Anna Thompson · soprano

AVA First-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Rochester, MI

Education:
Rice University (MM), Eastman School of Music (BM)

Awards: 
The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Houston District (Winner), The Music Club of Austin Fielder Grant (1st Prize), National Opera Association Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition (Finalist), John Alexander National Vocal Competition (Semi-Finalist), Schmidt Vocal Arts Undergraduate Awards (Winner), Opera Grand Rapids Vanderlaan Prize (Finalist), Orpheus Vocal Competition (Encouraging Vocal Excellence Award), Camille Coloratura Awards (Semi-Finalist), Friends of Eastman Opera Competition (2nd Prize), Eastman School of Music Voice & Opera Department Concerto Competition (Winner).

Recent Roles: 
Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versailles, Alcina in Alcina, and Female Chorus (cover) in The Rape of Lucretia (Rice University), Rosalinde (cover) in Die Fledermaus (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), Marianne Leitmetzerin (cover) in Der Rosenkavalier (The Santa Fe Opera), Beatríz (cover) in Bel Canto (Aspen Music Festival), Sophie de Palma in Masterclass (Theatre Aspen), Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica and Mary Johnson (cover) in Fellow Travelers (Seagle Festival), Diana in La Calisto (Eastman School of Music)