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From 1994 through 2002, she sang the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte in 84 performances. She retired the role in 2002. In 2006, she became only the third woman to sing both Pamina and the Queen of the Night for the Metropolitan Opera ([[Lucia Popp]] and [[Colette Boky]] preceded her).<br />
From 1994 through 2002, she sang the [[Queen of the Night]] in Die Zauberflöte in 84 performances. She retired the role in 2002. In 2006, she became only the third woman to sing both Pamina and the Queen of the Night for the Metropolitan Opera ([[Lucia Popp]] and [[Colette Boky]] preceded her).<br />





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Mary Dunleavy is an American soprano who has performed with major opera companies and orchestras around the world. She is a native of Old Saybrook, CT.

In the United States, she has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Portland Opera, Connecticut Opera, and others.

Outside the U.S., her operatic performances have been with De Nederlandse Opera (Amsterdam), Gran Teatro del Liceu (Barcelona), Opéra National de Paris, Teatro di San Carlo (Naples), Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Staatsoper unter den Linden (Berlin), Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra de Montreal, and others.

Orchestral appearances have been with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl under Leonard Slatkin, Cincinnati May Festival with James Conlon, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris under John Nelson, St. Louis Symphony under David Robertson and the late Hans Vonk, San Francisco Symphony under Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles, Philadelphia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Lanaudiere Festival under Jacques Lacombe, and others.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin. She has studied with Renata Scotto, Mignon Dunn, and Rita Shane.


Roles

Her roles include:

• Violetta — La traviata
• Gilda — Rigoletto
• Musetta — La Boheme
• Giulietta — I Capuleti e i Montecchi
• Adina — L'elisir d'amore
• Pamina — Die Zauberflöte
• Konstanze — Die Entführung aus dem Serail
• Countess Almaviva — Le nozze di Figaro
• Fiordiligi — Cosi fan tutte
• Thäis — Thäis
• Léïla — Les pêcheurs de perles
• Micaela — Carmen
• Hoffmann Heroines — Les Contes d'Hoffmann

From 1994 through 2002, she sang the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte in 84 performances. She retired the role in 2002. In 2006, she became only the third woman to sing both Pamina and the Queen of the Night for the Metropolitan Opera (Lucia Popp and Colette Boky preceded her).


Awards

• Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year, The Dallas Opera, 2006
• Outstanding Young Texas Exes Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006
• Cultural Award, American-Irish Historical Society, 2004
• Top 100 List, Irish America Magazine, 2003, 2005


Mary Dunleavy website