The Spring 2024 Season is well underway with more debuts and returns!

Kyaunnee will be a featured soloist in The Magic of Mozart Concert presented by the First Delray Concert Series. Later, she’ll be making her debut with Amelia Island Opera in their Gala Concert.

“…The Benjamin Matthews Vocal Competition honors the accomplished bass-baritone Benjamin Matthews who—along with conductor Wayne Saunders, Sister Mary Elise Sisson, and conductor Margaret Rosezarian Harris—founded Opera Ebony in 1973. Opera Ebony, the longest continually operating Black opera company is the U.S., is “guided by its mission to mentor and afford opportunity for underrepresented talent on, off, and behind the stage…” ~Eric McKeever

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To Read the Full Article, > CS | Opera Ebony: The Benjamin Matthews Vocal Competition

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Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson is featured in the Opera Ebony Article of Classical Singers Magazine January Issue.

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To order your copy of the January 2024 Issue, visit > https://www.csmusic.net

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Opera Orlando on Broadway at the home of Carmen and Scott Moscrip will feature three very familiar Opera Orlando artists taking on their favorite music theater tunes. Our star performers include Grammy Award winner Gabriel Preisser joined by dynamite soprano Kyaunnee Richardson, the stellar mezzo Laura Hodos, and Orlando favorite Alex Mansoori. Selections will include "Music of the Night," "Memory," "Come What May," and many more with Giusta Nicola on piano.

For more information, > https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E349459&id=94

“…We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Kyaunnee Richardson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below…”

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To read the full article, > https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-kyaunnee-richardson/

…Conducted by artistic director Pablo Mielgo, Symphony of the Americas will once again perform a variety of holiday classics ranging from the 1970 bilingual hit “Feliz Navidad” and the traditional Chanukah song “Maoz Tzur” to a few merry medleys, including “Christmas at the Movies” (excerpts from “The Polar Express”), “Somewhere in My Memory” (from “Home Alone”), the overture from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and more. Kyaunnee Richardson, a soprano and South Florida native, will perform with the symphony…

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To read the full article, > https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/11/14/need-a-little-christmas-now-heres-a-list-of-holiday-themed-shows-concerts/

…Celebrate the sounds of the holiday season with Symphony of the Americas Holiday POPS! Conducted by Artistic Director Pablo Mielgo and featuring Symphony favorite soprano Kyaunnee Richardson, audiences will delight in the most wonderful time of the year…

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To read the full article, > https://www.outclique.com/celebrate-the-holiday-season-with-symphony-of-the-americas-holiday-pops/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrate-the-holiday-season-with-symphony-of-the-americas-holiday-pops

…Celebrate the sounds of the season with SOTA’s holiday tradition, “Holiday POPS!” on Dec. 3. Holiday traditions come together in this unforgettable musical program featuring a Symphony favorite, soprano soloist Kyaunnee Richardson…

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To read the full article, > https://outsfl.com/music/symphony-of-the-americas-serves-up-seven-concerts

“Celebrate the sounds of the holiday season with Symphony of the Americas Holiday POPS! Conducted by Artistic Director Pablo Mielgo and featuring Symphony favorite soprano Kyaunnee Richardson, audiences will delight in the most wonderful time of the year.”

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To read the full article, > https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/Celebrate-The-Holiday-Season-With-Symphony-Of-The-Americas-HOLIDAY-POPS-Conducted-By-Artistic-Director-Pablo-Mielgo-20231113

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be returning to the New Pres Concert Series to sing the Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah on December 3rd. In addition, Kyaunnee with a featured guest vocalist with Candlelight Concerts - Miami on December 15th for their Holiday Special Concert at the Scottish Rite Temple.

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For ticket information for Messiah, > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/handels-messiah-tickets-721721166437?aff=oddtdtcreator
For ticket information for Candlelight Concerts - Miami, > https://feverup.com/en/miami/candlelight

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson named 1st Place in the 2023 Opera Ebony Benjamin Matthews Vocal Competition.

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“…but soprano Kyaunnee Richardson made Adele’s scenes mesmerizing… and Richardson’s voicing of the oft-excerpted couplets ‘Mein Herr Marquis, ein Mann wie Sie,’ her trills and top D lustrous…. As Adele exhibited her fledgling talent for the stage, seeking sponsorship for a career in the theater, the couplets in Act Three, ‘Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande,’ were intoned with musical and comedic virtuosity. In fantastic voice throughout the performance, Richardson reserved her best effort for the final scene, bringing down the curtain with a phenomenal interpolated top D, and her uncontainable smile brought sunlight to the auditorium on a stormy afternoon…” ~ Joseph Newsome

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To read the rest of the article, > https://www.voix-des-arts.com/2023/09/performance-review-johann-strauss-ii.html

“We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Kyaunnee Richardson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below…”

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To read the full article > https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kyaunnee-richardson/

2022/23 Season was another successful achievement. Now, Kyaunnee will be heading into her 2023/24 Season with excitements and thrilling debuts!

Kyaunnee returns to Opera in Williamsburg in the role of Adele in Strauss’ II Die Fledermaus. Following that, she’ll be featured on a Broadway Concert with the New Pres Concert Series. Then she returns with the Symphony of the Americas and Maestro Pablo Mieglo in their annual Holiday wit the Symphony Concert! Along with other special concerts throughout the holiday season. She also returns to the New Pres Concert Series to sing the Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah. And closing the year, Kyaunnee will be making her debut with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in the concert New Year’s Eve: A Viennese Celebration with Maestro Christopher Confessore conducting.

At the beginning of 2024, Kyaunnee returns with Opera Orlando to sing a concert featuring works by famed British composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and other operatic favorites.

Opera Orlando will be holding a 6-day summer intensive for high school and undergraduate college students who are looking to learn what it take to be a professional singer. Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will a guest artist in a Q&A session where singers will be able to learn about the operatic career.

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For more information, please visit: www.operaolrando.org/sings

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be joining Teatro Nuovo as a Studio Artist for their Summer Program 2023. Rounding out the summer season, Kyaunnee returns to Opera Orlando as a special guest for their week long summer program Opera Orlando Sings! And rounding out the summer season, Kyaunnee joins the Savannah VOICE Festival singing the roles of Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and reprising Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Dario Acosta Photography, 2019

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be returning to Orlando to make her debut as a Soprano Soloist with Orlando Sings in “I Believe” Concert.

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Concert Date is May 18th at 730P. For more information, visit www.orlandosings.org/season

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be singing the role of Donna Elvira with Opera in Williamsburg. The performance dates are May 10, 12 & 14th.

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For Tix: Don Giovanni.

Now you can watch the full episode of Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson with the fabulous Sisaundra Lewis! Curtsey of AFRO TV, February 2023

Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson named the special prize winner of the Sherrill Milnes American Opera Award and a semifinalist of the 2023 30th Annual American Traditions Vocal Competition.

ATC 2023, Photography John Carrington