Lauded by The Washington Times as “sprightly and charming” with “a voice as clear and acrobatic as one could wish”, Abigail Paschke has established herself as an artist with “uncommon spark”. Known internationally as an avid “crossover” performer, her most recent credits include multiple productions of West Side Story as Francisca (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Rosalia (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy), Maria (The Carnegie) and Rosalia with the National Symphony Orchestra for the Centennial Celebration of Leonard Bernstein at the Kennedy Center. Additional roles include Ellie Mae Chipley in Showboat (The Glimmerglass Festival), Gossip 2 in The Ghosts of Versailles (The Royal Opera of Versailles, France), Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel (Opera Montana), Maria in The Sound of Music (The Carnegie), Valencienne in The Merry Widow (Kentucky Opera), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Opera Montana), Pamina in The Magic Flute (Salt Marsh Opera), Governess in The Turn of the Screw (Madison Lyric Stage), Juliette(u/s) in Roméo et Juliette (Des Moines Metro Opera), Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Opera Montana), and Sally in Die Fledermaus (Virginia Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Saratoga). Film/tv credits include Alice in the Emmy-Award nominated Le Comte Ory (Des Moines Metro Opera) and Sandra Gutenberg in the Emmy-Award winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video). She is an Encouragement Award Winner from The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a National Semi-Finalist from the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition, the Grand Prize winner of the Orpheus Competition, and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
