Resident Artists
Michelle B. Johnson, soprano
AVA third-year resident artist
Hometown: Pearland, Texas
Education: B. M. in Vocal Performance, New England Conservatory of Music; Boston University Opera Institute, Opera Training Certificate.
Competitions: Second place, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, 2009; Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner Foundation Vocal Competition, 2009; Finalist, Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition, 2007; Encouragement Award, Marilyn Horne Foundation, 2007; Encouragement Award, New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2007; Jan de Gaetani Award, Orpheus National Vocal Competition, 2006.
Roles at AVA: Countess, Capriccio; Leonora, Il trovatore; Alice Ford, Falstaff; Silvana, La Fiamma.
Other Roles: Cressida (cover), Troilus and Cressida, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Monisha, Treemonisha, Opera Providence; Soprano, Enchantment of Dreams, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Anna Karenina (cover), Anna Karenina, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Lady with Cakebox, Postcard from Morocco, The Moon, Before Night Falls, Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni and Angèle, Tsar Has His Photograph, all with Opera Institute, Boston; Naked Virgin, Moses und Aron, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Corinna (cover), Il viaggio a reims, Music Academy of the West; La Contessa, Le nozze di Figaro, L’Orchestra da Camera; Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, New England Conservatory. Participant in International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari, Italy; Tanglewood Music Center; Music Academy of the West; V.O.I.C.Experience; Opera Theatre of St. Louis Young Artist Program; Opera Tampa Young Artist Program.
