Madeline Apple Healey

Known for her interpretation of Handel heroines, soprano Madeline Apple Healey has been lauded for her “gorgeous singing” (Washington Post) and “fetching combination of vocal radiance and dramatic awareness” (Cleveland Plain Dealer). This season brings an exciting mix of repertoire, including Paola Prestini’s opera “Silent Light” at National Sawdust, “Vis Aeternitatis” with Death of Classical and NOVUS NY, a 17th century pastiche — “Ariadne Unbound” — curated for TENET Vocal Artists by Ellie Sutherland, and concerts of 15th&16th century repertoire with her chamber ensemble AMPERSAND. Specializing primarily in early and contemporary repertoire, Madeline is passionate about polyphony and loves working on music that challenges the construct of beautiful sound. 

Recent engagements include appearances at Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, Aldeburgh Festival/Snape Proms, the Kennedy Center, LA Opera, premieres at National Sawdust, Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Ad Astra Festival, and PROTOTYPE Festival, as well as collaborations with Alkemie, Amor Artis, the Academy of Sacred Drama, Bach Akademie Charlotte, Bang on a Can All-Stars, ChamberQUEER, Clarion Music Society, Makaris, New Chamber Ballet, The New Consort, Pegasus Early Music, Res Facta, TENET, Variant 6, and Vermont Chamber Artists. 

 Operatic credits include La Musica & Eurydice (L’Orfeo), Hébé (Les Indes galantes), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Soprano 1 (Book of Mountains and Seas), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). She is a full-time member of the GRAMMY-Nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, co-founder of the virtuosic vocal chamber ensemble AMPERSAND, and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. 

Madeline holds degrees in voice from Westminster Choir College and Baldwin Wallace University. Beyond performing, Madeline is an outdoorswoman and environmental advocate. Originally from Cleveland, OH, she now resides in New York where, whether in the city, the Gunks, or the Adirondacks, she can often be found cooking, plotting her next climb, eating french fries, and spending time with her husband Teddy and their dog Bodhi.