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 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.
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