Valerie Bernhardt, soprano

Soprano Valerie Bernhardt has already performed a wide variety of roles in her young career. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Eve Queler's Opera Orchestra of New York in Donizetti's Adelia, as well as her New York City Opera debut in Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen. Since then, Ms. Bernhardt has played such roles as Mimi (Puccini's La Bohème) with the Pittsburgh Opera; Valentine (Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots) with the Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico; Hélène (Verdi's Jerusalem) with the Opera Orchestra of New York; the First Lady (Mozart's Die Zauberflöte) with The New York City Opera and Pittsburgh Opera; and Nella (Puccini's Gianni Schicchi) with the Boheme Opera of New Jersey.

A native of New Jersey, Ms. Bernhardt has earned two graduate degrees in voice from The Juilliard School, and has trained at such recognized opera programs as Chautauqua, Aspen, The Pittsburgh Opera Center, and the Daniel Fero Vocal Program.

Ms. Bernhardt has gone on to distinguish herself in various competitions, such as the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Palm Beach Vocal Competition, and Opera at Florham Vocal Competition, and has won career grants from both Opera Index and the Sullivan Foundation.