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Kiera Duffy (born 1979) is an American opera singer born in Philadelphia. Asoprano, Duffy is also an accomplished pianist. She has earned bachelor's and master's degrees fromWestminster Choir College.
When Duffy learned that Westminster Choir College's program in choral conducting was not available to undergraduates, she began to study vocal performance under professor Laura Brooks Rice, who became her mentor and continued as her voice coach after college. Duffy graduated in 2003 with aMaster of Music degree in voice performance and pedagogy.[1] She now studies with Edith Bers.[2]
Duffy has appeared with theNew York Philharmonic,Los Angeles Philharmonic,Toledo Opera,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,Pacific Symphony Orchestra,Mormon Tabernacle Choir,Utah Symphony, andOpera Theatre of St. Louis,Metropolitan Opera, among others.
She has sung at theTanglewood Music Festival as Despina inCosi fan tutte byMozart, and as Tebaldo inDon Carlo byVerdi, both with conductorJames Levine. She has also appeared at theSpoleto Festival USA, theWexford Opera Festival, and with theChicago Symphony Orchestra's 'Beyond the Score' production of Schoenberg'sPierrot lunaire.[3]
Contemporary works in which Duffy has appeared includeNeither byMorton Feldman at theWien Modern festival,The Ghosts of Versailles byJohn Corigliano, and the American premiere ofWhat Next? byElliott Carter.[4][5]
She has also recorded Strauss lieder with pianistRoger Vignoles.[6]
In September 2016 she premiered the role of Bess inMissy Mazzoli andRoyce Vavrek's operaBreaking the Waves. She received unanimous acclaim with Fred Plotkin of WQXR proclaiming her turn the "performance of the year."[7] In 2024, Duffy reprised the role with Detroit Opera.[8]
Duffy was previously the head of undergraduate voice studies at the University of Notre Dame,[9] and is now an Associate Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music.[10]
Duffy was a finalist in the 2007Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In 2008 she was the recipient of aSullivan Foundation grant. She has also received recognition from the Young Concert Artists International Competition and the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition.[4][5]
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