Soprano Maria Stacey Maxfield (formerly Maria Lindsey) enjoys a versatile operatic career focusing on the performance of classical and new works.
Most recently, Maxfield premiered a leading role in American Opera Project's Letters You Will Not Get, a new opera focused on real letters of women from around the world who were impacted by World War I. In addition to her solo work, Maxfield has performed as an ensemble chorus member with The Metropolitan Opera since 2018, and was most recently seen in the Met's new production of Verdi's, Don Carlos in the spring of 2022.
Maxfield’s operatic highlights include Monica in The Medium with Opera Memphis, Zerlina in Opera Colorado’s production of Don Giovanni, Frasquita in Carmen with Opera Omaha, and Julie in Carousel with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. She has been a participant of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist program, a member of Opera Omaha’s Voices in Residence program, the Gerdine Young Artist program at Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the renowned art song festival at the Ravinia Music Festival.
In addition to performing, Maxfield is also passionate about teaching and collaboration within the vocal arts and will graduate with her doctorate of musical arts degree in May of 2023, with an emphasis in vocology and opera directing from the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music.
Resumé
Engagements, Work, Company, Date
Ensemble, Aida, The Metropolitan Opera, 24/25
Ensemble, La Bohème, The Metropolitan Opera, 24/25
Ensemble, Tosca, The Metropolitan Opera, 24/25
Ensemble, Trovatore, The Metropolitan Opera, 24/25
Ensemble, Tannhaüser, The Metropolitan Opera, 23/24
Ensemble, Nabucco, The Metropolitan Opera, 23/24
Ensemble, Orfeo, The Metropolitan Opera, 23/24
Ensemble, Turandot, The Metropolitan Opera, 23/24
Ensemble, Verdi Requiem, The Metropolitan Opera, 23/24
Ensemble, Idomeneo, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Ensemble, Peter Grimes, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Ensemble, Medea, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Ensemble, Don Carlo, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Ensemble, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Ensemble, Lohengrin, The Metropolitan Opera, 22/23
Woman 1, Letters That You Will Not Get, American Opera Project, 2022
Ensemble, Don Carlos, The Metropolitan Opera, 21/22
Ensemble, Boris Gudonov, The Metropolitan Opera, 21/22
Ensemble, Die Meistersinger, The Metropolitan Opera, 21/22
Ensemble, Verdi Requiem, The Metropolitan Opera, 21/22
Soprano Soloist, Morten Lauridsen and Songs, San Juan Theater, WA, 2021
Woman 1, Letters That You… Recording, American Opera Project, 2020
Ensemble, Orfeo ed Euridice, The Metropolitan Opera, 19/20
Soprano Soloist, Mahler 2, Tulsa Signature Symphony, 2019
Ensemble, Samson et Dalila, The Metropolitan Opera, 18/19
Ensemble, Mefistofele, The Metropolitan Opera, 18/19
Ensemble, Otello, The Metropolitan Opera, 18/19
Julie, Carousel, Union Avenue Opera, 2017
Soprano Soloist, Vivaldi Gloria, Ravinia’s Steans in Cuba, 2016
Monica, The Medium, Opera Memphis, 2014
Soprano Soloist, Steans Music Institute, Ravinia Music Festival, 2014
Frasquita (Micaela Cover), Carmen, Opera Omaha, 2013
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Opera Colorado, 2013
Contact Maria
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Currently: New York City, NY
Email: mariasmaxfield@gmail.com
