Hailed by The Boston Globe as a "breathtakingly solid" soprano,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "fearless," and the Boston Musical Intelligencer as having a "captivatingly expressive strength," contemporary opera specialist Tamara Ryan is known for her nuanced and sensitive portrayals of women experiencing and responding to trauma and loss—a calling that she pursues both as a Boston-based soprano and as the founder and General Director of Opera Fayetteville.

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      A graduate of the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music, Tamara has appeared in recent seasons as Sibyl Vane in Lowell Liebermann's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Stephanie in Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back,  Madame de Tourvel in Conrad Susa's The Dangerous Liaisons, and Almera in Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters, as well as starring in one-woman showpiece, Miss Havisham's Wedding Night and performing the lead role of Sonny in the initial workshop of White Snake Productions' Permadeath. 

"Sempre Libera from La traviata

Mass Opera, rehearsal