A native New Yorker, Franco-American Valérie MacCarthy made her acclaimed Broadway debut as Musetta in Baz Luhrmann production of La Boheme. In April Ms. MacCarthy will make her debut at English National Opera in the role of Alice/Renee  in Lost Highway, which was adapted as an opera by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth with libretto by nobel Prize Winner 2004, Elfriede Jelinek. Her alluring and powerful stage presence has led to  appearances with the Tanglewood, Ravinia, and New York Musical Theater Festivals as well as the Los Angles Philharmonic.  She was a part of several new productions at the Grand Theatre of Geneva, Switzerland.  Valérie created and performed a one-woman touring show entitled ‘Off The Hook' - where she offers her personal interpretations of Menotti's The Telephone and Poulenc's La Voix Humaine which has been seen in New York and toured Belgium.  Valérie is also celebrated jewelry designer and has published two books on the subject..