Rachel Arky, Mezzo-Soprano

“Ms. Arky…was the comedic hero of the evening, quirky and boyish, but also loving and sexual both in character and in voice when need be…she has a great ability in her voice to sing these types of Mozart and Rossini roles in the way that Ms. Graham, as well as Joyce DiDonato, do so well.”

-Parterre Box

About

Praised for her “golden tone” and for navigating “difficult music with a glorious ease,” mezzo-soprano Rachel Arky is a singing actress noted for her dramatic immediacy, vocal warmth, and stylistic versatility. In the 2025–2026 season, Ms. Arky makes her Carnegie Hall orchestral soloist debut in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F with MidAmerica Productions; sings Siébel in Amore Opera’s Faust; joins Little Opera Theater of NY’s production of Wuthering Heights as Nelly (cover) and Ensemble; presents a series of recitals with soprano Tharanga Goonetilleke; and joins the Bard Festival Chorale for George Bristow’s Niagara Symphony and Berlioz/Weber’s Le Freyschütz.


26-27 Season Highlights


Nelly (cvr.) (Wuthering Heights)

little OPERA theatre of NY


Siébel (Faust)

Amore Opera


Mezzo-Soprano Soloist (Mozart, Missa Brevis in F)

MidAmerica Productions at Carnegie Hall


  • As the ill-fated Emmy, Rachel Arky contributed not only expressive phrasing and fine sound, but a convincingly, subtly acted portrayal ...Her romance about the dangers of vampires was vividly sung.”

    -Opera Obsession Blog