Soprano Raven McMillon is a native of Baltimore, MD. Recent highlights include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the New Orleans Opera, Johanna in Sweeney Todd with the Austin Opera, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Welsh National Opera and returns to the Cincinnati Opera with the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.

Last season, she sang Frasquita in Carmen, Peter in The Snowy Day and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Houston Grand Opera. She reprised Pamina with the Des Moines Metro Opera and made her Philadelphia Opera debuts as Gilda in Rigoletto. She also sang Musetta in La Bohème and Ruthie in Castor and Patience at the Cincinnati Opera. In concert, she performed the roles of Barbara and Mrs. Latch in the much-anticipated presentation of Kevin Puts’ The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Carmina Burana with the Santa Cruz Symphony.

During the 2020-2021 season, she made her house debut at Houston Grand Opera in scenes from Carmen (Frasquita) and L’elisir d’amore (Adina) in the Studio Showcase. She was also seen in the HGO Digital season as Rona Richards in The Impresario, Peter in The making of The Snowy Day documentary, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel. Ms. McMillon also performed as a soloist in the Giving Voice concert as well as the HGO Studio Recitals. She also made debut as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Steamboat.

In 2020, Ms. McMillon also collaborated with Lyric Opera of the North as Trish in the company’s chapter in The Decameron Coalition’s “Tales from a Safe Distance.”

Other opera credits include la Princesse in L’enfant et les sortilèges (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); Adèle in Die Fledermaus (Carnegie Mellon); Goldie in Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears (Pittsburgh Festival Opera); and Linfea in La Calisto (CCM). Ms. McMillon has also workshopped new roles such as Mary in Faye Chiao’s The Secret Codes of Mary Bowser and Lucy in Tobias Picker’s Awakenings.

Ms. McMillon received her MM Vocal Performance at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music and her BFA in Vocal Performance at Carnegie Mellon University. Recently, Ms. McMillon was named a 2021 Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.