Wrapping up the summer season, Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson heads into her exciting fall season.
Ms. Richardson will be making her company roles debut as Monica in The Medium with St. Petersburg Opera and Gilda in Rigoletto.
“… and Kyaunnee Richardson adds the agile sweetness that makes Adina so fetching…” ~Robert Boyd, Facebook
“… Kyaunnee Richardson’s Adina is a clear standout. Looking gorgeous in exquisitely curled hair and a pink-ad-white summer dress, she backs up a stunning vocal performance with some vaudeville-style nonverbal. Her eye rolls, hair tosses, and fourth-wall-breaking glares of annoyance and disgust earn the biggest laughs…” ~ Rob Von Nordheim
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To read the full review, > L'Elisir d'Amore - A Tasty and Timeless Brew Review
“… Kyaunnee Richardson preserves Adina’s independence, allowing confidence to yield gradually to recognition… Just as impressive, Kyaunnee Richardson belongs in that company. As Adina, she matches their warmth, assurance and presence while remaining unmistakably herself…”
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To read the full article, > PopLife STL: Union Avenue Opera L'elisir D'amore Review
“…As Adina, soprano Kyaunnee Richardson is so credibly haughty and self-assured that it’s easy to see why Nemorino regards her as unattainable. She’s also just as thoroughly invested in the character’s more tender moments, though, and has the kind of fluid, flexible voice that can handle the many bel canto moments with ease…” ~Chuck Lavazzi
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“… Kyaunnee Richardson, as Adina, dazzles us with a voice that is pure and agile. It climbs to the heights with silvery smoothness, yet can be beautifully warm. She’s slim and girlish, but has a strikingly large voice capable of all those bel-canto decorations. And very brightly expressive eyes…” ~ Steve Callahan
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To read the full article, > Broadway World Union Avenue Opera Review
“…UAO’s Adina, soprano Kyaunnee richardson, outlines how the rom and com elements feed each other…”
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To read the full article, > https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/art-theater/article_79319b49-abf5-442c-b3f5-e272bcfaccd8.html
“Union Avenue Opera has announced its 2026 Festival Season, running July through August at Union Avenue Christian Church in St. Louis…
…Cara Chowning conducts and Jon Truitt directs Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore.” The cast features Kyaunnee Richardson as Adina, Charles Calotta as Nemorino, Junhan Choi as Belcore, John Robert Green as Dulcamara, and Leann Schuering as Giannetta…”
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To read the full article, > https://operawire.com/e-scott-levin-kyaunnee-richardson-jonny-kaufman-melody-wilson-lead-union-avenue-operas-2026-festival-season/
“…Sister II — the kinder, gentler (and wholly imaginary) version of the narrator — is played to perfection by Kyaunnee Richardson, a gifted singer and actor who projects innocence with such fervor that one expects to see a halo burst out of her head. A lyric soprano with an exceptionally pure voice, Richardson has an astonishing range, extending from coloratura to mezzo…”
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To read the review, > DC Theater Arts : UrbanArias - May 15, 2022
Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be will be returning to the American Gothic Performing Arts Festival as the Soprano Soloist in To Be Heard Concert featuring Barber’s Summer Knoxville: 1915. Afterwards, Ms. Richardson will be making her Union Avenue Opera company role debut as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore in July 2026. Following that she returns to the Savannah VOICE Festival on two of their concerts : Broadway and The Queens of the Night.
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For more information, > Union Avenue Opera
“…The season ends with “Porgy and Bess” in Punta Gorda and Naples. Kevin Short and Marsha Thompson headline the opera…”
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To read the full feature, > https://operawire.com/lisa-marie-rogali-kevin-short-marsha-thompson-headline-gulfshore-operas-2025-26-season/
“…Joining Kevin Short in Gulfshore Opera’s jazz concert presentation are Kearstin Piper Brown and Kyaunnee Richardson, both of whom appeared in the Metropolitan Opera’s recent production (Dec. 14–Jan. 24), along with two additional distinguished artists…”
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To read and listen to the full article, > Gulfshore Opera brings the classic "Porgy and Bess" to Punta Gorda
“… Kyaunnee Richardson, who has been the soprano soloist for Met productions,…”
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To read the full article, > The Naples Press: Gershwin's Opera "Porgy and Bess"
The Spring 2026 Season is underway.
Kyaunnee will be a featured soloist in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Jazz Opera Concert presented by Gulfshore Opera. For more information, visit the website at Porgy Opera Jazz Concert.
“…Opera Orlando’s latest concoction in their OperaX series in conjunction with Judson’s — an attempt to create approachable, cabaret-scale “bite-sized opera samplers” for neophytes and devotees alike — happens this weekend…”
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To read the full article, > Orlando Weekly
“… The Dec. 2 and Jan. 24 performances of “Porgy and Bess” will be broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on The Sirus XM App…”
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To read the full article, > OperaWire | Met Opera Porgy and Bess
Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson will be making her debut as a Soprano Soloist in the ensemble of Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera on December 2025 - January 2026.
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For more ticket information, > Met Opera: Porgy and Bess - Tickets
“… I am chasing my dream. I have had this inside of me for a while. At the beginning of this journey, I wanted to be something else. Yet, I ended up being pulled back on the path because that felt right…”
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To read the full article, > VoyageMIA - Kyaunnee Richardson
Watch the full performance of New York City Opera’s presentation of Bizet’s Carmen.
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To watch, > NYCO: Bizet's Carmen [Bryant Park NYC]
Classical Music
“…New York City Opera mounts a free, fully staged production of Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” in Bryant Park (Sept. 4-5). Enrico Castiglione directs Lisa Chavez as Carmen, Jeremy Brauner as Don Jose and Eva Dorofeeva in the role of Micaela, with Constantine Orbelian conducting…”
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To Read the full article,> The News Journal
