SAMANTHA HANKEY
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
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Detroit Opera (Fox)
May 11 -19, 2024
DETROIT OPERA
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
FOX
May 11, 17, & 19
2024
Detroit Opera House
Detroit, Michigan
Human and animal worlds collide in Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, an enchanting, cinematic modern fable about a clever vixen who tries to outwit her captors. Music Director Roberto Kalb conducts, and Artistic Director Yuval Sharon directs his production from The Cleveland Orchestra, which uses playful projections to transform singers into forest creatures, with hand-crafted animations that evoke the fable’s comic- strip origins. “We are inviting the audience into a deeper reflection of how we interact with nature, think about nature, these forces—animals, trees, the seasons, our relation to the ever-shifting natural world,” says Sharon. This will be the first Detroit performance of one of Leoš Janáček’s great works; the score features some of the most beautiful music ever written.
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Semperoper Dresden (Cherubino)
May - June 2024
SEMPEROPER DRESDEN
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
CHERUBINO
May 25
June 1
2024
Dresden, Germany
The wedding of the servant couple Figaro and Susanna is imminent, and everything could be so beautiful - if it weren't for the love-lusting Count Almaviva, who has been pursuing Susanna for a long time, and the vengeful Doctor Bartolo and his housekeeper Marcellina, who all want to prevent a wedding. After numerous intrigues, Figaro and Susanna, with the help of the Countess and thanks to a sophisticated revenge plan, finally manage to beat Almaviva with his own art of seduction and in the end bring all the legitimate couples (again) together. Johannes Erath's production features mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as Cherubino.
Cosi faN tutte
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Royal Opera House (Dorabella)
June - July 2024
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Cosi fan tutte
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DORABELLA
June 26 & 29
July 2, 4, 7, & 10
2024
London, United Kingdom
Mozart’s classic opera puts love under the microscope with comic and disturbing results. Since Mozart's comedy first scandalized audiences in 1790, Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting. ‘All women do it,’ alleges the master manipulator Don Alfonso. Make up your own mind and revel in the wit and glamour of Jan Philipp Gloger's production, which returns to the Royal Opera House, conducted by Alexander Soddy and featuring a stellar cast. Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey reprises the role of Dorabella in her Royal Opera House debut.
IDOMENEo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Idamante)
August 2024
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
IDOMENEO
IDAMANTE
August 9 & 11
2024
Ravinia Festival
Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra delves into the operatic repertoire as Mozart's Idomeneo is conducted by the Los Angeles Opera (and former Ravinia) Music Director James Conlon. The work, set in Crete in 1200 BCE and telling the story of the Trojan War, stars Samantha Hankey, Matthew Polenzani, Andrea Carroll, and Alexandria Shiner.
BEETHOVEN'S NINTH
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Los Angeles Philharmonic (Alto Soloist)
September 2024
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
BEETHOVEN'S NINTH
ALTO SOLOIST
September 10
2024
The Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has long been considered a testament to freedom, peace, and solidarity. Adopted by the European Union as its official anthem, the climactic “Ode to Joy” honors music as a universal language and highlights values shared around the world. Samantha Hankey joins the LA Philharmonic and LA Master Chorale as the mezzo-soprano soloist at the Hollywood Bowl in this performance, led by Gustavo Dudamel.
CARMEN
New National Theatre, Tokyo (Carmen)
February - March 2025
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO
CARMEN
CARMEN
February 26
March 1, 4, 6, & 8
2025
Tokyo, Japan
This production of Carmen, created by Àlex Ollé for the NNTT in 2021, is packed with Ollé's distinctive sense of the spectacular and innovative interpretations sure to impress the audience. This is the love story of Carmen -- woman who lives her life freely with modern intelligence, bravery and defiance, and José -- a possessive and jealous man who cannot accept rejection. Rising star Samantha Hankey will play the attention-drawing title role of Carmen, with a beautiful voice that combines strength and softness as well as striking dramatic expression.
DER ROSENKAVALIER
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Bayerische Staatsoper (Octavian)
March 2025
BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER
DER ROSENKAVALIER
OCTAVIAN
March 23, 26, & 29
2025
Munich, Germany
Samantha Hankey will appear as Octavian in Strauss' comic opera. Stage director Barrie Kosky's Rosenkavalier also pays tribute to less well-received sources of the work, adding surprising facets to the beloved characters of Sophie, Octavian, Ochs and Marschallin.
DON GIOVANNI
Bayerische Staatsoper (Donna Elvira)
June - July 2025
BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER
DON GIOVANNI
DONNA ELVIRA
June 27 & 30
July 4, 6, & 8
2025
Munich, Germany
Don Giovanni plays out in a field of tension between heaven and hell, as opposites collide in this dramma giocoso, set among amorous desires and the fall of angels. Ms. Hankey performs the role of Donna Elvira in this production.