BRITTANY RENEE

Hailed for her “luminous tones” and “lush voice,” and praised by Opera News for her “plush soprano bloom,” two time Grammy Award winning American soprano Brittany Renee is amazing audiences with her finesse and shimmering stage presence.

This season will see Brittany's house debuts with San Francisco Opera as Julie in Rhiannon Giddens and Micheal Abels' Omar, and with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Musetta in La Boheme. Also, she will return to the Metropolitan Opera starring as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta in Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons' Fire Shut Up in my Bones and cover Micaela in a new production of Carmen. Last season, Brittany returned to the MET for performances of Sadie Griffith in a new production of Terence Blanchard's Champion, Giannetta in L'Elisir D'Amore, and First Ancella in David McVicar's new production of Cherubini's rarely performed masterpiece Medea, which opened the season. She also joined them for their new production of Don Giovanni, as well as for revivals of Rigoletto and Peter Grimes.

Recently, Brittany made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in the leading role of Destiny/Loneliness/Greta in Fire Shut Up in my Bones, of which Chicago Classical Review wrote she "was uniformly excellent from top to bottom..." This followed Brittany's Metropolitan Opera debut as Evelyn in their own Grammy award winning production of the instantly-beloved opera. Praised by critics, her portrayal as Evelyn "offered an uplifting lightness, a lovely, crystalline soprano that was all youthful excitement, more from her please!" - (Parterre Box), and "masterfully oozed vocal and physical sensuality." - (OperaWire) She also performed Annie in the MET’s historic production of Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, which won Best Opera Recording at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards! In the summer of 2022, Brittany Renee was heard in the The Metropolitan Opera's SummerStage Recital Series in Central Park, and performed a solo recital with the Florentine Opera as part of their Al Fresco Recital Series.

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Highlights from previous seasons include her role debut as Micaela in Carmen with Opera Orlando, the role of Bess in Porgy & Bess at the Teatro Regio Torino, and the soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah at Lincoln Center under the auspices of the National Chorale.

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Despite myriad cancellations due to COVID-19, Brittany welcomed new and innovative virtual performances. Described by the Wall Street Journal as “an ingenious project,” Brittany was blessed to stretch her contemporary wings in the award-winning world premiere opera series Tales from a Safe Distance with Decameron Opera. Through her voice she brought to life the illustrated role of BOSS in Resonance Works SourDough: Rise Up. In addition, in a new partnership with The Hampsong Foundation, Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow, and the streaming platform IDAGIO, she headlined the concert series Feel the Spirit, dedicated to the study, preservation, and performance of the Negro Spiritual. This past fall she had pleasure to add vocals to Terence Blanchard's original film score for The Woman King starring Viola Davis and directed by Gina Prince Bythewood.

International débuts have included performances at the Semperoper Dresden, Turin's Teatro Regio, Tel Aviv's Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Bari's Teatro Petruzzelli, The Magnetic Opera Festival in Elba, Italy, and Opera on the Avalon in Canada. US appearances have included performances with Opera Orlando, Opera San Jose, Florida Grand Opera, Salt Marsh Opera, Piedmont Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Crested Butte Music Festival, The Handel Choir of Baltimore, The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and the American Pops Orchestra.

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Concert engagements include performances as a guest artist and model representing the designer PYER MOSS at the VOGUE Fashion Fund Gala, collaborator and jazz soloist with the Minneapolis based group VOXSPEX, a featured artist with the Wynton Marsalis’ U.S. Tour of the Abyssinian Mass with Chorale Le Chateau and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, guest artist with The Guelph Symphony Orchestra, appearances with the critically acclaimed American Spiritual Ensemble, and a tour with the Siena Chamber Orchestra in Italy. As a frequent recitalist, Brittany has performed in her hometown at the University of Minnesota’s Monday Guest Artist Recital Series at the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall where she also had the privilege to conduct her own masterclass with the students.