SHANNON MAGEE
MEZZO-SOPRANO | Click Here to see Shannon's repertoire

Shannon Magee, dramatic mezzo-soprano, has garnered rave reviews for operatic performances and concert appearances alike. Recently, Ms.Magee performed as a soloist in Alexander Nevsky with Ft Collins Symphony ,and Soloist in the Beethoven 9th Symphony with Colorado College Summer Festival. Ms. Magee performed as Alto Soloist in Mendelssohn’s Walpurgisnacht with Colorado Symphony. Shannon performed Amneris in Verdi’s Aida with Ft Collins Opera. She performed Dame Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff in Western France with Lyrique en Mer Festival. She also performed with Colorado Springs Philharmonic in Handel’s Messiah. Ms. Magee made her opera debut performing Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera with Piedmont Opera. She has also performed the comic Marquise de Birkenfeld in Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment for Opera Theatre of the Rockies and appeared as alto soloist in the Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s inaugural performances of the Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Maestro Lawrence Leighton Smith. Shannon has been guest artist for Midland, Texas’ Messiah performances for the past two seasons. She was the first place winner of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s 2003 auditions, has been a regional place winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and was a winner in the Vera Scammon International 2004 Auditions. Ms.Magee was selected from among thousands of applicants across the USA and abroad for Santa Fe Opera’s prestigious Apprentice Artist Program in 2004 and was honored to return to Santa Fe Opera for the 2005 season to cover Auntie in Britten’s Peter Grimes and to perform other solo and ensemble assignments. Ms. Magee has been featured as a Preview Artist for Central City Opera, and has portrayed such roles as Jezibaba in Rusalka, Principessa in Suor Angelica, Mother in The Tales of Hoffmann, Mother in The Consul, and Azucena in Act IV of Il Trovatore for the Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s February, 2004 performances in the Pikes Peak Center under the baton of Christopher Wilkins. She was also featured in the Beethoven 9th Symphony performances for the Fort Collins Symphony and for the Cheyenne Symphony. Her upcoming engagements include performances of the Theresienmesse by Haydn at Carnegie Hall on April 5th, 2009 and Azucena in Il Trovatore with Ft Collins Opera May ’09.

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Azucena in Il Trovatore with Ft Collins Opera May 2009