Mezzo-Soprano KAITLYN TIERNEY enjoys working on a variety of repertoire. Recent appearances:  Minerva in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse with Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble in New York; Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Boheme Opera NJ; Woman 7 in Orth's 10 Days in a Madhouse with Opera Philadelphia; Germaine in Sciver's Girondines with both Wilmington Concert Opera and Mission Opera (Santa Clarita, CA); as well as Miss Shingle in Lutvak's A Gentleman's Guide and The Enchanted Tree in Assad's The Selfish Giant with Opera Saratoga.  Additional performance credits include Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Jo in Little Women, Ursule in Béatrice et Bénédict, Charlotte in Werther, and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible.  Ms. Tierney has also performed with Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Delaware, Spoleto Festival, Asheville Lyric Opera, Sewanee Music Festival, and the Savoy Opera Company.

 

Tierney has won awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and Opera Libera.  She received the Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music, the Master of Music degree from the University of Delaware, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Temple University.

​