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Soprano Evan Kardon from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is currently a Studio Artist with the Florida Grand Opera. Her mainstage work in the 2018/19 season will include Barbarina in _Le Nozze di Figaro_, Mrs. Ford in _Frida_ and Sophie in a new production of _Werther_. She will return to Des Moines Metro Opera as an Apprentice Artist to cover Musetta in _La Bohème_ this Summer. Ms. Kardon’s 2017/18 mainstage season included the roles of Amor in Gluck's _Orfeo ed Euridice_, as well as the role of Slave in Strauss' _Salome_. 

Ms. Kardon is honored to have won First Place and Top Audience Choice in the Lois Alba Competition in Houston, Texas on June 25, 2017. In the 2016-2017 season, Ms. Kardon participated in the Opera Philadelphia chorus in _Turandot_ and _Le Nozze di Figaro_. Her Summer plans include returning to the Middlebury Language Institute to continue pursuing fluency in the German Language, as well as to sing Susanna in a condensed version of _Des Hochzeit des Figaros_. 

In the Summer of 2016, Ms. Kardon performed in Saratoga Springs, NY as an Apprentice with Saratoga Opera. She covered the role of Susanna in _Le Nozze di Figaro_ and sang the Second Fairy in the American Premiere of Philip Glass' _The Witches of Venice_.  In January 2016, she participated in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions, where she was one of four District finalists and advanced to Regionals. In the Summer of 2015, Ms. Kardon was an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, where covered the role of Blonde in Mozart's _Die Entführung aus dem Serail_, as well as sang in several scenes programs including Massenet's Manon and Strauss' _Der Rosenkavalier_. 

Before graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory, Evan had the privilege of performing the roles of Atalanta in Handel's _Serse_, Poppea in Monteverdi's _Incoronazione di Poppea_, and Adina in _L'elisir d'Amore_.  In the 2014 summer season, Ms. Kardon performed the role of Une Dame in Wolf Trap Opera’s production of _Les Mamelles de Tirésias_, as well as covered the title role. Evan also  performed in the studio scenes program as the Controller in Johnathan Dove’s _Flight_ and Susanna in Mozart’s _Le Nozze di Figaro_. Ms. Kardon has been a Young Artist at OperaWorks, CoOPERAtive, and in the summer of 2012, she performed the roles of La bergère/La chouette in the International Vocal Arts Institute’s production of _L’enfant et les sortilèges_ in Montreal.  

She is a graduate of Rice University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, where she performed various scenes as Norina in Donizetti’s _Don Pasquale_, Frasquita in Bizet’s _Carmen_, Susanna in Mozart’s _Le Nozze di Figaro_, and the Governess in Britten’s _Turn of the Screw_.  When Ms. Kardon is not singing, she is trying to master the German language, volunteering her time at animal shelters, and spending time with her 3-year old French Bulldog named Eugene.