ShannonKeegan

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  • Mezzo-Soprano

About Shannon

American mezzo-soprano Shannon Keegan is a graduate of University of Cincinnati (Bachelor’s degree) and Rice University (Masters). As a young artist, she has also participated in Kentucky Opera's Sandford Studio Artist Program, Houston Grand Opera's Young Artist Vocal Academy, Des Moines Metro Opera's Apprentice Artist Program and Renee Fleming’s Song Studio based in New York’s Carnegie Hall. More recently, Shannon took part in the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.

An extremely successful competitor, Shannon most recently received First Place and Critics Choice winner of the 22nd annual Concorso Lirico Ottavio Ziino in Rome.

Recent highlights include several role debuts whilst performing as a Studio Artist at Staatsoper Stuttgart. These include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Frau Pfeil in Der Schauspieldirektor, Der Sandmännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, Roßweise in Die Walküre, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni.

An exciting 2024-25 season will see Shannon compete in Placido Domingo’s famed Operalia competition in Mumbai. She will return to the role of Schwester in Lang’s Dora at Staatsoper Stuttgart before giving a recital at Antwerp’s Lied Fest. She will also make her house debut at Glyndbourne Festival as a Flowermaiden in Wagner’s Parsifal.

Shannon is based in Stuttgart, Germany

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Contact

For availability and general enquiries:

Fabiana Dalpiaz

Fabiana Dalpiaz

Associate Director

For contracts, logistics and press:

Kate Robson

Kate Robson

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt.

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Mumbai, India
Operalia competition 2024
Mar 2025
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Metropolitan Opera Competition participant
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Germany
Dora (role of Schwester/Sister) Elisabeth Stöppler (Director)
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
Glyndbourne, England
Parsifal (Flowermaiden)
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
Glyndbourne, England
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

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Selected Repertoire

Bernstein

Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah) *in preparation

Bizet

Carmen (Mercedes) *in preparation

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orfeo)

Handel

Giulio Cesare (Sesto) *in preparation

Humperdinck

Hänsel und Gretel *in preparation

J Strauss

Die Fledermaus (Orlofsky)

Mozart

Così fan tutte (Dorabella) *in preparation   •   Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame)   •   Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino)   •   Idomeneo (Idamante) *in preparation   •   La Clemenza di Tito (Annio, Sesto* in preparation)   •   

R Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier (Octavian) *in preparation

Ullmann

Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Trommler)

Wagner

Parsifal (Flower Maiden)

News

Press

  • Carnegie Hall Citywide: Recital

    St Pail and St Andrew United Methodist Church
    Jan 2025

    • Keegan makes this into a monodrama of Schoenbergian dimensions... Keegan and Wajnberg confirm a quasi-operatic take on Schwanengesang. There is daring within this...Keegan's delivery is most affecting; others make much of the line, but Keegan lets it speak for itself...‘Der Doppelgänger.’ A perfect sense of space, a perfect sense of rhythm from both musicians speaks volumes here. The song also highlights one of Keegan's core traits: her diction is superb, and yet always congruent with her phasing. There is no hint of over-emphasis, but the written text is for once superfluous. The nightmarish central stanza is chilling to the bone.