In the 2024/2025 season, Anna Thompson debuts the role of Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versailles and the title role in Alcina at Rice University. As a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, she covers Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also appears in scenes as the title role in Manon and Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Center Stage Concert under the baton of Daniela Candillari. Additionally, Anna debuts with the Bard Music Festival as Mariken in Bohuslav Martinů’s one-act opera Mariken de Nimègue. In 2024, as an Apprentice Artist with The Santa Fe Opera, she covered Marianne Leitmetzerin in Bruno Ravella’s production of Der Rosenkavalier and appeared as Clorinda in scenes from La Cenerentola. She also sang Female Chorus in a concert performance of The Rape of Lucretia, and Helmwige in scenes from Die Walküre at Rice University. Past season highlights include covering Beatriz in Bel Canto, and performing Sophie De Palma in Masterclass alongside Phylicia Rashad, directed by Joanna Gleason at the Aspen Music Festival. Anna was recently named a Winner of the Houston District of the Laffont Competition and 1st Prize Winner of the Fielder Grant from the Music Club of Austin. Ms. Thompson is an alumna of Rice University and the Eastman School of Music.