IMARA MILES

 

Hailed for her expressiveness and lush sound, Imara Miles (She/They) is a mezzo-soprano from Washington, DC, with broad experience in both operatic and musical theater repertoire. Miss Miles has been a featured performer in shows such as Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta), Carousel (Nettie Fowler), Gianni Schicchi (Zita), and Porgy & Bess (Lily & Annie), to name a few. As a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania (B.A.) and Indiana University (M.M.), Imara has performed with companies such as The Glimmerglass Festival, Grant Park Music Festival, Pensacola Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Houston Grand Opera, and, most recently Opera Philadelphia. Her past awards and recognitions include the Mollie Shapiro Award at Des Moines Metro Opera, a District award winner from the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, a finalist in the George Shirley Vocal Competition, and the 2022 Elizabeth Greenfield Award as well as a semi-finalist with the Annapolis Opera vocal competition, Houston Grand Opera Concert of Arias, and Paris Opera Competition. Their recent credits include Mercédès in Carmen, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Sarah in Ragtime, and Monisha in Treemonisha, and upcoming engagements include Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago.