MARY KRISTINE HUGHES
MEZZO
Ms. Hughes holds a Bachelors and a Masters from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and from Boston University's Opera Institute.
She was an apprentice at Tanglewood, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and a Sullivan Grant winner. Before studying voice she was a flutist, but ultimately wanted to become a famous barrel racer. Ms. Hughes counts working at the Met as one of her greatest accomplishments, with her greatest being mom to Gabriel, Joaquin, and Javier.
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Mary is finishing her 23rd season with the Met in June, 2025, her first season as a soloist at the Reformed Church of Bronxville, and became a proud parent of a college freshman attending the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her homes away from NYC include summers with her horse, Nikki, in Colorado and visiting family in Xonocuautla, Mexico.
Hometown: Longmont, CO
Met Debut: 2006
