The Philadelphia-born, New York-based mezzo-soprano was featured on the cover of Opera News with the great Dolora Zajick. This season, Ms. Swann will be returning to the esteemed roster of The Metropolitan Opera for their production of Akhnaten, returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s Blue, and performs as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Hunter College Choir. Additionally, Ms. Swann will be performing as Mayme in Intimate Apparel, a new opera directed by Bartlett Sher and written by Lynn Nottage with music by Ricky Ian Gordon. With the Metropolitan Opera, she has appeared in the productions of Die Walküre, Nico Muly’s new opera Marnie, Il Tabarro and Francesca da Rimini. She also appeared in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s productions of Rigoletto, Die Walküre, and as the Third Maid in Elektra. Other recent engagements include her return to Grimgerde in Dallas Symphony’s concert production of Die Walküre under the baton of Maestro Jaap van Zweden, the role of Grandma in the world premiere of Douglas Tappin’s I Dream with Toledo Opera and Opera Carolina and Irina in Lost in the Stars with Union Avenue Opera. She also performed in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with the Ensemble for the Romantic Century in New York. She performed Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with New York City Opera, Maddalena in Atlanta Opera’s Rigoletto, and Amneris in Bucharest National Opera’s production of Aïda.