Michaela Wright

Michaela Wright has recently received her Master of Music in Opera Performance and Literature from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studied privately with Jerold Siena. SInce her graduation last Spring, she has signed on as a company artist with Moon River Opera, started studying privately with Michelle DeYoung, and has created ample online content.

Her recent credits include The Fox in Janácek’s Cunning Little Vixen (The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,) Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice (The Armory Free Theatre,) Bianca in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia (The Krannert Center,) and Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music (The Krannert Center.) Recently, Wright has also been seen in La Boheme (directed by Nathan Gunn and Sarah Wigley,) Take Flight (a 29 hour reading of the new musical directed by Broadway lyricist, Richard Maltby,) and in a workshop presentation of the new opera, Sensorium Ex (Composed by Paola Prestini and produced by The Beth Morrison Project.) In addition, she is slated to perform as Flora (La Traviata) and Madame de la Grand Bouche (Beauty and the Beast) at The Bayview Festival in Michigan this summer.

Wright holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Jacksonville University where she studied privately with Dr. Jay Ivey, portrayed roles such as Ginger in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rebecca in Weird Romance, and sang the role of the Mezzo-Soprano soloist in The Mozart Requiem.