Her international operatic credits include Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri at La Scala in Milan, Azucena in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Regio di Torino, the title role of Carmen at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Maddalena in Rigoletto under Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Gluck’s Alceste under Bruno Bartoletti at the Teatro Regio di Parma, and First Maid in Elektra with Christoph von Dohnanyi at the Opéra National de Paris. A frequent interpreter of the role of Carmen, her performances include Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland of which the critics wrote “She acts and sings a wonderful Carmen”, along with Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart among others. Ms. McCormick is also a recipient of the Grammy award for Best Opera Recording (2012) for her participation in Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the Metropolitan Opera in Die Walküre in the role of Grimgerde for the premiere of the Robert LaPage production. Her most recent operatic engagements include performances as Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and Marcellina at the Metropolitan Opera,  Frugola in il Tabarro, The Monitor in Suor Angelica, and Zita in Gianni Schicchi (Il Trittico) at the Metropolitan Opera, Marcellina with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Enrichetta in I Puritani with the Metropolitan Opera, Erda in Das Rheingold with North Carolina Opera, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the North American premiere of Huang Ruo’s opera Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, sung in Mandarin, in the role of Ni Gui-Zhen for Santa Fe Opera, and Ricky Ian Gordon’s newly revised opera The Grapes of Wrath at Opera Theatre of St. Louis in the role of Grandma Joad. Recent orchestral engagements include Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder with the Glens Falls Symphony, performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Suor Angleica, at the Astoria Music Festival and the Portland SummerFest in Oregon singing the role of Azucena in Il Trovatore opposite Angela Meade as Leonora, as the alto soloist in Mahler’s 3rd  symphony with the Spokane Symphony, a concert of select Bach arias with the Charleston Symphony, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the NY Metamorphoses Orchestra, and Mahler’s Rückert lieder and selected lieder by Richard Strauss with the Charleston Symphony. 

With the Metropolitan Opera of New York, MaryAnn McCormick has performed roles in many operas over more than twenty five seasons and 140 performances on stage including Le Nozze di Figaro, Madama Butterfly, Il Trittico, Die Walküre, La Fanciulla Del West, Don Carlo, Ernani, Francesca Da Rimini, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Carmen, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Die Zauberflöte, L’Enfant et Les Sortileges and the world premiere in 1991 of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles (debut). In previous seasons Ms. McCormick made debuts with both Teatro la Fenice as Waltraute in Die Walküre conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as Priyamvada in Alfano’s Sakuntala. Other important highlights include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Seattle Opera; the role of Nefertiti in Phillip Glass’ Akhnaten with the Atlanta Opera, and performances of Das Lied Von der Erde with the Orchestra Verdi in Milan; a piece she has also performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia to standing ovations. She also created the roles of Grandma Josephine and Mrs. Teavee for the world premiere of Peter Ash’s The Golden Ticket based on the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” with Opera Theatre of St. Louis in 2010. Ms. McCormick’s extensive career includes performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Seviglia (debut); Opera Theatre of St. Louis in the North American premiere of Jonathon Dove’s Flight as the Minsk Woman, as Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; The Santa Fe Opera as Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte (debut); Opera Colorado as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel; Opera Ireland as Olga in Eugene Onegin; and Boston Lyric Opera as the title role in La Cenerentola and as Nicklause in the 1992 world premiere of the Michael Kaye version of Les Contes D’Hoffman. 

MaryAnn McCormick has toured Japan with Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a work she has also performed with Leonard Slatkin and the Cleveland Orchestra, Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and Edo De Waart and the Dutch Radio Philharmonic among others. Other concert highlights include Ariadne auf Naxos with Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra; John Corigliano’s Of Rage and Remembrance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Requiem, and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Montreal Symphony: Handel’s Messiah with the National Symphony, the Montreal Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Bruch’s Odysseus with the American Symphony Orchestra: Verdi’s Messa di Requiem with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and the Oratorio Society of  New York: El  Amor  Brujo  with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Robert Spano: Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at the Tanglewood Festival with Emanuel Ax and Robert Spano accompanying, conducted by Grant Llewellyn, and Act III of Die Walküre also at the Tanglewood festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Ms. McCormick’s notable performances include recitals in New York’s Morgan Library for the George London Foundation, Boston’s Jordan Hall with Robert Spano, The Châtelet in Paris, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and Philadelphia’s Academy of Music accompanied by Wolfgang Sawallisch. She has recorded with the Emerson String Quartet in the Grammy-nominated recording of Anton Webern’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 3, No. 3, on Deutsche-Grammophon; Orchestre National de France in the role of Tigrane in Puccini’s Edgar; The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur in Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien; and is featured singing in the Miramax film The Talented Mr. Ripley. 

Ms. McCormick’s numerous awards include; Grammy Award (2012); Best Opera Recording/ Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Metropolitan Opera/ James Levine), Richard Tucker Career Grant, George London Foundation Award, International Tchaikovsky Competition; Special award for best Tchaikovsky singing, Richard Gaddes Artist for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Pope Foundation Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; New England Region 1st Place Winner, William Matthews Sullivan Grant, Boston Opera Association Young Artist Career Grant, Opera Index Grant, and 1st Place Winner of the Jesse Kneisel Lieder Competition held at the Eastman School of Music. In 2015 Ms. McCormick was honored to join the voice faculty of New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she currently teaches. .