Caitlin Lynch

Ms. Lynch most recently made her Metropolitan Opera debut performing Biancofiore in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini, as well as her Pittsburgh Opera and Madison Opera debuts as Donna Anna and Donna Elvira, respectively, in Don Giovanni. She also created the role of Eliza in composer Nico Muhly’s new chamber opera, Dark Sisters which premiered at the Gotham Chamber Opera in New York with subsequent performances at the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The Associated Press proclaims, “It’s most of all Eliza, portrayed by the compelling soprano Caitlin Lynch, who commands our attention and sympathy,” and The New York Post states “Caitlyn Lynch unfurled a shimmering soprano as rebellious wife Eliza.”

Next up, Caitlin returns to The Metropolitan Opera to make her role debut as Cynthia in the World Premiere of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys, makes her role debut as Violetta in La Traviata with Arizona Opera, and performs Carmina Burana with the Seattle Symphony.

Another composer captivated by Caitlin is Jake Heggie, who engaged her sing the World Premiere of his new song cycle, Another Sunrise, commissioned by Music of Remembrance in Seattle this past May.  She sings another World Premiere commission by Jake Heggie with Music of Remenbrance entitled, Farewell, Auschwitz! this Spring.

In her signature role of Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, which she has performed with the Glimmerglass Opera, Lyric Opera Baltimore, Michigan Opera, and Opera Lyra Ottawa, “Time stands still when Caitlin Lynch sings. Her honeyed tone and sweetness of expression as Countess Almaviva goes straight to the heart.”

Additional performances have included Micaëla in Carmen at the Seattle Opera; First Lady in The Magic Flute at the Dallas Opera; Alice Ford in Falstaff with Opera Cleveland and the Boston Youth Symphony; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Michigan Opera Theatre; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Opera Carolina; Musetta in La bohème at the Nashville Opera; Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Arizona Opera; Leila in Les pêcheurs des perles at Opera Cleveland; Mrs. Gobineau in The Medium at the Spoleto Festival; and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at Opera Carolina, Arizona Opera, and the Palm Beach Opera.

In concert, recent appearances have included Mozart Requiem with Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana with Syracuse Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Lexington Philharmonic and the Ann Arbor Symphony, Carl Nielson’s Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a Mendelssohn concert with the Glimmerglass Opera, Monteverdi’s Lamento della Ninfa with the Grandin Festival, a concert with the Columbus Symphony entitled “Beyond the Score,” Madison Opera’s Gala Concert in the Park series, and a recital with tenor Paul Appleby at the Aspen Music Festival.

She was awarded first-place in the 2008 Houston Grand Opera Competition, and subsequently made her main-stage Houston debut as Hero in Beatrice et Benedict, Female Soloist in the American premiere of Chorus!, and Helena cover in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Ms. Lynch completed the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program in the spring 2007, where she performed Micaëla in Carmen and Alice Ford in Falstaff.  As part of Glimmerglass Opera’s young artist program she sang Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare for their Gala Concert at the Morgan Library, and Une Ombre Heureuse in Orphée et Eurydice and Ninfa/Euridice cover in L’Orfeo during their summer season.  Other performances included Oasis in L’Etoile with the Cincinnati Opera, and several roles at the University of Cincinnati CCM: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Ginevra in Ariodante and Philippa in Babette’s Feast.

Additional awards include a 2008 Sara Tucker Grant, first place in the Irma M. Cooper Opera Columbus Competition in 2006, the encouragement award in the 2007 Opera Index and the Jensen Foundation Voice Competition, and 2^nd place winner of the 2007 Palm Beach Opera Competition.