Courtney Ross, soprano, makes her West Bay Opera debut singing the role of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow.

Ms. Ross has performed the roles of Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Musetta in La bohème), Despina in Così fan tutte), Ann (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Laurie (Oklahoma), and Kate (Kiss me Kate). She has been a guest soloist with the National Opera Association, Spotlight on the Arts in Virginia, the Waterford Concert series, and the National Philharmonic in Washington, DC. She recently placed second at the San Diego Regional NATS competition, and was the third place winner of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artist Competition. She premiered the role of Sarah in Richard Thompson’s The Mask in the Mirror. This summer she will be singing the roles of Valencienne (The Merry Widow) and Xanthe/Aphrodite in Mark Adamo’s new opera Lysistrata at the Seagle Music Colony in upstate New York.

Ms. Ross received her Masters in Voice from Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, and her Bachelors from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia.