Biography
Award-winning soprano Victoria McGrath has been praised for her “clear, fluid soprano” (Classical Voice North America) and performances that convey both emotional depth and vocal control (Schmopera, OperaWire). A versatile performer, Victoria makes her home in opera, concert & recital, and new works.
Ms. McGrath’s 2026 season is off to an exciting start, with her being named a District Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition’s Tennessee District. She advances to the Southeast Regionals in February. Later this spring, McGrath will make her role debut as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, under the baton of Maestro Jason Tramm. In July, McGrath heads to Chautauqua, where she will make another role debut as Lia in Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue with the Chautauqua Institution.
Most recently, Ms. McGrath originated the role of Maria in the world premiere of Dan Asia’s The Tin Angel with Teatro Grattacielo. Critics unanimously praised her performances that demonstrated vocal beauty and emotional vulnerability. Earlier in 2025, Victoria made her house debut as an apprentice artist with Sarasota Opera, where she covered Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro under the baton of Maestro Louis Lohraseb, in addition to performing excerpts from Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, and operatic rarities by Bellini and Verdi (La straniera and Aroldo).
Ms. McGrath’s 2024 season included “The Life of Spring: A Recital of French Art Songs” with L’Opéra Comique de Washington, her role debut as Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Teatro Grattacielo’s Young Artist Series, a summer concert series with the Light Opera of New Jersey, and the soprano soloist in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Garden State Opera.
In addition to her operatic engagements, Victoria is a frequent recitalist and an advocate for new works. As a recitalist, she has collaborated with Baltimore Musicales, sung programs of Ukrainian music with Aquilon Music Festival in Oregon, curated recitals for Maryland’s Easton Art Academy and the Columbus Citizens Foundation in NYC, and performed French selections with the French Choir of Washington DC, under the direction of Maestro Simon Charette. On the frontier of new and modern works, McGrath’s credits include Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, and Justine F. Chen’s The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing. In 2019, Victoria commissioned and premiered a new setting of Ave Maria by the critically acclaimed organist and composer, Daniel Ficarri. Their original recording subsequently aired on Christ Cathedral’s radio program, “Music From the Tower.”
Ms. McGrath is a graduate of the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, where she earned an MM in Opera Performance. She completed her undergraduate studies with a full tuition scholarship at Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Queens College’s Aaron Copland School of Music. She graduated magna cum laude with a BM in Voice Performance and a BA in History. She has studied Italian at Università per Stranieri di Perugia and German at Freie Universität Berlin, NYU’s Deutsches Haus, and Musikthater Bavaria.
Updated 1/2026