Over the expanse of a prolific singing career, Trudy Craney has established herself as a stunning vocalist of bel canto, baroque and contemporary repertory in the fields of opera, oratorio, orchestral, and concert work. Having portrayed the high-wire-act heroines such as Madame Mao, the Queen of the Night, Lucia (di Lammermoor), Joan of Arc (Ain), Gilda, Konstanze, Fiordiligi, etc, as well as her continued concertizing, (Bach & Forth Chamber Ensemble, SPEKTRUM) she has meticulously honed her vocal technical craft, significantly informing her work as a voice teacher. Her vocal mentors have been Sebastian Engelberg, Clarice Carson, Myron McPherson, Dr. Anat Keidar, and Dr. Elizabeth Vrenios.

Trudy Craney’s most prominent performances have taken place at David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center), Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the Netherlands Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Teatre Boboigny (Paris), Houston Grand Opera, the Kennedy Center, the Doelen (Rotterdam), Carnegie’s Weil Hall, The Edinburgh Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Mai Musical Bordeaux, Syracuse Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Baltimore Handel Festival, the Netherland’s Opera, Symphony Space, Count Basie Theater, NOA’s Scorca Hall.

Trudy Craney’s non-operatic performances include Bach and Scarlatti cantatas, oratorios/orchestral works by Mozart, Fauré, Duruflé, Brahms, Rutter, Handel, Rossini, Haydn, as well as symphonies by Mahler, Beethoven, Barber, and Einhorn. She has premiered works by Noa Ain (Joan of Arc, Next Spring, La Vita Nova, Dream Trip), Dominique Lemâitre (Laps)) , Martin Hennessy (Circes Power) and Richard Einhorn (Joan of Arc) and performed under the baton of such noted conductors as Maurizio Bellini, Valery Gergiev, Edo de Waart, Gerard Akkerhuis and Kent Nagano. Her seminal portrayal of the historic figure, Madame Mao in John Adams’ NIXON IN CHINA, won her a Bessie Aware nomination and an Emmy Award (Nonesuch Records).

Trudy Craney holds degrees from the Mannes College of Music (BM voice/opera) and Hunter College (MM voice/opera). She studied acting at the Lee Strassberg Theater Institute, HB Studios and with Ellen Rievman. Trudy teaches privately in her voice studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and on Long Island’s East End.

January 2020

EMMY AWARD Great Performances (TV Series) Nixon in China | Trudy Craney as Madame Mao
GRAMMY AWARD The 1988 Grammy Award Winner, John Adams, describes this landmark as "part epic, part satire, part parody of political posturing, and part serious examination of historical, philosophical, and even gender issues." The Boston Globe called the Grammy-winning 1987 work "a milestone in American operatic history." This first recording, featuring the original cast, says Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed, "has an eloquence not since matched, with terrific packaging and Michael Steinberg's program notes, which really are a revelation."

THE BESSIES AWARD NOMINEE Nixon in China | Trudy Craney as Madame Mao