Madison King, Soprano

OPERA: SEMELE

Role: Semele

Recent MIOpera Appearance: Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (2024)

Soprano Madison King graduated from Pittsburg State University with a Masters in Vocal Performance (2016). Madison performs operatic and concert repertoire regularly while teaching adjunct voice at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. She also enjoys working with the students in her private voice studio, and as a music and stage director with Heartland Opera Theatre and Joplin Little Theatre. In 2025, she took on the role of General Director for Heartland Opera. 

Roles performed: Josephine: HMS Pinafore, Serpina: La Serva Padrona, Adina: Elixir of Love, Despina: Cosi fan tutte, Susanna: Le nozze di figaro, Hèro: Beatrice et Benedict, Pamina: Die Zauberflöte, Violetta: La Traviata, Micaela: Carmen, Donna Anna: Don Giovanni, Lola: Gallantry, Dido: Dido and Aeneas, Giannetta, L’elisir d’amore, Mimi: La Boheme, Patience: Patience. Madison began performing opera at Pittsburg State University and continued to perform with Land of Enchantment Summer Opera, Manhattan Summer Opera Studio, Chicago Summer Opera Studio, MIOera, Ozark Lyric Opera, Landlocked Opera, Opera Kansas, and Heartland Opera Theatre. This Fall Madison will perform the role of Semele with MIOpera. Roles studied: Antonia: Les contes d’Hoffmann, Gilda: Rigoletto. Concert repertoire: Handel’s Messiah,  Bach’s Cantata 133 Ich freue mich dir, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, scenes from Rusalka, and Shakespearean Opera Scenes with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.