American soprano Maria Kanyova made her San Francisco Opera debut in 2012 as Pat Nixon in Adams’s Nixon in China, a role she has performed with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Ravinia Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Colorado, Phoenix Symphony, Kansas City Lyric Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company; she also performs the role on a recent recording of Nixon in China on the Naxos Label. Recent engagements include the title role of Madama Butterfly with Tulsa Opera; Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) with Madison Opera; Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; and Marie Antoinette (Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Wexford Festival. Other career highlights include Violetta (La Traviata) with Portland Opera; Mimì (La Bohème) and Nedda (Pagliacci) with the Dallas Opera; Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) with Los Angeles Opera; Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Nedda, Mimì (in a PBS telecast), the title role of Suor Angelica, and Corinna (Il Viaggio a Reims), all with New York City Opera; Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Donna Elvira, and Susanna with Opera Colorado; Mimì with Houston Grand Opera; and the title role of Madama Butterfly with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her engagements in the 2012–13 season include Gretel with Lyric Opera of Chicago and the title role of Madama Butterfly with New Orleans Opera.