Tessa McQueen, soprano, is originally from Loveland, CO and currently based in Houston, TX. She is pursuing her Master of Music in Voice Performance at Rice University. Tessa is currently under the tutelage of Professor Nova Thomas and on a full tuition scholarship at the Shepherd School of Music. 

Recently, Tessa performed Krystyna Zywulska in the newly edited premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Two Remain (Out of Darkness) with Central City Opera. She was awarded the 2022 Young Artist of the Season Award as a Studio Artist with CCO. 

Tessa is a two-time Tulsa District winner of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont competition advancing to the Midwest Region in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, Ms. McQueen was named a winner at the Midwest Region, placing 3rd. In 2022 she placed 3rd in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition for Colorado Singers. She recently advanced to the 2023 finals of the DLOG competition for Colorado singers and will be competing again on March 18.