Shailagh Maher, soprano, is a classically trained vocalist with a passion for a variety of repertoire styles. She is pursuing her GPD in Vocal Studies under Professor Carol Mastrodomenico. She holds an MM in Vocal Studies from Longy School of Music and a BM in Vocal Performance from the University of Connecticut. Her previous voice teachers include David Small, Rod Nelman, and Marc Deaton.
Her previous operatic roles include La Fee in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Water in Portman’s The Little Prince, Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Maria Reborn in Piazzola’s Maria De Buenos Aires, and Miss Todd in Menotti’s The Old Maid and The Thief. Despite her more recent performance history being primarily operatic in nature, Shailagh began her professional work as a musician in musical theatre productions. Her previous musical theatre roles include Sam in Lowdermilk and Kerrigan’s The Mad Ones, Erin in Sondheim’s Sondheim on Sondheim, Florinda in Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Marta in Sondheim’s Company, and Peggy/Uzo in Schwartz’s Godspell.