Mezzo-soprano Julianna Smith is a Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts, where she recently performed as Siebel in Gounod’s Faust. She will also perform Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro in November and December 2025. In May 2025, she made her role debut as Mitrena in Vivaldi’s Motezuma with Opera Neo. As a Studio Artist with Wolf Trap Opera’s 2025 season, Smith covered Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Mercédès in Carmen. Smith was also a Studio Artist in summer 2024, the 75th Anniversary Season of the Aspen Music Festival. At Aspen she covered the role of Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, and performed as Zita in Gianni Schicchi and as Siegrune in Act III of Die Walküre alongside Greer Grimsley and Christine Goerke. Smith also collaborated with composer Jake Heggie for the preview concert of his new opera, Before It All Goes Dark, commissioned and produced by Music of Remembrance. She has won awards from the Kansas City District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, the Annapolis Opera Competition, the Mario Lanza Institute Vocal Competition, the Grand Concours Vocal Competition, the Orpheus Vocal Competition, the Musicians Club of Women, and the Camille Coloratura Awards. Smith received her Master of Music at Northwestern University. She is from Towson, Maryland and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Maryland.