Toni Marie Palmertree - Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera

Toni Marie Palmertree is an American soprano praised for her tender, expressive voice (SF Examiner). In her two year residency as an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, she performed a wide range of roles including making her role debut as Liù (Turandot) for which she was praised for “[delivering] a performance of wondrous poignancy and heroism…clothed in vigorous, expressive phrasing” (SF Chronicle). Additionally, she stepped into the title role ofMadama Butterfly for the November 18th 2016 performance. Janos Gereben (SFCV) wrote: “The young soprano not only met the challenge, but she claimed her place among the finest vocal interpreters of the role…”

Additional roles include, Violetta (La traviata), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Giorgetta (Il Tabarro)and Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica).

This season, she made company debuts with Syracuse Opera and Festival Opera of New Zealand singing the title role ofMadama Butterfly. Upcoming engagements include returning to San Francisco Opera to cover Nedda in Pagliacci, her role debut as the title role in Tosca with The Reading Symphony Orchestra and her company debut with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra singing Verdi’s Requiem.

Ms. Palmertree is proud to hold many awards including the Richard F. Gold Career Grant by the Shoshana Foundation, winner of The Metropolitan Opera National Council District Awards (Pittsburg), Finalist in The International Moniuszko Voice Competion, and The Classical Singer Voice competition. She took first place in the Long Leaf Opera of North Carolina voice competition, The Kennett Square Symphony Voice Competition, and The Marcella Sembrich competition. She was awarded third place in the National Opera Association Voice Competition, the James Parkinson Opera Competition and the second place winner of the Sylvia Green Voice Competition. From The Peabody Conservatory, she was granted The Anita Erdman award.

Ms. Palmertree received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a student of renowned voice teachers Mark Moliterno, Laura Brooks Rice, and Phyllis Bryn Julson.