BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Minneapolis, lyric coloratura soprano Tina O’Malley has been recognized for her “wonderful presence onstage” and “gorgeous vocal color.” Most recently, Tina performed the role of Young Pauline Viardot in Michael Ching's new opera Notes on Viardot with Music on Site, Inc. in Wichita, KS. This summer, she sang the roles of Clorinda (La Cenerentola) and Tzeitel (Fiddler on the Roof) with Bay View Music Festival. She was also seen as Adele (Die Fledermaus) and First Sprite (Cendrillon) with Peabody Institute, Armida (Rinaldo) with Chicago Summer Opera, and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) with FIO Italia. During her time at Peabody Institute, Tina also performed multiple opera and musical theater scenes, including Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Carrie Pipperidge (Carousel), and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte).
Enjoying the challenge and expressive possibilities of new music, Tina worked with composer Andrew Faulkenberry in spring 2023 to workshop and premiere the role of Petra in scenes from his new opera, The Chisel. In Spring 2024, Tina was also a featured performer in "The New River," a dedication concert to the 150th birthday of Schoenberg and Ives and their musical legacies, performing pieces by the featured composers, Luigi Nono and Kaija Saariaho at Baltimore's An Die Musik Live.
Last spring, Tina won first place in the Sylvia Green Competition with her performance of Darius Milhaud's Quatre Chansons de Ronsard at Peabody Conservatory. As part of the prize, she performed the work with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Joseph Young in October 2024. Tina was one of five finalists in the 2023 Bruce P. Carlson Competition where she sang for esteemed soprano Dawn Upshaw. She also won the Thelma Hunter Award from the Schubert Club in St. Paul, MN in 2022, was a winner of the University of St. Thomas’s Festival Orchestra Competition every year from 2019 to 2021 and was the winner of the Minnesota College & University Council for Music Award in 2020. In December 2019, Tina performed the solo in J. Aaron McDermid’s Earth from the larger choral work “From Light to Light” at Minneapolis’s Orchestra Hall, which was broadcast across the country on PBS.
Ms. O'Malley recently earned her MM in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She also graduated summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas in May 2021 with a BA in Music and Digital Media. Currently based in Baltimore, Tina studies under acclaimed soprano Elizabeth Futral and proudly serves as Company Manager at Opera Baltimore. Tina will be joining Opera Neo as a Studio Artist for Summer 2025, covering the role of Armida in Joseph Haydn's rarely performed work, Armida, and will sing in the chorus of L'elisir d'amore.
