicked off the 2024 season with the cover of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with San Diego Opera.  It followed a busy 2023 which included recitals, opera and opera outreach.  She was the Alto Soloist for Handel’s Messiah with the Mainly Mozart Orchestra, Haydn’s  Lord Nelson Mass with Escondido Choral Arts the Alto Soloist in Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saëns with San Diego Festival Chorus.  With San Diego Opera, she performed  the role of Sorella Cercatrice II in Suor Angelica, as well as performing on various recitals and outreach, including a duet recital at the Anthenaeum in La Jolla, CA.  

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A frequent performer with Annapolis Opera, she  appeared as Flora in their recent production of La Traviata.  Other roles that she has performed Annapolis Opera are Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Peep bo in The Mikado, The Mother in Hansel and Gretel and Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly.  Other companies that she has had the pleasure of performing with are Washington National Opera, The Washington Savoyards, The Metropolitan Opera.  Opera News  noted that she “fleshed out her role tellingly” in her debut with Washington National Opera as Kätchen in Werther. 

 

Also at home as a concert artist, her engagements include the Mezzo Soloist in Verdi Requiem with Maryland Symphony Orchestra. A highlight in the realm of Opera concert repertoire was performing the role of  Schwertleite in Die Walküre at the Meyerhoff Symphony hall with Christine Brewer and James Morris. Other noteworthy works performed included the Duruflé Requiem, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Neue Liebeslieder Walzer Brahms and Handel’s Messiah.