Biography

Martha Anderson made her NY operatic debut last season with the New York City Metro Chamber Orchestra when she sang the role of “Mother” in the North American premier of All Quiet on the Western Front.  Her portrayal was praised by The New York Times as expressive and by the work’s composer as rich and dark.  Anderson appeared previously with the New York City Metro Chamber Orchestra in 2013 when she sang alongside Metropolitan Opera star John Horton Murray in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.  Last season Anderson received multiple rave reviews for her portrayal of the cruel princess in Suor Angelica. The EDGEboston: “A true dramatic mezzo.  Her clarion voice has an even quality from the top to the very bottom and her voice is superb.”  Anderson has also performed with the prestigious North Carolina Symphony (“Maude” in Music Man), and Bel Cantanti Opera in Washington, DC (“Marcellina” in Le Nozze di Figaro).  She has additionally performed the roles of “Mother” (Menotti’s The Consul), “Suzuki” (Madama Butterfly), “Duchess” (The Gondoliers), “Little Buttercup” (HMS Pinafore), “Julie” (The  Most Happy Fella) and “Nettie” (Carousel).  She has received numerous accolades, most notably by The Salzburg News, heralding her portrayal of “Maddalena” in Rigoletto as that of  a “future opera star.”  Anderson has been heard in concert works as well including the Verdi Requiem, the Mozart Requiem, the Mozart Vespers, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, the Rutter Requiem, the Vivaldi Gloria and Saint Matthew’s Passion. Ms. Anderson is a winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore Book Award and is a magna cum laude graduate of NYU.  She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in music and has studied with Louise Toppin and John VanCura.