Renee Macdonald, soprano

Emergent soprano Renee Macdonald’s upcoming performance engagements include the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Seagle Music Festival on July 18th and 20th, 2024, and the roles of The Witch and Mother in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Montana in May of 2025.

Macdonald’s vocal prowess has earned her recognition in multiple competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition (winner, Tulsa district, 2018) and the Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s Naftzger Competition (2017), among others. Past roles include Dying Juana in Crozier’s With Blood, With Ink, Puccini’s eponymous Suor Angelica, Silvia in Mascagni’s Il Zanetto, Handel’s eponymous Alcina, Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito), Berlioz’s eponymous Béatrice et Bénédict, Emilie (Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes), and Margaret (The Light in the Piazza).

Hailing from Kalamazoo, MI, Macdonald completed both her Masters and Certificate of Opera Performance at Wichita State University and holds a Bachelors of Voice Performance from Western Michigan University.  She also studied at the Bel Canto Institute of San Miguel, the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, and Canta in Italia, a training program based in Lucca, Italy.

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