Young mezzo-soprano Deanna Ray Eberhart is a highly versatile musician from Kansas City, Missouri with a “warm and indulgent presence” onstage (KC Studio) and “considerable élan” (S. Fairbank).

In the summer of 2025, Deanna made her debut as Rossweisse in the company premiere of Wagner’s Die Walküre at The Santa Fe Opera, where she was a first-year apprentice singer. While at Santa Fe, Deanna also covered the role of Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto and appeared in the chorus of La bohème.

Prior to her work with Santa Fe, Deanna appeared with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette and Flosshilde in Journey to Valhalla, a compendium of Wagner’s Ring Cycle compiled by conductor Michael Christie.

In 2024, Deanna graduated with a double MM degree in Voice Performance and Church Music (Choral Conducting) from the University of Kansas. During her vocal study there, she worked with legendary mezzo-soprano Joyce Castle. There, she performed as Little Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore and as La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica before being hired as an Apprentice Artist with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, where she performed in the choruses of Carmen, La traviata, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, and The Sound of Music. Deanna also appears as a chorister on the GRAMMY® nominated recording of The Shining by Mark Campbell and Paul Moravec, performed and recorded by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City in 2023 before its release on Pentatone in 2024.

Deanna is also a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa school of music, where she attained a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Under the tutelage of technician Dr. Jean McDonald and coach Dr. Korey Barrett, Deanna performed the role of Arsamene in Handel’s Serse, as well as scenes from La Cenerentola (Angelina), Béatrice et Bénédict (Béatrice), La Clemenza di Tito (Sesto), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Meg Page).