Acclaimed by The New York Times as “an outstanding actress, as well as a singer of extraordinary grace and finesse,” American soprano Corinne Winters has performed over thirty leading roles at major opera houses around the world.
Corinne begins her 24/25 season as the soprano soloist in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with Jakub Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic, both for the BBC Proms and the Dvořák Prague Festival. Also in concert, she makes her debut as the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Washington Concert Opera, and appears with the Smetana Litomyšl Festival in a gala concert of Slavic opera scenes. On the operatic stage, Corinne makes her leading role debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Mimì in La bohème, her house debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in a new Krzysztof Warlikowski production of Káťa Kabanová, and her house debut with the Greek National Opera, reprising both title roles in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride. Additionally, Corinne returns to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as the title role in Jenůfa, and to Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as the title role in a new production of Suor Angelica. She will also return to one of her signature roles, Violetta Valéry, in a new production of La traviata during the summer of 2025, opera house and production details to be announced soon.
Corinne’s debut at the Salzburg Festival in Barrie Kosky’s production of Káťa Kabanová garnered international acclaim, including an International Classical Music Award for Best Opera DVD. In addition to Salzburg, Corinne has performed her signature role of Káťa at Seattle Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Janáček Brno International Festival, Staatsoper Stuttgart, and Opéra de Lyon. Other recent opera highlights include both title roles in Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Rusalka at the Wiener Staatsoper and Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Moniuszko’s Halka at Teatro Real and Theater an der Wien alongside Piotr Beczała, Madama Butterfly and Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Madama Butterfly and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at Oper Frankfurt, Jenůfa at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Jenůfa and Mimì in La bohème at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in València, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica at La Monnaie / De Munt, and Violetta in La traviata at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a role which she has also performed at Seattle Opera, Opera Australia, English National Opera, Opera Hong Kong, and Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In concert, Corinne has sung Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder with the Bamberg Symphony at the Wiener Musikverein, the soprano soloist in Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with the Berlin Philharmonic, and Dvořák’s cantata The Spectre’s Bride with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, all conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Other concert highlights include a gala concert of arias with Andrea Battistoni and the Orchestre de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, the soprano solo in a European tour of Verdi’s Requiem with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, led by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Les nuits d’été with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. She has appeared in recital with the George London Foundation, where she was praised by Opera News as “a striking brunette who manages to be simultaneously gamine and seductress, reveal[ing] an arresting, uniquely plum-colored soprano that could pass for mezzo in the middle but explodes with vibrant color on top,” as well as the New York Festival of Song, Tucson Desert Song Festival, and Vocal Arts DC, showcasing Spanish song repertoire from her debut album, Canción amorosa.
An International Opera Awards nominee Best Female Singer in 2023, Corinne has won prizes from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, Marcello Giordani Foundation (1st prize, Critics Choice Award, Vero Beach Prize), George London Foundation (George London/Leonie Rysanek Award), Sullivan Foundation (Career Grant), Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation (1st Prize), Palm Beach Opera Competition (1st Prize), Gerda Lissner Foundation (2nd Prize), and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (National Semifinalist, 1st place New England Region), and is a recipient of Wolf Trap Opera’s Shouse Career Grant. Corinne earned a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory and Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude from Towson University before appearing as a resident artist at the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
As a master teacher and career mentor, Corinne enjoys sharing her passion for the craft with organizations such as Opera di Roma’s Fabbrica Young Artist Program, YoungArts Miami, Premiere Opera Foundation, National Student Opera Society UK, The University of Arizona, and her alma maters Towson University and the Peabody Conservatory, as well as her private voice studio.
