ABOUT
Known for her rich vocal color and expressivity, soprano Kara Covey shows promise as an up-and-coming singer. Specializing in new works, verismo, and Mozart repertoire, she has performed throughout the United States, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and Greece. Roles include the title role of Tosca, Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versailles, Liza in Pique Dame, Mimì in La bohème, Estelle in The Stronger, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, the title role of Floyd's Susannah, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Micaëla in Carmen, Violetta in La traviata, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, and the title role of Luisa Fernanda. Upcoming role debuts includes the world premiere of Downwind and Giorgetta in Il tabarro.
She is a two-time winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition District Auditions as well as a Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist, where she received an Encouragement Award. Additionally, she has been a semi-finalist in the Palm Springs Vocal Competition, Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, and the Young Texas Artists’ Vocal Competition. On the concert stage, she has been a featured soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G, Duruflé‘s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Dr. Covey serves on the voice faculty at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX, where she teaches private voice, vocal literature, vocal pedagogy, diction, and vocal concepts for instrumentalists. Passionate about vocal pedagogy and voice science, she has presented her research at regional and national conferences throughout the United States. Her work focuses on utilizing vocal acoustic strategies to navigate registration imbalances in treble singers. She recently joined the voice faculty at the esteemed Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
She received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Opera Performance on a full-tuition scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin, where she served as a Teaching Assistant in Voice and Opera. She is a recipient of the prestigious faculty-nominated Academic Excellence Fellowship, which recognizes an exceptional graduate student with significant potential to contribute to their field post-graduation. She holds a Master of Music degree on a full-tuition academic and music scholarship from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University.