Gwendolyn DeLaney is a mezzo-soprano originally from Boise, Idaho who is currently based in New Haven, Connecticut. She is currently pursuing a Master of Musical Arts in Early Music, Chamber Music, and Oratorio at Yale as a part of the Voxtet.
This fall, she made her Lincoln Center Debut as Hamor in Handel’s Jephtha with Nicholas McGegan and Juilliard 415. She has also recently appeared as Job in Carissimi’s Job and the alto soloist in Bach’s BWV 225 Singet dem Herrn under Grete Pedersen with the Yale Schola Cantorum.
She also holds degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music and The University of Missouri – Kansas City, where she studied with Dr. Aidan Soder. On the operatic stage, Gwendolyn has recently been seen as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Heartland Opera Theater, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with UMKC Opera Theater, and The Manager in the world premiere of Working Hard & Hardly Working with No Divide KC and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City. As a professional chorister, she has sung with Cardinalis, KC VITAs, The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Opera Idaho. Gwendolyn is an avid performer and advocate for new music, and in July of 2025 she premiered the song cycle What Pain Calls to Witness by Gracie Caggiano at Kansas City’s first Disability Pride Month celebration.
Gwendolyn DeLaney, mezzo-soprano 