Mikaela Bennett is a celebrated singer and actress garnering praise for her artistic versatility on stage and in concert halls across the globe.

A recent recipient of the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the powerhouse soprano is a skilled cross-genre interpreter – equally at home collaborating with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall as she is performing West Side Story at the BBC Proms.

Additional career highlights include her New York City solo recital debut at Alice Tully Hall, premiering an original composition by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, her Lyric Opera of Kansas City debut for The Sound of Music (Maria), Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath (Rosasharn) with MasterVoices at Carnegie Hall and Handel’s Israel in Egypt with MasterVoices and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall.

Bennett began the 24/25 season with a debut at Festival Musica Strasbourg for Ted Hearne’s contemporary oratorio, The Source. Other season highlights included her debuts at The Baltimore Symphony as the soprano soloist in Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite alongside the Aaron Diehl Trio and the Orlando Philharmonic for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Additional engagements include a debut with Protoype Festival for In a Grove and returns to The Glimmerglass Festival for the world premiere of Derek Bermel and Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street (Esperanza) and the 92nd Street Y as a guest soloist for their concert, Hammerstein and His Sources.

Mikaela is a native of Ottawa, Canada and a graduate of The Juilliard School.

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