Marcy Richardson
Opera Singer-Aerialist-Pole Dancer-Burlesque
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Described by Theater Mania as a performer who is "worth the price of admission alone,” soprano Marcy Richardson has been a staple of NYC nightlife for the past 10 years, bringing the art of combining aerial hoop, pole dancing, and burlesque with live classical singing (almost always unamplified) to opera and entertainment companies worldwide everywhere from London to Paris to Vienna. She recently kicked off Pride at the Fire Island Pines Trailblazer’s Park, headlined Pride at the legendary Beekman Hotel in New York, and currently performs often at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick and with Susanne Bartsch in venues such as the Soho Grand and Musica. Other recent performaces include “My Favorite Things” at the Windmill Soho in London, Santa’s Secret with Voss Events (NYC), SNCTM Society’s Masquerade Ball in New York, Opus and Love Affair with Fabrika Philly, and the role of Papagena in The Magic Flute with Opera Columbus. On the NYC nightlife scene, she has performed with Duane Park, Company XIV, the Bartschland Follies and New York, New York at the Mckittrick Hotel, Sony Hall, House of X and The Public, Blunderland at House of Yes, Speakeasy Times Square at Bond 45, The Great Gatsby Party at Capitale the People’s Ball at Brooklyn Public Library, The Blind Man’s Ball at The Weylin, Green Fairy at The Red Room, Schtick-a-pole-in-it at DROM, Frizqué NJ, the Hot Jazz Festival with Shanghai Mermaid at DROM, Sid Gold’s Request Room, Zavo NYC, Secret Loft NYC, Cirque Central Entertainment, Spiegelworld at St. Anne’s Warehouse, Dixon Place, Le Poisson Rouge, The Slipper Room, Lavo NYC, and many more.
Equally at home on the operatic and concert stage, she has performed as a soloist in many of New York's most acclaimed concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She took home the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Female Performance in an opera for her acrobatic aerial and vocal portrayal of Amour in Gluck's Orphée with Against the Grain Theater, a co-production with Opera Columbus.
She appeared as “Star” in the movie Hustlers, and has filmed pole work for the HBO series Betty as well as featured burlesque background on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She is based in New York when she is not on the road, and maintains a private pole and voice studio in Brooklyn for both live and virtual teaching and training.
With 14 years of pole and aerial training under her belt, she got her start in the air as a competitive pole dancer, and is the 2014 Pole Sport Organization National Level 4 Championship winner. She is originally from Grosse Pointe, MI and earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Voice Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.