Mezzo-soprano MacKenzie Sechi is a crossover artist from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She has just completed her Post-Graduate Artist Diploma in Voice Performance at McGill University, studying with Tracy Smith-Bessette.

This will be MacKenzie’s third year working with Opera 5, having taken part in their internship for the past two years, where she performed various roles in Finn’s Elegies, and covered and performed as Mrs. Grose in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. MacKenzie looks forward to returning this year to play the roles of La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and La Maestra delle Novizie in Suor Angelica with Opera 5 this summer!

MacKenzie is passionate about storytelling and has performed a number of operatic roles in the past several years, most recently singing Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with Opera McGill. Other recent credits include Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, Nada in Sokolovic’s Svadba, Berthe in Weir’s Blond Eckbert, and Prince Charming in Massenet’s Cendrillon.

MacKenzie has also had the opportunity to play many different characters in musical theatre. Recent credits include Margaret Johnson in Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza, Amber von Tussle in Shaiman’s Hairspray, and the Witch in Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She was also a semi-finalist in the 2024 NATS National Music Theatre Competition in New York City.

When MacKenzie is not onstage or involved in a production, she enjoys hiking, baking, and embroidery!

MacKenzie completed her Master of Music in Opera and Voice at McGill in June 2025 with Tracy Smith-Bessette, and her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Wilfrid Laurier University in June 2023 with Kimberly Barber.