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Soprano Raven McMillon is a native of Baltimore, MD. Recently, Ms. McMillon was named a 2021 Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. She returns to Houston Grand Opera as a second year studio artist for their 2021-2022 season as Frasquita in _Carmen_, Peter in Joel Thompson’s _The Snowy Day_, and Papagena in _The Magic Flute_. Elsewhere, she makes her house and role debut at Des Moines Metro Opera as Pamina in _The Magic Flute_ as well as a house and role debut at Opera Philadelphia as Gilda in _Rigoletto_.

Ms. McMillon will join Cincinnati Opera in the summer of 2022 for her role debut as Musetta in _La Bohème_ as well as Ruthie in _Castor and Patience_, a much anticipated world premiere from composer Gregory Spears.

In the summer of 2021, Ms. McMillon joined Cincinnati Opera as Frasquita in the company’s outdoor presentation of _Carmen_. She was also seen in her role debut as Rosina in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ at Opera Steamboat. During the 2020-2021 season, she made her house debut at Houston Grand Opera in scenes from _Carmen_ (Frasquita) and _L’elisir d’amore_ (Adina) in the Studio Showcase. She was also seen in the HGO Digital season as Rona Richards in _The Impresario_, Peter in _The Making of The Snowy Day_ documentary, and Gretel in _Hansel and Gretel_. Ms.McMillon also performed as a soloist in the Giving Voice concert as well as the HGO Studio Recitals.

In 2020, Ms. McMillon also collaborated with Lyric Opera of the North as Trish in the company’s chapter in The Decameron Coalition’s “Tales from a Safe Distance.”

Other opera credits include La Princesse in _L’enfant et les sortilèges_ (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); Adele in _Die Fledermaus_ (Carnegie Mellon); Goldie in _Goldie B_.

Locks and the Three Singing Bears (Pittsburgh Festival Opera); and Linfea in _La Calisto_ (CCM). Ms. McMillion has also workshopped new roles such as Mary in Faye Chiao’s _The Secret Codes of Mary Bowser_ and Lucy in _Tobias Picker’s Awakenings_.

Ms. McMillon received her MM Vocal Performance at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music and her BFA in Vocal Performance at Carnegie Mellon University.