Biography:
Michaela Wright is a Mezzo-Soprano and voice teacher based in Orlando, Florida. Her singing career has taken her around the world, most recently, to Prague, where she performed in the Divadlo na Vinohradech with Opernfest Prague.
She recently made her role debut with Opera Orlando in Baseball: A Musical Love Letter , made her Orlando Fringe debut as Mina in The Bloody Hatchet (Nathan Felix Opera Productions)and was seen as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Opera del Sol at The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, as Igor Stravinsky in the world premiere of Nathan Felix’s ‘No.5’ at Timucua Arts, and as the Alto Soloist for “The Messiah” with Orlando Choral Society. She was also recently seen as Sarah in Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” and Lori Laitman’s “Three Feathers” with Opera Steamboat.
In recent years, has sung the roles of Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice (The Armory Free Theatre,) The Fox in Janácek’s Cunning Little Vixen (The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,) Bianca in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia (The Krannert Center,) and performed as the Mezzo Soprano soloist for The Mozart Requiem in Terry Concert Hall. She has also sung in La Boheme (directed by Nathan Gunn and Sarah Wigley,) Pirates of Penzance (Sinfonia da Camara,) Take Flight (a 29-hour reading of the new musical directed by Broadway lyricist, Richard Maltby,) and in a workshop presentation of the new opera, Sensorium Ex (Composed by Paola Prestini and produced by The Beth Morrison Project.)
Over the past few years, Michaela has been involved with numerous New Music festivals including The ARC Project, All Score Urbana’s Community of Song, New Music Mosaic, and New England Conservatory's Virtual Composition Seminar Concert. She has premiered several works including “Internal Monologs” by Jacksonville-based composer, Bob Moore, “I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed” by Brooks Clarke, “Appalachian Lament” by Caleb Wiggins, “Kingdom by the Sea” by Tiffany Adams, “Float” by Serena Ryan, and “Assertion” by Pepijn Streng.
In addition to her work in classical music, Michaela has much experience performing musical theater. She has most recently been seen as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rebecca in Weird Romance, and Ginger in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Michaela is an experienced and gifted educator as well. She works as a Teaching Artist for A NoteWorthy Music Studio, Central Florida Vocal Arts, and maintains a private studio. During her studies in Illinois, she held a graduate teaching assistantship teaching private voice through the Unit One Music Program.
Michaela holds Master of Music in Opera Performance and Literature from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studied privately with Jerold Siena. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and a Minor in Education from Jacksonville University where she studied privately with Dr. Jay Ivey. She currently studies privately with world-renowned Mezzo-Soprano, Michelle DeYoung.
