This season, Maya Lahyani returns to New Israeli Opera as Charlotte (Werther) and, as Grimgerde, joins the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Die Walküre under Philippe Jordan, to be broadcast globally via The Met’s Live in HD series.
A former Adler Fellow and Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition finalist, Maya Lahyani made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) under Philippe Auguin, and has since appeared there in a number of additional productions including Elektra, Rigoletto, The Death of Klinghoffer, La traviata, Manon, Cendrillon and Rusalka. As a young artist at both the San Francisco and Seattle Operas, Maya performed a diverse array of roles including in Così fan tutte, Ariadne auf Naxos, La fanciulla del West, Die Walküre and Franco Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac. A recent debut as Carmen was met with critical acclaim along with other new roles including Mère Marie (Les dialogues des Carmélites) and Varvara (Káťa Kabanová).
Last season, Lahyani joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, at the Hollywood Bowl as Contessa di Ceprano in performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto and, with performances of Bernstein’s Symphony No.1 Jeremiah with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she further broadened her concert repertoire that already includes Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ravel’s Shéhérezade, Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and Mahler’s Symphony No.2.
