Known for her interpretation of Handel heroines, soprano MADELINE APPLE HEALEY has been lauded for her “gorgeous singing” (Washington Post) and “fetching combination of vocal radiance and dramatic awareness” (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Specializing primarily in early and contemporary repertoire, Madeline is passionate about polyphony and loves working on music that challenges the construct of beautiful sound.

Recent engagements include appearances at Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, Aldeburgh Festival/Snape Proms, the Kennedy Center, LA Opera, premieres at National Sawdust, Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, Ad Astra Festival, and PROTOTYPE Festival, as well as collaborations with Alkemie, Academy of Sacred Drama, Apollo’s Fire, Bach Akademie Charlotte, Bang on a Can All-Stars, ChamberQUEER, Clarion Music Society, Makaris, The New Consort, Pegasus Early Music, Res Facta, TENET, and Variant 6.

Operatic credits include Eurydice (L’Orfeo), Hébé (Les Indes galantes), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Soprano 1 (Book of Mountains and Seas), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). She is a member of the GRAMMY-Nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, co-founder of the virtuosic vocal chamber ensemble AMPERSAND, and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician.

Madeline holds degrees in voice from Westminster Choir College and Baldwin Wallace University. Beyond performing, Madeline is an outdoorswoman and environmental advocate. Originally from Ohio, she now resides in New York where she can often be found cooking, climbing, eating french fries, and spending time with her husband Teddy and their dog Bodhi.