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.
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
