About Marcella

Marcella Astore is a mezzo-soprano based in New York City. Upcoming performances include her Carnegie Hall debut with The Cecilia Chorus of New York as the alto soloist in Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli and the New York premiere of Mark Buller’s Mass in Exile. She also joins the VOCES8 US Scholars Program for the 2025-26 season.

Marcella recently completed a Professional Studies Diploma in Voice at Mannes School of Music, where she studied with Amy Burton and Joshua Greene. Performance highlights with Mannes Opera include Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina, Ruth in Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Kleonike in Adamo’s Lysistrata, and Maman/La Chatte in Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges, as well as Mannes’s workshop of David T. Little's Agamemnon in partnership with Theatre for a New Audience. 

Additional engagements include performances with Teatro Nuovo as a Studio Artist,  Spoleto Festival USA as a Vocal Fellow, and Ars Musica Chorale as a Scholar, along with Juilliard415 and Tenet Vocal Artists through Talks with Tenet.

Marcella also holds a Master of Music in Voice from Mannes and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a Minor in Business of Music from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, where she was awarded the George R. Woodhead Endowed Prize in Voice.