Praised by OperaWire for "a power and seeming effortlessness that [is] quite amazing...", Margaret Tigue is a soprano currently based in Boston and New York. Margaret’s current season includes performances as Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito) and Cendrillon (Cendrillon) with the Boston Opera Institute, where she is currently in residence. This spring, Margaret will sing with the Mendelssohn Gewandhaus Orchester as the soprano soloist in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, followed by a concert showcasing repertoire from the Great American Songbook. In the summer of 2023, Margaret was a fellow of the Lehrer Vocal Institute at Music Academy. While there, she covered the role of Mimì in their production of La Bohème. Margaret is also a two-time fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center.

Margaret has been a featured soloist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Recently, Margaret has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Sawdust, and the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Her opera credits include the roles of Helena in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmélites. She is a 2024 winner of the Boston district of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competiton, and a New England Regional Finalist. She won second prize in MassOpera’s 2022 Vocal Competition, and in 2017 she won an Encouragement Award in the Michigan district of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

At a Glance

Margaret as Cendrillon alongside Andrew Bearden Brown as Prince Charmant (Photo Credit: Jacob Chang-Rascle)

Margaret with the Albany Symphony Orchestra

Photo Credit: Gary Gold Photography

Margaret Tigue (Left), Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio (Center), and Hailey McAvoy (Right), performing Blythely Ever After at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Margaret as Mimí in Rest in Pieces

Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program Opera

Margaret as Cendrillon (Photo Credit: Jacob Chang-Rascle)

Margaret as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

University of Michigan Opera Theatre