Hailed by the New York Times for her “clear, pealing voice” (Scarlatti’s L’Arianna-The Arianna Project, Musica Nuova) and by Opera News for her “best all-around performance” (Ariodante – The Princeton Festival), soprano Marcy Richardson has appeared as a soloist in many of New York City’s premiere concert halls, including Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall under Nicholas McGegan with American Classical Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, and Avery Fischer Hall. Originally from Grosse Pointe, MI and a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Ms. Richardson’s operatic credits include Poppea in Handel’s Agrippina with Operamission, Diana and Giove as Diana (La Calisto) with Vertical Player Repertory, Dalinda (Ariodante) with the Princeton Festival, Monica (The Medium) with St. Petersburg Opera, Kurt Weill’s Berlin to Broadway with Opera Columbus, Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Mrs. Hayes (Susannah) with Orlando Opera, Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore) with Baltimore Opera, Emmaline (Purcell’s King Arthur) with the Bloomington Early Music Festival, Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) with Opera Vivente and residencies as a young artist with Central City Opera, Baltimore Opera, Orlando Opera, and Brevard Music Center. She has performed as a singer and aerialist with Company XIV in Brooklyn for the past three seasons in their productions of Nutcracker Rouge, Cinderella, Snow White, and Paris. She has seven years of training as an aerialist and pole acrobat, and is the 2014 Pole Sport Organization level 4 national champion. Please visit www.marcyrichardson.com.