LAQUITA MITCHELL, soprano

Soprano Laquita Mitchell consistently earns acclaim on eminent international opera and concert stages worldwide, having recently been nominated for a Grammy for her contribution as the soprano soloist in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road at Carnegie Hall with Oratorio Society of New York. This season, she makes her long-awaited début as Aida with Dayton Opera. Ms. Mitchell also joins California Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Charleston Symphony for Sanctuary Road, the Bilkent Symphony in Turkey for a concert of American songs, and Austin Symphony Orchestra to sing Bess in a concert production of Porgy and Bess. 

Last season, Mitchell returned to the role of Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with New Orleans Opera and Portland Opera and reprised her lauded performance of Sanctuary Road with Virginia Opera, Princeton Pro Musica, and the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. In addition, Mitchell appeared in concert with Saint Thomas Church for Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, Chattanooga Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Cleveland Orchestra for their community chamber concert series, the Waterbury Symphony for their performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, and Bard Summerscape to sing Verveine in Viardot’s chamber opera Le dernier sorcier.