Hannah Shanefield
B i o g r a p h y
Soprano Hannah Shanefield earns enthusiastic acclaim on and off the stage for her work as a performer, producer, and stage director. She serves as Executive Director of Boston Summer Opera and Artistic Director of NEMPAC’s Opera on the Prado.
Her operatic roles include Gilda (Rigoletto), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Suzel (L'amico Fritz), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Diana (La Calisto), the titular role in The Cunning Little Vixen, Madame Herz (The Impresario), La Grande Prêtresse/Une Bérgère (Hippolyte et Aricie), Jenny (Rorem's Three Sisters Who Aren't Sisters), the Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), and Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia).
Equally as enthusiastic about concert works, Hannah has performed the soprano solos in Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem, F. Couperin's Trois Leçons de Ténèbres, J.S. Bach’s BWV 150 and BWV 196, Mozart's Requiem, Dubois's Seven Last Words of Christ, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Hannah is also an up-and-coming director. Recent projects include MassOpera's Alcina, Boston Summer Opera's The Pirates of Penzance, The Opera Company's immersive Die Fledermaus, Boston Summer Opera's Don Giovanni, and West End Lyric's double bill of Il Giuoco del Quadriglio by Antonio Caldara and J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata, BWV 211.
A diverse repertory enthusiast, Hannah is passionate about championing new music and the works of underrepresented composers. She has collaborated on concerts with White Snake Projects, Boston Festival Orchestra, Horizon Ensemble, Analog by Choice, Boston Music Project, and Milton Community Concerts.
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A native of suburban Philadelphia, Hannah holds her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a minor in Music History from the Hartt School.