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Soprano Toni Marie Palmertree is rapidly becoming recognized as one of America’s most riveting performers of Puccini and Verdi heroines. She has recently been heard on the stage of San Francisco Opera in the title role of _Madama Butterfly_; of her performance, Janos Gereben from _San Francisco Classical Voice_ wrote: “The young soprano not only met the challenge, but she claimed her place among the finest vocal interpreters of the role heard here recently.” Other roles at San Francisco Opera include Nedda in _Pagliacci_ and Liù in _Turandot_. She also made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in the 2019-20 season, stepping into the title role of _Luisa Miller_. In the 2022-23 season, she will perform the role of Cio-Cio-San in _Madama Butterfly_ at Palm Beach Opera and sing the title role of Tosca at Florida Grand Opera. At the Metropolitan Opera this season, she will perform the role of Voce dal ciel and cover the role of Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi’s _Don Carlo_, and cover the title role of Cherubini’s _Medea_. Further recent performances include Contessa Almaviva in _Le Nozze di Figaro_ with Opera Delaware, Nedda in _Pagliacci_ in her return to Festival Opera New Zealand, Carmina Burana with Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Reno Philharmonic.

In the 2018-2019 season sang in The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductor’s concert and made debuts in the title role of _Tosca_ with the Reading Symphony Orchestra and in Verdi’s _Requiem_ with New Mexico Symphony and Allentown Symphony. Additionally, she joined the Sacramento Philharmonic for a concert of operatic debuts with tenor Dimitri Pittas and covered the title role of _Tosca_ for The Philadelphia Orchestra under Music Director Yannick Nézét-Seguin.

Other recent performances include Giorgetta in _Il tabarro_ and the title role in _Suor Angelica_ for West Bay Opera’s production of Puccini’s _Il trittico_, and a recital performance with pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg in Berkeley, CA. A 2015 participant of the Merola Opera Program, Ms. Palmertree is also a recent recipient of the The Richard F. Gold Career Grant by the Shoshana Foundation. She is proud to hold many awards including winner of The Metropolitan Opera National Council District Awards, finalist in The International Moniuszko Voice Competion, and The Classical Singer Voice competition. She took First place in the Long Leaf Opera of North Carolina voice competition, The Kennett Square Symphony Voice Competition, and The Marcella Sembrich competition. She was awarded third place in the National Opera Association Voice Competition, the James Parkinson Opera Competition and was second place winner of the Sylvia Green Voice Competition. Ms. Palmertree is a graduate of the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera.