Draft:Shauna McCarthy



American Opera Singer

Shauna McCarthy (Zitron) is an American opera singer known for her dramatic coloratura soprano voice. She has performed at major venues, including five appearances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, where she portrayed Vitellia[1][2] in La clemenza di Tito, Donna Anna[3] in Don Giovanni, Manon[4] in Manon (with the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra), Lakmé[5] in Lakmé, and Hanna Glawari[6] in Die lustige Witwe. At age 16, she also appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood under Michael Tilson Thomas for the televised Leonard Bernstein Gala Birthday Performance, celebrating Bernstein’s 70th birthday, performing Kaddish 2 from Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3, Kaddish.[7]

She is a recipient of the Distinguished Musician Award from the IBLA Grand Prize – Bellini International Vocal Competition.[8]

McCarthy graduated from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, where she performed with Eastman Opera Theatre.[9] She later studied with Anna Moffo, a celebrated figure in 20th-century opera.

  1. ^ "La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Vengo… aspettate… Sesto!…" Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "About: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Vengo... aspettate... Sesto!..." data.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  3. ^ "Don Giovanni, K. 527: Non ti fidar, o misera" Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  4. ^ "Manon: Act IV: Ce bruit de l'or (1884)" Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  5. ^ "Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais" Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  6. ^ "Die lustige Witwe: Vilja-Lied" Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  7. ^ Rockwell, John; Times, Special To the New York (1988-08-26). "Birthday Party for a 70-Year-Old Prodigy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  8. ^ "Ibla Grand Prize Laureates". www.ibla.org. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  9. ^ "A Romeo and Juliet collage". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2025-04-07.

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