BIOGRAPHY

Mackenzie Rogers is an opera and musical theatre singer based in New York City.

 

An Oklahoma native, Mackenzie has performed in the United States, Austria, and Italy to date. In 2024, she made her role and company debut as Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense with The Fireside Theatre. New York City credits include appearing in the world premiere of Mambo Italiano at Westchester Broadway Theatre and performing as Clara in the two-man show, One Summer Morning. In 2018, she appeared in Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre's production of The Secret Garden as the confidante maid, Martha, and as the iconic Lucy van Pelt in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

 

During her time with the festival, Mackenzie appeared as a featured singer in the centennial celebration Tribute to Leonard Bernstein. Other soloist performances include with the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra in Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Cantilena, and in multiple sacred works, including Vivaldi's Gloria, Purcell's Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Mozart's Missa Brevis in D major, and Bach's Jesu, meine Freude.

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Mackenzie has participated in the premieres of multiple new works, including originating the role of the Kitchenmaid in American composer Chris Burton's 2014 opera The Nightingale, and commissioning a cabaret-influenced song cycle from the same composer the following year, entitled Love Songs, as a wedding gift to her husband.

 

In 2017, Mackenzie participated  in a workshop of the new opera Tango of the White Gardenia, commissioned by Cascadia Concert Opera, in the role of the villainess, JoJo. She also joined the ensembles of  Portland Opera's production of La Bohème and Broadway Rose Theatre's rendition of the popular musical The Addams Family, the latter of which received the Drammy Award for Best Ensemble and the PAMTA Awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Revival.

 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mackenzie transitioned from operatic mezzo-soprano to operatic soprano. She holds her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, during which she received the Award for Excellence in Music from the College of Fine Arts and Design, and her Master of Music from the University of Kansas. Mackenzie is a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. When not singing, she can be found teaching fitness classes, modeling for painters and sculptors, or enjoying a fine whiskey. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two cats.