Maggie Finnegan

Soprano Maggie Finnegan has been hailed by Opera News for her “clear, poised and defiant soprano” and the Washington Post for her “silvery, pitch-perfect voice." Recent career highlights include Maggie's European Operatic debut in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges with the Belgian National Orchestra, her Dutch debut in Louis Andriessien's Odysseus' Women / Anais Nin, the world premiere of PermaDeath: A Video Game Opera, the title role in the West Coast premiere of Lembit Beecher's Sophia's Forest with Opera Parallèle, the performance and GRAMMY nominated recording of Malcolm X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Opera Project, her solo debut with Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia in the film of Ana Sokolović’s Svadba, the world premiere of Experiments in Opera's film Everything For Dawn and a duo recital with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe. This Spring she will make her company debut with Brooklyn Art Song Society and Queen of the Night debut with Mass Opera.

Maggie made her international concert debut at the PyeongChang Winter Music Festival in South Korea. Recent concert appearances include performances with with Beth Morrison Projects, Handel and Haydn Society, the Connecticut Early Music Festival, the Capital Fringe Festival Chamber Series, and Boston Baroque. She is a core member of the critically acclaimed chamber ensemble The Broken Consort and a member of Queens Voice Lab, an empowered group of singing artists advocating for artists' rights and more humane, equitable practice in the vocal arts at large.

Awards include First Place in the Washington International Vocal Competition, the S&R Foundation Award and second place in the American Prize for Women in Opera. She currently splits her time between New York City and Boston, where she shares a home with her partner, her three step-kids and three pet snakes.