Mezzo-soprano Sophia Baete, from Louisville, Kentucky, is a Third Year Undergraduate Vocal Arts Student at The Juilliard School, where she studies under Elizabeth Bishop.      
     Ms.Baete has attended several intensive programs including Chautauqua Vocal Institution, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Curtis Summerfest, the Metropolitan Opera Vocal Intensive, and the Schmidt Vocal Institute. She won First Place at the Schmidt Undergraduate Vocal Competition, The National Association of Teachers of Singing Vocal Competition - Regional and State Chapters, and The University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Vocal Competition. 
     Ms. Baete is looking forward to making her role debut as La Suora Zelatrice in Juilliard Opera’s Production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica in the spring. She is thrilled to have recently been invited to join the Denyce Graves Foundation for the inaugural year of their Shared Voices Program.    
     Ms.Baete is also delighted to be a recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship at The Juilliard School.