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Margaret Matejcek
Soprano

Margaret Matejcek is a soprano based in Minneapolis making her debut with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.  She actively performs with Minnesota Opera, Lakes Area Music Festival, An Opera Theater (AOT), Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Minnesota Chorale, and more.

Recently, Matejcek performed Strauss' Drei Lieder der Ophelia at Carnegie Hall as a winner of the Boston Univeristy Soloist's Competition.  She also appered as a soloist in Mozart's Waisenhausmesse with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra, performed a recital hosted by the Latin American Studies Center of lesser-known Latin American art song, and performed operatic roles Morgana (Alcina), Mrs. Webb (Our Town), and Orfeo (Orfeo).

Other career highlights include premiering Abbie Betinis' setting of Rimbaud's Ophélie with Source Song Festival and performing the role of Venus (Venus and Adonis) with Brooklyn Opera Works in New York City.  Matejcek was named a qualified district singer in the 2024-25 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and looks forward to competing in January.

Matejcek holds degrees in Vocal Performance from Boston University (MM) and the University of Minnesota (BM) and is the co-owner and artistic director of Imaginality Opera, a non-profit that brings educational curriculum about opera to elementary school classrooms.