ShannonKeegan

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Mezzo-Soprano
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Kate Robson

Kate Robson

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt.

About Shannon

American mezzo-soprano Shannon Keegan is a graduate of University of Cincinnati (Bachelor’s degree) and Rice University (Masters). As a young artist, she has also participated in Kentucky Opera's Sandford Studio Artist Program, Houston Grand Opera's Young Artist Vocal Academy, Des Moines Metro Opera's Apprentice Artist Program and Renee Fleming’s Song Studio based in New York’s Carnegie Hall. More recently, Shannon took part in the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.

An extremely successful competitor, Shannon most recently received First Place and Critics Choice winner of the 22nd annual Concorso Lirico Ottavio Ziino in Rome.

Recent highlights include several role debuts whilst performing as a Studio Artist at Staatsoper Stuttgart. These include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Frau Pfeil in Der Schauspieldirektor, Der Sandmännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, Roßweise in Die Walküre, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni.

An exciting 2024-25 season will see Shannon compete in Placido Domingo’s famed Operalia competition in Mumbai. She will return to the role of Schwester in Lang’s Dora at Staatsoper Stuttgart before giving a recital at Antwerp’s Lied Fest. She will also make her house debut at Glyndbourne Festival as a Flowermaiden in Wagner’s Parsifal.

Shannon is based in Stuttgart, Germany

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Representation

Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt.

Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Mumbai, India
Operalia competition 2024
Mar 2025
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Metropolitan Opera Competition participant
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Germany
Dora (role of Schwester/Sister) Elisabeth Stöppler (Director)

Selected Repertoire

Bernstein Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah) *in preparation
BizetCarmen (Mercedes) *in preparation
GluckOrfeo ed Euridice (Orfeo)
HandelGiulio Cesare (Sesto) *in preparation
HumperdinckHänsel und Gretel *in preparation
J StraussDie Fledermaus (Orlofsky)
MozartCosì fan tutte (Dorabella) *in preparation   •   Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame)   •   Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino)   •   Idomeneo (Idamante) *in preparation   •   La Clemenza di Tito (Annio, Sesto* in preparation)   •   
R StraussDer Rosenkavalier (Octavian) *in preparation
UllmannDer Kaiser von Atlantis (Trommler)
WagnerParsifal (Flower Maiden)