Biography
After singing her first Brünnhilde in Die Walküre with Virginia Opera, Ms. Hogan returned to the Metropolitan Opera last spring to sing Gerhilde in the new Robert LePage production of Die Walküre conducted by James Levine. She will return this spring to the Met as Gerhilde, as well as singing a role debut as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser in Schwerin, Germany, additional performances of Lady Macbeth von Mzensk in Kassel, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier in Bremen. Recent Met appearances include the acclaimed Patrice Chereau staging of Janáček’s From the House of the Dead conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, as well as Gerhilde in the historic Otto Schenk Die Walküre conducted by Lorin Maazel and Donald Runnicles.
In the 2010/11 season Ms. Hogan sang her first Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier in Bremen and her first Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer in Schwerin. Previous seasons included new productions of Norma, Nabucco and Salome in Bremen, Tosca in Weimar and Puerto Rico, and Turandot in both Kiel and Bremen. Recent concert performances include Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915″ and the “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde with the Syracuse Symphony and the “Verdi Requiem” with the Fairfield Chorale and Orchestra. Next season Ms. Hogan will repeat performances as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, make a role debut as Leonora in Fidelio, and with Virginia Opera, will sing Blanche in Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
A popular portrayer of Strauss’ Salome, Ms. Hogan has sung the role with The Polish National Opera, Florentine Opera, Opera Company of North Carolina, Lyric Opera of Kansas City among others, as well as performing the role on tour throughout Japan.
In the U.S., Ms. Hogan has worked with companies such as Washington Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Palm Beach Opera among others. On the concert stage, she has sung with the Dallas Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Trenton Symphony, Maine Pro Musica, Romanian Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de Costa Rica and Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice.
A native of Iowa, Ms. Hogan was a winner of the American Opera Auditions and a New York winner of the MacAllister Awards. As a winner of the Liederkranz competition she sang a debut concert in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She and her husband make their home in Lower Manhattan.