Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Louisiana-born soprano Cadie J. Bryan recently made a star turn as Milada in Smetana’s Dalibor at Bard Summerscape, where critics praised her “radiant tone and nuanced singing” and “stage-commanding performance.”

Bryan’s 2025/26 season includes covering the leading role of Sarah Kavalier in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at The Metropolitan Opera; Annchen in Le Freischütz with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; returns to Des Moines Metro Opera as Curley's Wife in Of Mice and Men; New Orleans Opera, for highlights from Showboat; and The Atlanta Opera as Susanna in a performance of The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Woglinde in Götterdämmerung; her role debut as Nedda in Pagliacci with Piedmont Opera; and Laurey in Oklahoma! with Pensacola Opera. Next season, she makes her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Barena in Jenůfa, and sings leading roles with San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Recent engagements include a return to Atlanta Opera, singing Musetta in the company’s site-specific production of La Bohème, Handel’s Messiah with Santa Fe Symphony, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with North Carolina Opera and New Orleans Opera, tour dates alongside celebrated Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and a return to Santa Fe Opera as Giannetta in The Elixir of Love, also covering Zerlina in Don Giovanni.

Previous operatic engagements for Cadie J. Bryan include Clarine in Rameau's Platée with Des Moines Metro Opera, Woglinde in Das Rheingold with Atlanta Opera, and multiple appearances with Arizona Opera, ranging from Mozart (Susanna/The Marriage of Figaro) and Puccini (Musetta in La Bohème) to contemporary works (Maria/The Sound of Music).

She is an alumna of Ravinia’s Steans Institute, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and Louisiana State University.