Adams, Georgiana

Soprano
(Chicago, Illinois)

Second-year Adler Fellow soprano Georgiana Adams is an artist committed to passionate and esteemed musical storytelling. Last year’s San Francisco Opera assignments included Musetta in Bohème Out of the Box, which traveled throughout the Bay Area, and covering the Bride and Lilly (Student 2) in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence and Aunt Lydia in Poul Ruders and Paul Bentley’s The Handmaid’s Tale on the mainstage. She also debuted as a featured vocal soloist with San Francisco Ballet in the world premiere of Mere Mortals and joined the Modesto Symphony for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

A 2023 participant in the Merola Opera Program, Adams performed Anna in scenes from Kevin Puts’ Silent Night in the Schwabacher Summer Concert, covered the role of Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and performed operatic scenes by Wagner (“Dich teure Halle” from Tannhäuser) and Mozart (“Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni) at the Merola Grand Finale concert.

A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, Adams earned her master’s degree in music in the spring of 2023 and was awarded the Stephen Novick Grant for Career Advancement. During the 2022–23 Season, she made her Alice Tully Hall debut singing songs by Respighi and her role debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Chautauqua Opera Conservatory, With the Juilliard Opera Theater, Adams performed the roles of Littler Sister in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up and Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and covered the titular role in Suor Angelica. Other roles include Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring, and the Dew Fairy in Hänsel und Gretel.

Last spring, Adams was the proud semi-finalist of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She was the 2nd place winner in the 2024 Palm Springs Opera Guild Vocal Competition, a selected finalist in the 2023 Opera Index Vocal Competition, and  the winner of the 2020 Casa Italia Vocal Competition.