Tanya Hanano

Artist Profile/Biography:

Tanya Hanano, Mezzo-Soprano

Tanya Hanano is a senior at UNCW pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance. As a member of the Wilmington Opera Outreach Project (WOOP), Tanya has performed most recently as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and appeared as Auntie Malka in Meira Warshauer’s contemporary opera Elijah’s Violin. Tanya was the collegiate winner in the Richard R Deas Concerto Competition and performed “Parto ma tu ben mio” from Mozart’s opera La Clemenza di Tito with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra in January, 2019.

While in residence at UNCW, Tanya has appeared as an ensemble member of Opera Wilmington’s productions of: Puccini’s La Bohème, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s Cosí Fan Tutte, and Verdi’s Rigoletto. Additionally, she was an ensemble member of North Carolina’s Summer Opera production of Don Giovanni. She has also performed as a soloist with the UNCW Chamber Choir: Brahms’s Zigeunerlieder, Schubert’s Ständchen,” and Duruflé’s Requiem. In February, 2018, Tanya attended the “Laudate Dominum” sacred Music Conference in St. Polten, Austria under the baton of Erwin Ortner, and was featured as a soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Tanya also sings in the community with the Cape Fear Chorale under the direction of Jerry Cribbs and with the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir under the direction of Ronnie Wise.