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SUMMER 2008



Marie-Adele McArthur's role debut as Aida (new production) will occur on July 11, 17, 19, 25, 31 and August 7 & 9 with the Utah Festival Opera.

SPRING 2008


Marie-Adele McArthur to perform at the Washington National Cathedral as the featured artist for the ANZAC Day Memorial.

WINTER 2008


Marie-Adele McArthur returns to the opera stage as Fiordiligi (COSÌ FAN TUTTE) with Sarasota Opera.


SUMMER 2007


Marie-Adele McArthur is listed with New Zealand Edge's Global Headlines for July 24, featuring New Zealanders in the week's survey of global media including the BBC, New York Times, LA Times, etc.


SPRING 2007



Marie-Adele McArthur is a featured singer on Opera America's website, singing in her acclaimed performance as Lina in Verdi's STIFFELIO.






Enjoy performance footage of Marie-Adele McArthur on YouTube.com.


WINTER 2007


Marie-Adele welcomes the birth of her second child.

Visit Marie-Adele McArthur on MySpace.com.


SUMMER 2006


Marie-Adele McArthur to perform VERDI REQUIEM at the New Hampshire Music Festival August 10 & 11.


SPRING 2006


Marie-Adele McArthur returns to Sarasota Opera for their Spring Gala Concert, where she will be singing Verdi, Puccini, and Mascagni with the Sarasota Opera Chorus and Symphony.


WINTER 2006


Marie-Adele McArthur receives a glowing review for her performance in the VERDI REQUIEM with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.

The Post-Standard writes:
"Soprano Marie-Adele McArthur possesses a striking voice - unified in its pleasing color, capable of tremendous range, strong enough to easily soar over the combined sonic mass of the orchestra and chorus, and used with acute intelligence. Her blend with the other soloists was admirable, and her sense of the dramatic in her solos was unerring."


DECEMBER 2005


Marie-Adele McArthur is the guest artist at the Fifth Annual Sarasota Opera Ball.


AUGUST 2005


Don Giovanni reviewed in Australia's OPERA~OPERA Magazine

Singers' improved skills on show in Don Giovanni
"One of the delights of this production was the opportunity it afforded to judge the development of certain singers.


JUNE 2005


NBR New Zealand Opera debut as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni

Marie-Adele McArthur is the cover story profile for NEW ZEALAND OPERA NEWS: New Zealand singer returns from New York to sing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
"My first job was a sort-of custodian on Temple Square - where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang. Frederica von Stade came to sing with the choir and since my boss knew I was a singer I was made Frederica’s personal assistant during her visit. She pulled me into her room and started talking about singing, and what I should be doing - I should audition with Lofti Mansouri (General Director at San Francisco Opera), get into the Merola Programme there . . ."

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"Marie-Adele McArthur continues a line of New Zealand Puccini sopranos including Frances Alda and Kiri Te Kanawa.
Philadelphia City Paper