Arielle Rogers-Wilkey
American mezzo-soprano Arielle Rogers-Wilkey (she/her) is a New England native, currently attending Boston University for an M.M. in vocal performance. Opera credits include Kate, The Pirates of Penzance and Katisha, The Mikado, Opera Providence; La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi and Ensemble, Madama Butterfly, Don Pasquale, and Le Nozze di Figaro, Salt Marsh Opera. She has done extensive work with Boston Lyric Opera as Mary, Omar; Gertrude, Romeo and Juliet; and Ensemble, Madama Butterfly, Champion, La bohème, Norma, Pagliacci, and A Handmaid’s Tale. Ms. Rogers-Wilkey took part in Odyssey Opera’s production and album recording of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, which received a Grammy Award nomination. With OperaHub in Boston, she was honored to portray Sissieretta Jones in the world premiere of DIVAS, an operatic play with an all-female cast. Oratorio and orchestral solo credits include Handel’s Messiah, Schubert’s Magnificat, and Vivaldi’s Gloria; as well as Carmen, Narragansett Bay Symphony Orchestra’s Operatic Highlights; a Juneteenth concert series with Castle of Our Skins and Boston Lyric Opera; and the participatory educational concert Link Up! with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Rogers-Wilkey can be seen next as Maurya in Riders to the Sea at Boston University.