Anna McMahon

Praised for her “expressive and nuanced” vocal and theatrical performances, Anna McMahon (soprano) gives voice to emotional truth through song. A Colorado native, Anna portrayed Musetta in La Bohème this fall with the Eklund Opera at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she appeared last year as Violetta in La Traviata.  This summer Anna joined Opera North to sing Despina (Così fan tutte).  Other roles include Cendrillon at Opera in the Ozarks, Giulia (La Scala di Seta) and Adele (Die Fledermaus) at Michigan State University, Rose Maurrant (Street Scene) at the Brevard Music Festival, Abigail Williams (The Crucible), Despina (Così fan tutte), and Despina at the University of Houston. She is a 2021 winner of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition and an Encouragement Award winner from the 2020 Colorado/Wyoming District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.  She studies with Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson and Julie Simson.