Elana Gleason, praised by the New York Post for “pinpoint finesse on high B’s and C’s” and by Opera News for her “particularly beautiful soprano,” is a versatile artist known for her agile full lyric sound, compelling characterizations, and engaging stage presence. This season she appears as Nedda in Pagliacci with Opera Louisiane and Noémie in Cendrillon with North Carolina Opera.

Her past roles include the title role in Manon, Violetta in La traviata, Agnes Sorel and Joan of Arc in The Maid of Orleans, Judit in Bluebeard’s Castle, Elizabeth Cree, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Marguerite in Faust, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Micaëla in Carmen, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, and Tosca. She has performed with The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, New Orleans Opera, Mobile Opera, Marigny Opera, Lake Charles Symphony, Natchez Festival of Music, Mississippi Opera, Opera Louisiane, and others.