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Janai Brugger

soprano

A 2012 winner of Operalia and of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Janai Brugger’s recent season engagements include her highly successful role and Houston Grand Opera debut as she inaugurated the role of Mary Jane Bower in the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence, winning accolades from audiences and critics alike.

Last summer, Brugger appeared in the title role of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah at Opera Theatre of St Louis, followed by her performances as Pamina in The Magic Flute at Ravinia Festival, a role she also sang at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, and at the Metropolitan Opera of New York. The soprano sang the role of Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea at the Metropolitan Opera to open the 2023-24 season, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at Los Angeles Opera, and Liu in Turandot at Opera Colorado. Her  recent concert engagements include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival under the baton of Marin Alsop; Poulenc’s Gloria with Orchestre Metropolitain under the baton of its music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and with Bozeman Symphony; and Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Jader Bignamini conducting. 

Future appearances include concert engagements with the Colorado Symphony, Atlanta Symphony and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; her debut at Canadian Opera Company as Glauce in a revival of the Met’s Medea, her debut this summer at Glyndebourne Festival as Michaela in Carmen, and her return to the Metropolitan Opera next season as Pip the Cabin Boy in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick.