Maria Kanyova has been acclaimed as much for her lustrous singing as for her viscerally enthralling stage performances. Career highlights include Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florida Grand Opera, Violetta in La traviata at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Portland Opera, Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versaille at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Wexford Opera Festival, Nedda in Pagliacci at Dallas Opera, New York City Opera, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Los Angeles Opera, Opera Colorado, Mimì in La bohème at Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, New York City Opera (PBS telecast), Adina in L’elisir d’amore and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin at Boston Lyric Opera, Blanche in The Dialogues of the Carmelites and Jenůfa in Jenůfa at Glimmerglass Opera, Rita in the world première of William Bolcom’s A Wedding at Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has sung the rôle of Pat Nixon at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Opera Theatre, and Opera Colorado.