User:Jana.milosheva/sandbox

Margaret Ann Pent,

Founder & Artistic Director of Wichita Grand Opera

Margaret Ann Pent is a soprano, stage director and designer. She holds degrees in voice from Chicago’s Roosevelt University and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, Austria. Winner of the Austrian Opera Competition, she made her European debut in Vienna as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Her American debut was as Matilda in Frank Corsaro’s production of Rossini’s William Tell at the San Antonio Festival. She served as a juror for the Ferruccio Tagliavini Vocal Competition and has served as a stage director and designer for productions at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, the Festival of Continents, and Wichita Grand Opera.

Wichita Grand Opera is a proud member of OPERA America.