Boston-based soprano Hannah Shanefield earns enthusiastic acclaim on and off the stage for her work as a performer, producer, and stage director.

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In 2025, Hannah looks forward to making her MassOpera debut, directing their mainstage production of Händel's Alcina. Additionally, she sings in concerts with White Snake Projects, Horizon Ensemble, Analog by Choice, Boston Music Project, and Milton Community Concerts. In the summer, she returns to the role of Gilda in a concert performance of Rigoletto with Boston Summer Opera, then stage directs their August production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Her operatic roles include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Suzel (L'amico Fritz), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Diana (La Calisto), Gilda (Rigoletto), the titular role in The Cunning Little Vixen, Madame Herz (The Impresario), La Grande Prêtresse/Une Bérgère (Hippolyte et Aricie), Jenny (Rorem's Three Sisters Who Aren't Sisters), the Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), and Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia).

Equally as enthusiastic about concert works, Hannah has performed the soprano solos in Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem, F. Couperin's Trois Leçons de Ténèbres, J.S. Bach’s BWV 150 and BWV 196, Mozart's Requiem, Dubois's Seven Last Words of Christ, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.​

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Hannah is also an up-and-coming stage director. Recent projects include The Opera Company's immersive Die Fledermaus, Boston Summer Opera's Don Giovanni, and West End Lyric's double bill of Il Giuoco del Quadriglio by Antonio Caldara and J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata, BWV 211.

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A diverse repertory enthusiast, Hannah is passionate about championing new music and the works of underrepresented composers. She has produced and performed in numerous chamber concerts featuring modern works by female and queer composers.

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A native of suburban Philadelphia, Hannah holds her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a minor in Music History from the Hartt School.