Biography
Soprano Kaitlyn Johnson is in the first year of her Master’s in Vocal Performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, under the guidance of Heidi Grant Murphy. She is a 2015 graduate of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, where she studied with Dr. Stephen King. Highlights of her Rice career include performances as Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, and as soprano soloist for the Duruflé and Rutter Requiem. Kaitlyn made her international debut in summer 2014 as Yvette in Puccini’s La Rondine in Cortona, Italy, under the baton of Maestro Ari Pelto. She spent the summers of 2015 and 2013 at the Aspen Music Festival as a singer with the Aspen Opera Theater Center, where she was seen onstage in various scenes from Mozart operas and the French repertoire, in addition to Candide, Suor Angelica, and the world staged premiere of The Cows of Apollo. Kaitlyn is a proud alumnus of Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy. She is originally from Atlanta, Georgia.