Marquita Richardson is a full lyric soprano and voiceover artist from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, now based in Lexington, Kentucky. Having originally pursued medicine, Marquita started taking voice lessons with Dr. Lloyd Mallory, Jr. and returned to school at Delaware State University in 2017. In the spring of 2018, Marquita won an Alltech Scholarship and transferred to the University of Kentucky, where she currently studies with Dr. Everett McCorvey. 

Marquita has performed leading roles for the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre (Mimì in La Bohème, 2022; Abigail Williams in The Crucible, 2021; Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, 2019; covering Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, 2018). She has sung as a chorus member with Cincinnati Opera and Kentucky Opera, and as a featured soloist with the Louisville Orchestra. This fall, Marquita will perform as Musetta in Kentucky Opera’s production of La Bohème and serve as a 2022-2023 Barbara & Halsey Sandford Studio Artist. She has voiced audiobooks, commercials, and radio show characters, and sung in concert across the United States and abroad. Marquita believes in creating a more empathetic world through art and great storytelling.