Instead, she joined Opera Tampa as Leonora in Il trovatore, and Opera Delaware for a concert of Shakespeare selections.Ī favorite of many houses, Ms. Johnson was slated to make her Allentown Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera on the James and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia debuts (COVID19). Johnson’s house and role debut with Chicago Opera Theater as Zemfira in Aleko, a featured soloist performance with Madison Symphony Orchestra, a debut with Waterbury Symphony for their Holiday Pops and a return to Chautauqua to perform Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder with Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Johnson will make her debut with Des Moines Metro Opera as Bess in Porgy and Bess and in the 2022-2023 season, she makes her Nashville Opera debut as Mimi in La bohème, debuts the role of Serena in Porgy and Bess with North Carolina Opera and Opera Carolina, reprises the title role of Aida with Opera Grand Rapids, joins Madison Opera for a role TBA, makes a role debut as the title role in Puccini’s Turandot with Opera Southwest and sings as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Allentown Symphony. Johnson made her Boston Lyric Opera debut singing Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, made a role debut with Opera Columbus as Tosca, sang the title role in Aida with Opera Carolina, performed as Mimi in La bohème with the Columbus Symphony, joined Fort Worth Opera for their Evening of Black Excellence and returns to Boston Lyric Opera to cover Emelda Griffith in Terence Blanchard/Michael Cristofer’s Champion. Soprano Michelle Johnson, a Grand Prize Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions where she was described as “a clear audience favorite” (New York Times), has been lavished with praise for her “extraordinary breath control and flawless articulation… Her voice is velvety and pliant – a dulcet dream.” During the 2021-2022 season, Ms.
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