Samantha Hankey

American mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey received her bachelor’s degree and Master of Music from The Juilliard School and is a recipient of multiple prizes and grants, from the Glyndebourne Cup to Operalia (both 2018). She held a Fest contract at the Bayerische Staatsoper from 2019–2021 and has performed at Den Norske Opera, The Dallas Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Wigmore Hall and Lincoln Center. 2023/24 Season highlights include debuts as Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen) for Semperoper Dresden and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) and Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) for Lyric Opera of Kansas City; she also appears as a soloist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) and to Zurich Opera for Dorabella (Così fan tutte). Recent engagements include debuts with Santa Fe Opera as Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande) and Lyric Opera of Chicago as Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), her Carnegie Hall recital debut and Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) for the Metropolitan Opera. This is her Royal Opera debut.