Marcy Richardson

Described by Theater Mania as a performer who is "worth the price of admission alone" (Nutcracker Rouge), and by Opera News as giving the "best all-around performance" (Handel's Ariodante - The Princeton Festival), soprano Marcy Richardson has brought the art of marrying aerial arts, pole dancing, and burlesque with live classical singing to opera and entertainment companies worldwide. She appears as Star in the movie 'Hustlers.' She has also filmed featured burlesque and pole dancing work on the series 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and 'Betty.' On the NYC nightlife scene, she has performed with Company XIV, Duane Park, the Bartschland Follies with Susanne Bartsch at the Mckittrick Hotel and Sony Hall, Speakeasy Times Square at Bond 45, the People's Ball at the Brooklyn Public Library, the Great Gatsby Party at Capitale with Astarte Creative, and The Rose Room at the Triad Theater. Equally at home on the operatic and concert stage, she has performed as a soloist in many of New York's most acclaimed concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She took home the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Female Performance in an opera for her acrobatic aerial and vocal portrayal of Amour in Gluck's Orphée with Against the Grain Theater, a co-production with Opera Columbus. Originally from Grosse Pointe, MI, Marcy Richardson earned her BM and MM in opera performance from the Indiana University Jacobs school of music.