Calia Burdette, soprano, is a junior at the University of Kentucky pursuing dual degrees in Voice Performance and Arts Administration. She studies voice with Dr. Angelique Clay-Everett. With UK Opera Theatre, she has performed as Madame Pompous in Too Many Sopranos, covered the Mother in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and covered Marcellina in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. She has also sung in the choruses of Don Giovanni, Susannah, and Sanctuary Road, and is preparing her junior recital for November 2025.