“… 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…”
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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]
“…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
“The New York City Opera is set to return to Bryant Park in September…
…Lisa Chavez stars in the title role with Gustavo Feulien as Escamillo, Jeremy Brauner as Don Jose, and Eva Dorofeeva as Micaëla. The cast is rounded out by Henry Kim, Jake Russo, Kyaunnee Richardson, John Burke, Kristee Haney, and Tair Tazhi…”
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To read the full article, >Opera Wire | NYCO Carmen
Classical Music:
“New York City Opera mounts a free, fully staged production of 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 Micaëla, with Constantine Orbelian conducting.”
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To read the article, >New York Times - Carmen
Another successful season of 2024/25 filled with debuts, exciting travels and lifelong friendships. Now Kyaunnee heads into her 2025/26 Season.
Starting off the season, Kyaunnee will be making her debut with the New York City Opera in the role of Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen at Bryant Park. In 2026, she returns with Amelia Island Opera to sing the role of Lucy in Menotti’s The Telephone and Kahane’s Craiglistlieder in February. Then, she heads to Orlando to return with Opera Orlando for the Opera X: Dueling Divas Concert.
Photography by Lea Gallardo
“…Mozart’s "‘Vesperae de Dominica,’ K. 321, is performed by Bergen County Academies and CONTINUOARTS Symphonic Chorus under the baton of Marios Papadopoulos…”
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To read the full article, > OperaWire | Announces 2025 Concert Season at CARNEGIE HALL
“… The evening's program features Sir John Rutter CBE conducting his own Requiem, with soprano Juliet Ariadne Papadopoulos; Mozart's Vesperae de Dominica, led by Marios Papadopoulos and featuring soloists Kyaunnee Richardson (soprano), Jessica Ann Best (mezzo-soprano), John Riesen (tenor), and Edwin Jhamal Davis (bass); and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, also conducted by Marios Papadopoulos…”
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To read the full article, > BroadwayWorld | Mid America Productions to Present Tribute to Peter Tiboris at CARNEGIE HALL
