Adriana Stepien, a soprano from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is in the Undergraduate Vocal Program at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Amy Burton. Miss Stepien has performed at Carnegie Hall in a winner’s recital for the Crescendo International Competition in which she won first place. More recently, she was a third place winner of the Opera Grand Rapids Vanderlaan Prize and semifinalist of the James Toland Competition. She has performed in Juilliard’s productions of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Amelia al ballo, Suor Angelica (Suor Dolcina) and Der Schauspieldirektor (Mademoiselle Silberklang).