Bio
Bridget Ravenscraft is thrilled to return to Opera Colorado as a soprano Resident Artist for a second season, where she will sing the roles of Kenzie (Earth to Kenzie), Amy/Soprano 1 (The Snowy Day), Apparition 3 (Macbeth), and in the chorus of and study cover Despina in The School for Lovers (Così fan tutte). During her first year of residency, she sang the roles of Annina (La traviata), Juliet (Romeo & Juliet), and Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance). In the spring, she will make her house and role debut with Boulder Opera Company, singing the role of Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. This past summer, she reprised the role of Mabel in Quisisana Resort’s production of The Pirates of Penzance.
In May of 2025, Bridget graduated with her Artist Diploma from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she studied with Yvonne Redman. During her two years at UIUC, she performed in Oklahoma! (Aunt Eller), Monteverdi’s Orfeo (La Musica), was awarded second prize in the Krannert Debut Artist Competition and was a recipient of the Stotler Fellowship. The University partnered with the United States Embassy and the Centro Cultural in Costa Rica, where Bridget and three classmates travelled throughout rural Costa Rica performing concerts and masterclasses as a part of their Promising Young Artists Program. She was an apprentice artist with Des Moines Metro Opera where she sang in the choruses of Sweeney Todd and Pique Dame and spent two summers as a conservatory artist at the BayView Music Festival singing in Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), La Cenerentola (Clorinda), and Carmen (Micaëla). She is forever grateful for the support of her family to pursue her dreams.