Mezzo-Soprano Mary Phillips is closely associated with the music of Wagner and Verdi. She has sung many roles in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with The Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Co., Scottish Opera, Seattle Opera, Hawaii Opera and Dallas Opera. Mary is a Grammy Award winner for her solo work in The Met Opera’s 2012 recording of The Ring Cycle. She’s sung Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde for Dallas Opera and Winnipeg Symphony.
As a Verdi mezzo, Mary has performed Eboli in Don Carlos for Vancouver Opera, Canadian Opera Co. and Sarasota Opera; Amneris in Aida with Utah Opera, Hawaii Opera, Birmingham Opera and Bob Jones University and Azucena in Il Trovatore with Seattle Opera, Arizona Opera, Austin Lyric Opera and BJU.
Mary has been a regular artist on the Metropolitan Opera roster since 2005.
Concert highlights include numerous performances of Handel’s Messiah with Atlanta Symphony, Teatro Massimo Bellini in Italy, Oratorio Society of NY at Carnegie Hall, The N.J. Symphony and Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon; Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with New York Philharmonic and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Atlanta Symphony (recorded for Telarc), Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic. Upcoming performances of Beethoven 9, with The Seattle Symphony, are scheduled for December 2021. She is working on a new opera, produced by the (new) New York City Opera, with a production scheduled for January 2022.
Ms. Phillips has a master’s degree from Yale University. She joined the distinguished voice faculty at Sarah Lawrence College in September 2019.
As a Verdi mezzo, Mary has performed Eboli in Don Carlos for Vancouver Opera, Canadian Opera Co. and Sarasota Opera; Amneris in Aida with Utah Opera, Hawaii Opera, Birmingham Opera and Bob Jones University and Azucena in Il Trovatore with Seattle Opera, Arizona Opera, Austin Lyric Opera and BJU.
Mary has been a regular artist on the Metropolitan Opera roster since 2005.
Concert highlights include numerous performances of Handel’s Messiah with Atlanta Symphony, Teatro Massimo Bellini in Italy, Oratorio Society of NY at Carnegie Hall, The N.J. Symphony and Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon; Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with New York Philharmonic and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Atlanta Symphony (recorded for Telarc), Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic. Upcoming performances of Beethoven 9, with The Seattle Symphony, are scheduled for December 2021. She is working on a new opera, produced by the (new) New York City Opera, with a production scheduled for January 2022.
Ms. Phillips has a master’s degree from Yale University. She joined the distinguished voice faculty at Sarah Lawrence College in September 2019.