Soprano Brooklyn Snow is an emerging international artist who already in her young career has gained performance credits in the United States, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands. The 2016–2017 season witnesses Ms. Snow in residence with Palm Beach Opera, as an inaugural member of the company’s newly implemented Apprentice Artists Program. In December 2016, she made her company debut performing in Palm Beach Opera’s Opera on the Waterfront concert. Throughout the season, she is responsible for performing the role of Isabel in the family performance of The Pirates of Penzance, covering Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, the Page in Rigoletto, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, and study-­covering Gilda in Rigoletto. She returns to Palm Beach Opera for a second year of residency in the 2017–2018 season, performing Barbarina in the family performance of Le nozze di Figaro and study-­covering both Cunegonde in Candide and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.

During the summer of 2016, Ms. Snow made her debut with Opera Saratoga as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro and performed the role of the Fairy in Philip Glass’ opera­‐ballet for children The Witches of Venice. In the summer of 2017, she joined the Caramoor Festival as a Bel Canto Apprentice Artist, performing Arditi’s coloratura showpiece “Il bacio” as part of the Festival’s Canzonetta sull’aria concert in the Spanish Courtyard. During the 2017-2018 season she graces the Portland Art Museum’s opening gala concert and makes her debut with the Northwest Indiana Symphony on the concert program Showboat and Showtunes.

Among her additional credits as an emerging artist, Ms. Snow has fulfilled young artist residencies with Salzburg’s historic Mozarteum Akademie, the Castleton Festival, and SongFest. As a young artist with the Castleton Festival, she had the honor of preparing excerpts from Le nozze di Figaro (as Susanna) and La bohème (as Musetta) with the late Lorin Maazel and performing them under the baton of the Metropolitan Opera’s Bradley Moore. She has placed as a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Midwest Region) and a top honors prizewinner in the Mozarteum’s concluding Preisträgerkonzert.

Ms. Snow recently earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (IU) as a scholarship recipient from the National Society of Arts and Letters. As a member of the IU Opera Theater, she performed the Dew Fairy in Hänsel und Gretel, Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri, Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lisette in La rondine. Further performances include Despina in Così fan tutte with Blooming Voce and the role of Rainbow Crow in the premiere of Chappell Kingsland’s The Firebringers for the opera outreach program Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK). Ms. Snow received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, receiving several scholarships and an Award in Excellence in Undergraduate Voice. As an undergraduate, she performed as a soloist in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater under the direction of Matthew Halls and performed at the Oregon Bach Festival. Further concert performances include her solo appearances with the Indiana Opera Chorus and the University of Oregon Chamber Choir.