AnnaMaria’s award-winning contralto has been praised in the United States and Europe for the dark warmth of its color, which she is honored and excited to debut with the Wagner in Vermont festival!  Some of her favorite roles have included the First Norn at Lincoln Center, Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera West, and La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with various companies worldwide.  She is a student of Janice Pantazelos.

Beyond opera, her portrayal of Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music earned the American Prize in Musical Theater, and she has appeared as a solo recitalist in venues from the Kennedy Center to international broadcast television.  As a guitarist and vocalist, she tours nationally with the flamenco ensemble “El Duo Duende” and has over 15 successful albums to her credit, many as a soloist and one as a collaborator on a CD including John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, and Adam Levine. 

However, she places her music at the service of a mission.  A proud veteran, her groundbreaking intelligence work in Iraq and Afghanistan exposed human rights abuses which she continues to combat through efforts of the Catholic community to which she belongs.  All proceeds from her music benefit their work at www.RanchoSantaCatarina.org and www.sosvan.org, and she asks your prayers and support!