Soprano Janai Brugger most recently appeared with LA Opera in 2012 as Musetta in La Boheme. She will be a soloist for the June 7, 2013, concert entitled An Evening of Spanish Zarzuela and Latin America Music, performing with Placido Domingo, and she will return to LA Opera as Pamina in The Magic Flute in November 2013. A former member of the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, she is the 2012 winner of both Operalia and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She kicked off the 2012/13 season with her Metropolitan Opera debut as Liu in Turandot. She will appear with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at the May Festival under the baton of James Conlon, and travel to China for a series of recitals. She rounds out the season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel as the High Priestess in Aida at the Hollywood Bowl. Recent successes include her 2012 appearance at Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of James Conlon as the First Lady in The Magic Flute, and her debut with Palm Beach Opera in 2012 as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette. She made her LA Opera debut in 2010 as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro. Other future engagements include Micaela in Carmen at Opera Colorado. (www.JanaiBrugger.com)