“The adult Sophia, an excellent Maggie Finnegan’s crystalline voice and faraway look captured this poignant moment. Here and throughout, her soprano piping into the soaring reaches of the cathedral’s vaulted space conveyed Sophia’s fragility and tensile strength.
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Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo
““At the center of the splendid cast was soprano Maggie Finnegan, whose performance as the grown-up Sophia was a marvel of crystalline tone, melodic precision and poker-faced expressiveness.””
“The adult Sophia, an excellent Maggie Finnegan’s crystalline voice and faraway look captured this poignant moment. Here and throughout, her soprano piping into the soaring reaches of the cathedral’s vaulted space conveyed Sophia’s fragility and tensile strength. ”
Grace Cathedral
As Sophia
Sophia’s Forest with Opera Parallele runs Thursday February 24-26th at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
Maggie Finnegan rehearsing as the title role in Sophia’s Forest
Director Brian Staufenbiel and Maestro Nicole Paiement work with the artists of Sophia’s Forest.
Thanks to Opera Wire for announcing the West Coast premiere of Lembit Beecher’s opera Sophia’s Forest! I’m so excited to be playing the role of Sophia in this opera with Opera Parallele. This is one of my all-time favorite companies, and I am very proud to be a part of this production. You can purchase tickets now HERE
I’m in NYC right now shooting with Experiments in Opera for the world premiere of Everything For Dawn. I play Anya, an ambitious art curator, whose dedication to her career errs on the side of cutthroat. Filming has been a new and exciting process and I am so proud of the whole team! Stay tuned for info on its release in 2022!
We just finished filming U-Hauling: A Micro Opera and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of this awesome piece! Stay tuned for info on the January 2022 virtual premiere. A collaboration between Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, composer Marc Hoffeditz and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp, this opera tells the story of two women who meet on a dating app and decide their first date will be their Las Vegas wedding. This piece is hilarious, heartfelt and clever. Also there is a gender-fluid Elvis… what more need be said?!
You can help support queer artists making queer art by donating to this project through Fractured Atlas!
