Praised for her “fine, warm mezzo-soprano voice," Quinn Middleman is known for her dynamic artistry and as an "animated musical storyteller." She looks forward to 2024-25 engagements including returns to Annapolis  Opera as Berta/Il barbiere di Siviglia and Haymarket Opera as Mary Cleofe/Resurrezione, and a debut with Opera Montana in her signature role as The Witch/The Mother/Hansel and Gretel. She will also premiere Rosśa Crean’s Werifesteria with the PICOSA Ensemble and solo in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Cleveland Suburban Symphony Orchestra. 

 

In the 2023-24 season, she appeared as Nunzia/La liberazione di Ruggiero with Haymarket Opera, Third Lady/Die Zauberflöte with Annapolis Opera, Ježibaba/Rusalka with Opera Ithaca, several roles in L'enfant et les sortilèges with Salt Marsh Opera, and Podtochina/Countess/The Nose with Chicago Opera Theater. She was proud to win 1st Place in the Opera Mississippi John Alexander National Vocal Competition. In the 2022-23 season, she sang the Page/Salome (covering Herodias) at Madison Opera and the Witch/Hansel and Gretel with Opera Birmingham, covered Handel’s titular Ariodante at Pittsburgh Opera, and joined The Santa Fe Opera as a member of the 2023 Apprentice Singers Program, covering Geneviève/Pelléas et Mélisande and Ninfa/Orfeo. 

Quinn has recently appeared as Alto Soloist/Messiah with Utah Symphony, Alto Soloist/Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Alisa/Lucia di Lammermoor with Madison Opera, Doris/Elizabeth Cree with Chicago Opera Theater, Mother/Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opéra Louisiane, The Mother/The Scarlet Ibis with Chicago Opera Theater, Testo/La Susanna with Haymarket Opera, Countess (cover)/Queen of Spades at Des Moines Metro Opera, Filippyevna/Eugene Onegin with Music Academy of the West, and Ježibaba/The Littlest Mermaid with OPERA Iowa. In competition, Quinn placed first in the Opera Birmingham Competition, won the Mozart Prize at the Orpheus Vocal Competition, and was a finalist in the Argento Vocal Competition. She was a LYNX Project Artist in Residence and a Utah Opera Resident Artist, with whom she appeared as Flora/La Traviata and Madeleine/Silent Night and covered Rosina/Il barbiere di Siviglia. She has also performed with Crested Butte Music Festival, Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, and Tanglewood Music Center, among others. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University, and received bachelor’s degrees in both Oboe Performance and Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California.