AMERICAN MEZZO-SOPRANO
Lauded for her “elegance and youthful tone” (Financial Times) and “a complete dramatic presence with a voice as lustrous as it is molten” (Opera Magazine), mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey announces her 2024-2025 season, featuring a full slate of operatic roles, concert performances and recitals.
Highlights of Hankey’s 2024/2025 season include her highly anticipated debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival in Mozart's Idomeneo and with New National Theater Tokyo in the title role of Carmen. Following critically acclaimed performances as Octavian in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera production of Der Rosenkavalier, Hankey reprises the role at the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she also performs this season as Donna Elvira in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as part of the 2025 Munich Opera Festival. In concert, Hankey is featured in a recital with two-time GRAMMY® nominee and pianist Myra Huang at The Kennedy Center, presented by Vocal Arts DC in a program of Schumann’s Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love).
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March 7, 2025
Fred Plotkin on Fridays: Samantha Hankey
Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist, and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. He is the author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101 and leads opera symposia for New York Times Journeys. In this episode, Fred speaks with mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey.
February 7, 2025
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In this episode of the OperaBiz podcast, Daniel Welch and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey discuss the complexities of balancing a demanding opera career with personal wellbeing.
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They explore the evolution of their careers, the challenges of learning multiple roles, the importance of language in performance, and the dynamics of live theater. The conversation also delves into mental health, the necessity of taking breaks, and the joys and challenges of traveling as an artist. In this engaging conversation, Daniel and Samantha share insights on travel essentials, self-care, and the nuances of being an opera singer. They discuss the importance of trusting one's instincts in performance, and memorable moments in her opera career.
March 15, 2024
OPERAVERSUM: INTERVIEW EDITION
Operaversum's Nicole Hack sits down with Samantha Hankey to talk pants roles, exploring relationships, and evolving with opera in their Spring 2024 issue.
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"I like to approach all of my roles in the same way, so it really doesn't matter if it's a female or a male character. With that being said, I tend to feel really empowered by pants roles because they defy the stereotypes so often assigned to female characters in art and life."
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