Mikaela Bennett is a celebrated singer and actress who is garnering praise for her artistic versatility on stage and in concert halls across the globe and is a recent recipient of the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists. Equally at home collaborating with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall to West Side Story at the BBC Proms, Mikaela is a skilled cross-genre interpreter. Additional career highlights include her New York City solo recital debut at Alice Tully Hall, premiering an original composition by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Fransisco Symphony, and Handel’s Israel in Egypt with MasterVoices and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall.

She begins the 23/24 season with a debut at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City in The Sound of Music (Maria) followed by debuts with Opera Saratoga for Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown) conducted by Andy Einhorn, The Toronto Symphony for Broadway Blockbuster with Ramin Karimloo conducted by Steven Reineke, and a return to Carnegie Hall for Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath (Rosasharn) and MasterVoices.

Mikaela is a native of Ottawa, Canada and a graduate of The Juilliard School. Keep Reading…