Maya Kherani

Indian-American soprano Maya Kherani has been lauded for her vibrant voice and exciting characterizations in repertoire from the Baroque to the modern. Current and upcoming projects include a debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Château de Versailles as Drusilla/Fortuna in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Leonardo García Alarcón; Autonoe in Sartorio’s Orfeo with Philippe Jaroussky with Opéra national de Montpellier; Muffat’s Missa in labore requies with Richard Egarr and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Vancouver Symphony and Otto Tausk; Nitocris in Handel’s Belshazzar, Messiah and Bach’s Mass in A major with Jeffrey Thomas and American Bach Soloists; a world premiere project as Piper in Pay the Piper at Glyndebourne with Johann Stuckenbruck and Psappha; Messiah with Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman) and Portland Baroque Orchestra (Gabriel Crouch), Reena Esmail’s Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) with Berkeley Symphony; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at Opera San Jose, and Proserpina/Euridice in L’Orfeo with Pacific MusicWorks and Stephen Stubbs, to be recorded for commercial release.

Recent engagements include her European debut with the Fondazione Giorgio Cini – Seminari di Musica Antica singing the modern-world première of French Baroque works from the Caribbean. She then returned to sing in a follow-up program, directed by Mr. Memelsdorff and Vivica Genaux. Additionally, she sang the title role of Partenope Opera NEO, Beatrice in Three Decembers Opera San Jose, Polly Peachum The Threepenny Opera West Edge Opera, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia Cinnabar Theater, Laura Kaminsky’s Today It Rains Opera Parallèle and Musetta in La Bohème West Bay Opera.