During HGO's 2026-27 season, Samantha Hankey makes her company debut performing as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. Elsewhere during the 2026-27 season, she performs Octavian at Staatsoper Berlin, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Bavarian State Opera, the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Dorabella in Così fan tutte at The Metropolitan Opera and Santa Fe Opera. In the 2025-26 season, she made major house debuts with Staatsoper Berlin as La muse/Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann and with Boston Symphony Orchestra as Erika in Vanessa. At the Vienna State Opera, she was engaged for four productions, first as Octavian with performances in Tokyo and Vienna, then as Dorabella in a co-production with Monte Carlo, and finally as the Komponist, a role she also performed in a new production for her celebrated return to Glyndebourne Festival. Recent seasons have taken Hankey to The Metropolitan Opera as Octavian and Stephano in Romeo and Juliet, the New National Theatre Tokyo in the title role of Carmen, Opernhaus Zürich and London’s Royal Ballet and Opera as Dorabella, and the Opéra de Paris as Prince Charming in Cendrillion. Her accolades include First Prize and the Media Prize at the inaugural Glyndebourne Cup, multiple awards at Operalia, and grants from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. She was a Grand Finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, received First Prize at the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, and was awarded a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship in the program’s final year.