Theresa Marie Zugger is a professional opera singer and actress who has sung roles with the San Diego Comic Opera and the Sorg Opera Company in Ohio, including A Little Night Music by Steven Sondheim, ’Elisir d’Amore by Donizetti, La Traviata by Verdi and Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. As a professional chorister, she has sung with San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera and the Metropolitan Opera companies.

Teresa has performed acting roles with the Douglaston Community Theatre and Theatre Time companies in Queens including Rumors by Neil Simon, A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie and Talking Heads by Alan Bennett. Recently, Teresa directed productions of Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets and Independence by Lee Blessing with the Douglaston Community Theatre, as well as produced and performed in her one-woman show, Mad Women of Opera. Teresa has a Bachelor of Arts degree from SUNY at Fredonia and a Masters of Music degree from SUNY Buffalo; she is a member of Actor’s Equity and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA.)