Rachele Schmiege
2019-2020 engagements
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Rachele has joined the Metropolitan Opera Chorus Roster and will be in 16 productions this season, including:
La bohème
Akhnaten
Manon
Queen of Spaces
MacBeth
Der Fliegende Holländer
Simon Boccanegra
Damnation of Faust
Manon Lescaut
Magic Flute
Orfeo
Tosca
Turandot
Marriage of Figaro
Maria Stuarda
Káťa Kabanová
Met HD Productions in bold/italicized. Full calendar can be found: here
Stay tuned for additional 2019-2020 updates! More soon!!!
Notable Past Events
2019
Othello with The Metropolitan Opera
La Belle Helene with Odyssey Opera
The Handmaid's Tale with Boston Lyric Opera
Elijah with Cambridge Community Chorus
2018
Cavalleria Rusticana with The Metropolitan Opera
Rusalka in Rusalka with Resonance Works Pittsburgh (role debut)
Nedda in I Pagliacci with Opera Theater Connecticut (company and role debut)
Soprano soloist in the Poulenc Gloria with Chorus North Shore
2017
The Verdi Requiem with The Metropolitan Opera (company debut)
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Salt Marsh Opera
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne and Mahler Symphony No. 4 with Midcoast Symphony
Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest with Odyssey Opera (company and role debut)
Soprano soloist in Elijah with Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (role debut)
2016
Soprano soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams' Hodie with Chorus of Westerly
Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress with Pacific Opera Project (company and role debut)
Cendrillon in Massenet's Cinderella with Resonance Works Pittsburgh (company and role debut)
Soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with Midcoast Symphony
2015
Soprano II in Hydrogen Jukebox with Nashville Opera (role debut)
Soprano Soloist with Symphony by the Sea
First Lady in Die Zauberflote with Salt March Opera (role debut)
Soprano soloist in the Mozart C Minor Mass with Newburyport Choral Society
Elle in La Voix Humaine with Opera on the James (role debut)
2014 and beyond
Violetta in La traviata with Hubbard Hall Opera (role and company debut)
Soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem and Exultate Jubilate with Chatham Chorale
Mařenka (cover) in The Bartered Bride with Boston Midsummer Opera
Soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra
Soprano soloist in Verdi Requiem with Cape Cod Symphony
Amy in Little Women with Opera on the James (role debut)
Soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah with Boise Philharmonic
Frasquita in Carmen with Nashville Opera
Beth in Little Women with Boston Opera Collaborative (role debut)