Soprano Shayleen Norat, from Coamo, Puerto Rico, is pursuing a Performer Diploma in Voice Performance under the tutelage of Carol Vaness. Norat earned her Master of Music in Voice Performance from the Jacobs School of Music and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Music from the University of Puerto Rico, complementing her studies at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. Previous roles include Pamina in The Magic Flute, Ludmila in The Bartered Bride, La Suora Infermiera in Suor Angelica, Une pastourelle in L’enfantet les sortilèges, and Rosaura in Los Gavilanes. She has also performed leading roles in opera workshop scenes from La Rondine, Manon, Roméo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro, I Pagliacci, and La Bohème. She is an alumna of the Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival and the Miami Summer Music Festival. Last summer, she was part of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where she performed the role of Mrs. Johannes “Ma” Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up. Norat has been seen on the MAC stage as Maria in the IU Jacobs Opera Theater’s 2018 production of West Side Story.