Mezzo-soprano Courtney J. Fletcher is a highly acclaimed  performer and teacher, known for her “powerful” and “persuasive” voice. Recently, she was seen as Giovanna Seymour in Anna Bolena with Winter Opera St. Louis. Performance highlights include Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Laurene Powell Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Angelina in La Cenerentola, and Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas. She participated as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Some awards include the Irma Cooper 3rd Place winner of the National NATS Artist Awards (2024), Artistic Division of the NOA Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition (2018), and 3rd Place in the Houston Saengerbund (2021). 

She has performed with companies all over the country, including the New World Symphony, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Winter Opera St Louis, Opera Memphis, the Memphis Symphony, and the Boise Philharmonic, and made her international debut with Prague’s National Theatre Orchestra with Opernfest Prague. In 2022, she was selected as one of twelve young teachers across North America to participate in the NATS Intern Program. Courtney earned her Doctor of Music in Voice with a minor in Music Theory from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Voice, teaching voice, diction, and opera at the University of Kansas.