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Her repertoire includes the title role in <b>Carmen <\/b>(Bizet), Dorothee in <b>Cendrillon<\/b>, Rosette in <b>Manon <\/b>(Massenet), Tisbe in <b>La Cenerentola<\/b> (Rossini), Grimgerde and Siegrune in <b>Die Walkure<\/b> (Wagner), the Palestinian Woman in <b>The Death of Klinghoffer<\/b> (Adams), Maddalena in <b>Rigoletto<\/b>, Flora in <b>La traviata <\/b>(Verdi), Lola in <b>Cavalleria rusticana<\/b>, the title role in <b>Zanetto <\/b>(Mascagni), Mother Marie in <b>Dialogues des Carmelites <\/b>(Poulenc), Fiona in <b>Two Boys<\/b> (Muhly), Varvara in <b>Katya Kabanova <\/b>(Janacek), Dryad in <b>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/b>, the Page in <b>Salome<\/b>, the Second Main in <b>Elektra <\/b>(R. Strauss), Hansel in <b>Hansel und Gretel<\/b> (Humperdinck), the Third Lady in <b>Die Zauberflote<\/b> (Mozart), Maffio Orsini in <b>Lucrezia Borgia<\/b> (Donizetti) and others. She performs at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and in the opera houses of Seattle, Toronto, Dallas, San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, Portland, Arizona, Minnesota, Monterrey, La Vegas, Wolf Trap and others. At the Israeli Opera she performed Charlotte in <b>Werther <\/b>(Massenet) and Sister Helen Prejean in <b>Dead Man Walking<\/b> (Heggie).<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=\"justify\">Her roles at the Israeli Opera:<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=\"justify\"><b>Rigoletto<\/b>: Maddalena (2024)<br \/><strong>Dead Man Walking: <\/strong>Sister Helen (2019)<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=\"justify\"><b>Werther<\/b>:<b> <\/b>Charlotte (2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maya Lahyani, mezzo soprano, was born in Israel. 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