Maya Kherani

Indian-American soprano Maya Kherani has been lauded for her vibrant voice and exciting characterizations in repertoire from the Baroque to the modern.

Recent and future projects include GOVINDA in the world premiere Siddhartha Aspen Music Festival, Exsultate, jubilate and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Messiah Apollo’s Fire, New York Philharmonic and Boston Baroque, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Boston Baroque, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Handel’s \ Agrippina: condotta a morire American Bach Soloists, Handel’s Silete venti and Vivaldi’s Vengo a voi, luci adorate Portland Baroque, Muffat’s Missa in labore requies Philharmonia Baroque San Francisco, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 Vancouver Symphony, SOLOIST Fury and Heartbreak Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, and SOLOIST Queen of Hearts Concert Opera Lafayette.

Past engagements include AUTONOE in Sartorio’s Orfeo Opéra National de Montpellier, DRUSILLA/FORTUNA L’incoronazione di Poppea Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Versailles, PIPER in the world premiere Pay the Piper Glyndebourne, ZERLINA Don Giovanni Boston Baroque, BARBARINA Le nozze di Figaro Handel and Haydn Society, PARTENOPE (title role) Opera NEO, DESPINA Così fan tutte, LISETTE La rondine, BEATRICE Three Decembers, SUSANNA Le nozze di Figaro and BELINDA Dido and
Aeneas Opera San Jose, POLLY PEACHUM The Threepenny Opera West Edge Opera, Reena Esmail’s Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz Berkeley Symphony, Messiah Boston Baroque and Portland Baroque Orchestra, and Handel’s Belshazzar, Messiah and Bach’s Mass in A major American Bach Soloists.

Other past engagements include ALTISIDORE in Boismortier’s Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse Central City Opera, MEERA in the world première of Jack Perla’s River of Light Houston Grand Opera, and BRITOMARTE in Martín y Soler’s L’arbore di Diana (The Chastity Tree) West Edge Opera.

Maya graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Boston University Opera Institute