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August 16 & 17 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Photo: Benjamin Weatherston

Caitlin Lynch Flute and to Houston Grand Opera for the world

Soprano/First Lady premiere of Jake Heggie’s/Gene Scheer’s Intelligence.
Recent operatic engagements include performances
American soprano Caitlin Lynch, whose “rich, of one of her most closely-associated roles, Contessa
shimmering soprano shines with a resplendent inner Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with San Diego Opera,
light” (Opera News), has performed leading roles on Austin Opera, Seattle Opera and covering the role
premier national and international stages including with The Metropolitan Opera. Other recent highlights
the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera and include Micaëla in Carmen with the Seiji Ozawa
English National Opera. Music Academy, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for
her debut with English National Opera, First Lady in
During the 2022-23 season, Lynch celebrated the Barrie Kosky’s/1927’s production of Die Zauberflöte
25 anniversary of Music of Remembrance in Seattle, with Houston Grand Opera, and Violetta in La traviata
th
San Francisco and Chicago with performances of and Marie Antoinette in Corigliano’s The Ghosts of
Jake Heggie’s song cycle Another Sunrise, a piece Versailles with Chautauqua Opera.
the composer previously engaged her to premiere
after their close collaboration. She also returned to Lynch made her Metropolitan Opera debut as
the Metropolitan Opera to cover the pivotal role of Biancofiore in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini and
Clarissa Vaughan in the stage premiere of Kevin returned as Cynthia in Nico Muhly’s world-premiere
Puts’/Greg Pierce’s The Hours. production of Two Boys; she has most recently
sung performances of Contessa Almaviva in Le
The 2023-24 season brought Lynch back to the nozze di Figaro and Pamina in The Magic Flute with
Metropolitan Opera as the First Lady in the the company.
family-friendly production of Mozart’s The Magic
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