Shannon Lally is a 23-year-old mezzo-soprano from Haddonfield, New Jersey. She is currently pursuing a M.M. in Voice Performance at Indiana University under the guidance of Peter Volpe and Allan Armstrong. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in 2021 with a B.M. in Voice Performance and a minor in Piano Pedagogy. Recent credits include Little Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore (Indiana University Opera Theatre), Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Westminster Opera Theatre), Olga in Eugene Onegin (cover, Russian Opera Workshop), and Armelinde in Viardot’s Cendrillon (Princeton Opera Company). She has sung scenes as La Périchole (La Périchole), Lisetta (Il mondo della luna), Mistress Quickly (Falstaff), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), the Nurse (Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), and Madame Flora (The Medium). She has been a young artist at the CoOPERAtive Program in Princeton, New Jersey, the Russian Opera Workshop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Mikael Eliasen Voice Program, also in Philadelphia. She is certified in single sword and unarmed stage combat with the Society of American Fight Directors. Awards include The Music of Germany and Austria (Second Prize), The Music of Mediterranean Europe (Second Prize), and The Music of Northern Europe (Third Prize), all in 2017 from the Great Composers International Competition. In 2021, she placed first in her division at the New Jersey NATS Festival of Singing competition. Website: shannonlally.com