In recent seasons, Hankey made debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival in Mozart's Idomeneo, at New National Theatre Tokyo in the title role of Carmen, at London's Royal Opera House as Dorabella in Così fan tutte; at Detroit Opera as the Fox in Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen; and in a role debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. She returned to Opernhaus Zürich for Così fan tutte; performed as a featured soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and appeared in recital at Antwerp LiedFest. She also sang Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera, made her role and house debuts as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande in Netia Jones’ production at Santa Fe Opera, performed as Federico García Lorca in Golijov’s Ainadamar at Scottish Opera, and made her house debut as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
On the concert stage, she has performed at the Bard Festival, Carnegie Hall, the title role in Handel’s Agrippina in concert with Il Pomo d’Oro in Finland, in solo recital at Wigmore Hall, New York City at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hankey co-developed the lead roles in David Herzberg’s The Rose Elf and The Wake World, both of which received considerable praise, premieres, and CD recordings. She has also premiered new works with Opera Philadelphia and The Metropolitan Opera.
Hankey’s career includes numerous awards in national and international competitions. In 2018, she won both first prize and the media prize at the inaugural Glyndebourne Cup, multiple prizes at the Operalia Competition, and grants from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. She was a 2017 grand finals winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council, took first prize in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, and received a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship in the foundation’s final year.
Hankey is a graduate of Juilliard, where she received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. A native of Massachusetts, she embraced her passion for music from an early age and pursued pre-college vocal training at the Longy School of Music and the New England Conservatory.
