Ned Hanlon

Singer / Union Leader

Ned Hanlon, graduate of McGill University and the University of Michigan, currently performs as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus where he has sung as chorister and soloist in over 1300 performances since 2014. Outside of the Met, he has sung with companies around the country, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lincoln Center Theater, the Glimmerglass Festival, Edmonton Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and has worked as both a guest entertainer and assistant cruise director at sea.
Ned has significant experience as a union organizer and negotiator in the performing arts industry with the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Recently elected President of AGMA, he previously served as chair of the Met Opera AGMA Negotiating Committee, President of the AGMA Opera & Concert and Choristers Caucus, and founded Met Chorus Artists Inc., a nonprofit that raised almost $750k for Artists in need during the height of the pandemic.