Margaret Harshaw was an American soprano and mezzo-soprano, active at the Metropolitan Opera and in Wagnerian repertory. She was admired for dramatic strength and vocal flexibility.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Wagner with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Harshaw’s singing brought the power and breadth required by Wagner’s large vocal writing, while preserving the line and steadiness needed for orchestral balance.

Her page is justified by career standing and repertory context. Harshaw adds American dramatic soprano steel to the Wagner shelf.