Audrianna Hughes, mezzo-soprano, is a Paducah, KY native holding a MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Kentucky and a BM in Music Education from Murray State University in Kentucky.   She previously won the Pre-Professional Mezzo-Soprano Prize sponsored by Hilda Harris at the 2025 George Shirley Vocal Competition, an Encouragement Award at the 2025 KY District Metropolitan Laffont Competition, 1st Place in the Advanced Classical Treble - 2023 Kentucky National Association of Teachers in Singing, 2nd Place Graduate Division Winner and Reginald Smith, Jr. Scholarship in Opera Award at the 2023 University of Kentucky Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition.   Previous roles include performing the role of Constanza in University of Kentucky Opera Theatre's workshop of A Nation of Others by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, Ellen Craft and Charlotte Giles in Sanctuary Road by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and Angelina in La Cenerentola at Bay View Music Festival.   Audrianna has performed all over the states, as well as making an appearance in Nantes, France with the American Spiritual Ensemble. She previously performed in Houston Grand Opera’s and the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. This spring, she will join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist and this summer, she will join Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist.