“always a piquant presence”

Christopher Corwin

Parterre Box

“Especially fine”

James R. Oestreich

The New York Times

“baroque style and expressive panache”

David Shengold

Opera News

“silvery-toned”

Charles T. Downey

Washington Classical Review

Noelle McMurtry, soprano, has established herself as a versatile and expressive vocal performer, researcher, concert curator, and writer, who employs her interdisciplinary background in service of contemporary and inclusive storytelling. She engages with genre-bending music-theater projects that explore diverse and underrepresented feminist perspectives to question and re-contextualize the canon.

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In Search of Luise Adolpha Le Beau (Part II): An Estate in Ashes

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Research | 0 Comments

Design: Elizabeth Van Os of Cavatina Creative With the generous support of the Presser Foundation's Presser Graduate Award, I...

In Search of Luise Adolpha Le Beau (Part I): My Mother in the Library

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Research | 0 Comments

Design: Elizabeth Van Os of Cavatina Creative With the generous support of the Presser Foundation's Presser Graduate Award, I traveled to Germany from late March until...

The Woman Within the Portrait: Ria & Mizzi

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Lacy Rose's cycles Ria (2018) and Hope I (2017) Lacy Rose's Ria and Hope I were performed as part of Portraits: The Self Illuminated. For more...

A Song for Turbulent Times: Melissa Dunphy’s “Farewell, Angelina”

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Poet,Season Highlights | 0 Comments

Reflections on Melissa Dunphy's Farewell Angelina (2019) Farewell, Angelina was included on the recital-film project, I take the long way there. For more information...

Suffragist Series: Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Research,Season Highlights | 0 Comments

Suffragist Series highlights the fascinating suffrage activists that I researched as dramaturg for A Women's Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza! (AWSSE!), a new...

Behind the Scenes with A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza!

by | Feb 28, 2022 | News,Season Highlights | 0 Comments

Go behind the scenes with co-creators November Christine, Caroline Miller, and myself as we discuss our upcoming staged readings of A Women's Suffrage Splendiferous...

Interview: IN Series’ Women Composers Festival

by | Feb 28, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

Watch my interview with Director of Engagement and Individual Giving, Cara Schaefer, to discuss the programming ethos behind IN Series' Women Composers Festival! For...

Singing with Myself: Pandemic Virtual Performance & Melissa Dunphy’s June

by | Feb 26, 2022 | Poet,Research | 0 Comments

Reflections on Melissa Dunphy's June (2012) June was presented as part of the recital-film project, I take the long way there. For more information about this program,...

“one heart and one soul”: The Songs of Clara and Robert Schumann

by | Feb 25, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Zwölf Gedichte aus F. Rückerts Liebesfrühling von Robert und Clara Schumann (1841) German Romantics: Clara was featured on the film-recital project, I...

«… und, wo ist Fanny?»

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 (1846) Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 was programmed on The little ghost for The Cantanti...