Marjorie Owens

Ms. Owens’ engagements have seen her perform leading dramatic roles internationally, her current and future engagements include Isolde Tristan und Isolde (Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova); the title roles Elektra (Dallas Opera) and Turandot (Washington Opera); and Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana (Canadian Opera Company; Theater Erfurt).

Previous highlights include the title role Ariadne auf Naxos (Semperoper Dresden; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Boston Lyric Opera; Fort Worth Opera); Senta Der Fliegende Holländer (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Canadian Opera Company; Semperoper Dresden; Vancouver Opera; Pittsburgh Opera; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra); title role Turandot (Canadian Opera Company); title role Aida (The Metropolitan Opera; Opera Hong Kong); title role Strauss’s Daphne, Dorotka in Weinberger’s Svanda; Elisabeth Tannhäuser, Elsa von Brabant Lohengrin, Foreign Princess Rusalka, Donna Anna Don Giovanni, Amelia Un ballo in Maschera, Elisabetta Don Carlo, Leonora Il trovatore and Amelia Grimaldi Simon Boccanegra (Semperoper Dresden); title role Norma (Greek National Opera; English National Opera; Utah Opera); title role in Beethoven’s Leonore and Freihild Guntram (Washington Concert Opera); Dorotka in Weinberger’s Svanda and Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder (Teatro Massimo di Palermo) and Gerhilde Die Walküre(Opéra National de Paris) with conductors including Fabio Luisi, Philippe Jordan, Nicola Luisotti, Emmanuel Villaume, James Conlon, Constantin Trinks, Marco Armiliato, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Omer Meir Wellber, Mikhail Agrest, Paolo Arrivabeni and Tomas Netopil.

Ms. Owens is an alumnus of Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Programme, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Centre.