Claire McCAhan

Mezzo-soprano Claire McCahan is highly regarded for her work in Baroque, recital, opera, and contemporary repertoire. Recently: Yvonne/Betty in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George with the Glimmerglass Festival, Arias Aloft with Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Opera Untapped, alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Messiah Choral Society Orlando, the American premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence at the Tanglewood Festival, Sibella in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with Opera Saratoga, and Orfeo in an adaptation of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Renegade Opera. Her 2026 engagements include Dido in Dido & Aeneas with Excelsior Vocal Ensemble and Rappahannock County with Opera Company of Middlebury. She is the winner of the 2025 American National Oratorio Competition, the 2025 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition and the 2025/26 Federation of Art Song Fellowship, she appears in recital at the Kaufmann Center and the Zimmerli Museum.