PENELOPE SHUMATE
Musetta / La Bohème

In her performance career, Penelope Shumate has been described as having a “voice with power” and a “welcome fire” on stage. At Carnegie Hall, she performed as the Soprano Soloist in the Messiah, Carmina Burana, St. Nicolai Mass and Coronation Mass. She has also performed the title role of Naughty Marietta at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center.

She has sung with Baltimore Opera, Opera Roanoke, Lake George Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Ash Lawn Opera, Opera on the James, Duluth Festival Opera, Berkshire Choral Festival, Jacksonville Lyric Opera, ConcertOpera Philadelphia, Center City Opera Theater, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Little Orchestra Society of New York City, MidAmerica Productions, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Luzerne Music Festival, and the Kennett Symphony Orchestra.

Her many roles include Violetta in La Traviata, Musetta in La Bohème, Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte, Galatea in Acis and Galatea, Micaela in Carmen, Gilda in Rigoletto and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Hanna in The Merry Widow.

She has received awards in the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Annapolis Opera, MacAllister Awards, New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Octave Artist Management Excellence in Arts, Marie E. Crump Vocal Arts, James Parkinson Opera and the Kennett Symphony vocal competitions.