American soprano Heather O'Connor has been described as having a luminous voice, and brilliant stage presence. She has sung extensively in oratorio and opera, and has performed through out New England with various opera companies. Performed in such concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, The Palace Theater, Tanglewood, and Jordan Hall. Recent performances have included; Soprano soloist for The Priests, Bound for Broadway Soloist, Mozart’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Don Giovanni, Maria De Buenos Aires, Handel's Messiah, Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Porgy and Bess, La Belle Dame sans Merci, and Magic Flute.
Heather O’Connor has shared the stage with performers such as John Williams, Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Susan Graham, and Anne Sofie Von Otter.
Ms. O’Connor has performed all over New England in, Boston, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Her recent opera credits include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Maria in Maria De Buenos Aires, and Frasquita with the Connecticut Lyric opera, Lay Sister in the New York Lyric Opera Theater’s Suor Angelica, La Belle in La Belle Dame san Merci for the Hartford Opera Theater, Concert soloist for the Simsbury Light Opera Company, and Empress Matilda for the Troupers Light Opera Company. Ms. O’Connor was a featured soloist for the Bound for Broadway Showcase in New York City, and has been the soprano soloist for multiple Handel’s Messiahs, Vivaldi’s Beatus vir with the Nashua Symphony Orchestra, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Vaughn Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem. Special guest artist for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, J.D. Productions, Mort and Ray Productions in New York City, and concert soloist for the Torrington Symphony Orchestra, and Keene State Band. Heather has also performed Verdi’s Requiem with the Monadnock Chorus where she was the rehearsal soloist.
Ms. O’Connor has had the pleasure of working with conductors such as Charles Dutoit, John Williams, Kurt Masur, Bramwell Tovey, Keith Lockhart, Matthew Lobaugh, John Greer, Carroll Lehman, John Oliver, and Don Baldini.
In 2011 Ms. O’Connor completed her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Massachusetts. She holds a Bachelors degree from Keene State College, where she studied with Dr. Carroll Lehman. Her major voice teachers include Mark St. Laurent, Carroll Lehman, and Tay Cope. Currently she studies with Matthew Lobaugh in New York City. Ms. O’Connor has also studied under John Moriarty, Cameron Stowe, John Greer, Tim Steele, Greg Smucker, Michael Strauss, Damien Francoeur- Krzyzek, and Daniel Wyneken.
Ms. O’Connor is the cantor at Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford CT.
Ms. O’Connor owns her own voice studio, and also teaches at multiple different Schools throughout Connecticut. If interested in voice lessons, Master classes, or workshops, feel free to contact Ms. O’Connor for availability, and pricing.
