ERIN WAGNER

In the 26/27 season Erin joins the Britten Pears Festival Academy, returns to The Metropolitan Opera for their production of Medea as Second Lady, makes her debut with Orchestra of St. Luke’s in an all Mozart program, joins Des Moines Symphony as the soloist in Mahler’s Third Symphony, performs as a soloist in Mahler’s Second Symphony with Bangor Symphony, joins Rockport Music Festival as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and performs recitals throughout the United States.

Formerly Erin performed and studied as a Mezzo-soprano and in the 25/26 season, she made her role debut as Hansel in Houston Grand Opera’s “Family Day” production of Hansel & Gretel, debuted with Ars Lyrica Houston singing Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos and David Ashley White’s The Peace of Wild Things, returned to Brooklyn Art Song Society in a performance of Messiaen’s Harawi, joined Anchorage Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, performed as a soloist in Mozart and Gregory Spears’ Requiem Reimagined with New York Choral Society, and performed recitals throughout the United States.

She joined Wolf Trap Opera as a 2024 Filene Artist to sing the role of Dorabella in Così fan tutte and returned in 2025 to perform the roles of Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites and Mércèdes in Carmen. The 24/25 season marked debuts at The Metropolitan Opera in Die Frau ohne Schatten (Unborn Voice 3, Servant 2 cover), with Louisville Orchestra as Der Trommler in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, with Maryland Symphony in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, with Brooklyn Art Song Society premiering David Ludwig’s arrangements of Mélodies by Guillaume de Machaut, and with Brazos Valley Symphony in Bruckner’s Te Deum.

Erin is a recent alumna of The Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio where she performed in the company’s productions of The Wreckers (Jack), Salome (Page), Madama Butterfly (Kate Pinkerton), Parsifal (Blumenmädchen), The Sound of Music (Sister Margaretta), and Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina, Cherubino cover).

Erin is a winner of The Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder Competition, Opera Index Competition, The George & Nora London Foundation Competition, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Schwabacher Recital Debut Competition, and The Naumburg Foundation Vocal Competition as well as a recipient of The Richard F. Gold Career Grant from The Shoshana Foundation.

Seeking to perform music which represents modern and diverse perspectives, she has been heard in recital at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, San Francisco Opera, The Morgan Library, The Kaufmann Center, and with The New York Festival of Song.

Erin is an alumna of the Renée Fleming Artist Fellowship at Aspen Music Festival where she performed the role of Idamante in Idomeneo. She is also an alumna of the Merola Opera Program.

Erin is a graduate of The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music.