Mila Henry is a music director and pianist who maintains an active and versatile career leading works that defy genre, from rock musicals to folk operas to reimagined classics.
Hailed “a stalwart contributor to the contemporary opera scene” (Opera Ithaca), Mila frequently collaborates with Beth Morrison Projects, PROTOTYPE, and VisionIntoArt; in addition to No One is Forgotten, she has collaborated with Paola Prestini as Conductor for The Old Man and the Sea and Répétiteur for Sensorium Ex. She last appeared at Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts andMcCarter Theatre as Music Director/Pianist for Adam Gwon’s Early Decision, also with director Elena Araoz. Mila has worked with
Heather Christian, Bill T. Jones, George Lewis, Missy Mazzoli, Wayne Shorter, and esperanza spalding; AMOC*, BalletCollective, HERE, Octopus Theatricals, Opera Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh CLO; and performed at The Apollo, Dutch National Opera, the Library of Congress, Lincoln Center, and REDCAT.
Mila is an active member of Maestra and the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and was one of nine honorees for OPERA America’s 2025 Marineau Opera Grants for Women Opera Directors and Conductors. She is based in New York and plays with the alt-country band The Opera Cowgirls. Manhattan School of Music (M.M.); Elizabethtown College (B.A.).
