Grammy nominated soprano, Dr. Caroline Worra, has been hailed by Opera News as “a serious artist destined for international stages...with a superb soprano and solid technique.”  The New Yorker calls Caroline "a new soprano powerhouse" and Opera-L raves that "she has precisely the same magical quality that Sills had."

In Time Out New York, the composer Mark Adamo had this to say: "Caroline's an immaculate musician and vocally complete, but that's only where a singer starts. Her sound is utterly her own--rich, bright, crackling with intensity--and every time I hear her, she's a bolder, more inventive actress...her intensity was such, you could hardly draw breath...as Leonard Bernstein once said of Maria Callas, if I could sing like that I’d never write another note again."

She has sung over 50 different operatic roles ranging from Handel, Mozart, and Verdi through 21st century composers including 10 World and American Premieres.  Ms. Worra was internationally acclaimed for her performances of Jenny in The Mines of Sulphur (2007 Grammy nominated CD) and as the title role for The Greater Good; Passion of Boule de Suif (Opera News and New York Times pick for one of the top classical CDs of 2007). 

She has sung for over 20 different opera companies including The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, and The Lyric Opera of Chicago as well as a recital at Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall).  Dr. Worra performed on two U.S. National Tours singing Violetta in LaTraviata and Rosalinda in DieFledermaus and has performed overseas as Anne True Love in The Rake's Progress at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Sicily and Jenny in The Mines of Sulphur at The Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland (winner of The 2009 Best Opera of Ireland Award). 

Caroline has a Doctor of Music degree in vocal performance from Indiana University and is a recipient of the Shoshana Foundation - Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

Upcoming Engagements:  February, world premiere reading of Dial M for Murder; February, Princeton Festival Recital; March, Operamission Handel Concert at the Gershwin in New York City; April, Boston Lyric Opera Recital; April/May, Boston Lyric Opera - Elettra in Idomeneo; June, The Princeton Festival - Ginevra in Ariodante; February/March 2011, Boston Lyric Opera - Agrippina in Agrippina.

See below for lists of Roles and Companies

A LIST of CAROLINE's Operatic Roles/Oratorios (by composer)

Francesco Cavalli (1600-1749)

Fury (Giunone, Eternita, Destino) - La Calisto - San Francisco Opera Center

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Asprano - Motezuma - Long Beach Opera - AMERICAN PREMIERE

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

L'Amour/ La Follie - Platee - New York City Opera (cover)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Agrippina - Agrippina - Boston Lyric Opera (2011), New York City Opera (cover), Glimmerglass Opera (cover), Indiana University,

Arianna - Arianna in Creta - Gotham Chamber Opera

Emilia - Flavio - New York City Opera (cover)

Ginevra - Ariodante - The Princeton Festival (2010)

Semele - Semele - Long Beach Opera

Soprano Soloist - Chandos Anthem #10 - Indiana University

Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Luther College

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Costanza - L'isola disabitata - Gotham Chamber Opera (cover)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Countess - Le nozze di Figaro - Chatanooga Opera, Glimmerglass Opera (cover)

Donna Anna - Don Giovanni - Connecticut Grand Opera

Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni - New York City Opera, Quad Cities Mozart Festival, Indiana University

Elettra - Idomeneo - Boston Lyric Opera (2010)

Pamina - The Magic Flute - Merola Opera Program (cover)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 9 - Indiana University (rehearsal soloist)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Soprano Soloist - Mass in A flat - Columbia, Missouri

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Adina - Elixir of Love - Cedar Rapids Opera

Norina - Don Pasquale - New York City Opera (cover)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Soprano Soloist - Elijah - The University of Missouri

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Flowermaiden - Parsifal - Act II - Los Angeles Philharmonic (w/Pierre Boulez)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Alice Ford - Falstaff - Indiana University

Dama - Macbeth - Connecticut Grand Opera

Gulnara - Il Corsaro - Pittsburgh Opera Center AMERICAN CRIT. ED. PREMIER

Violetta - La Traviata - Merola Opera Program, Western Opera Theatre Tour, Pittsburgh Opera (Student Matinee Performance)

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Marguerite - Faust - Opera Memphis

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Marenka - The Bartered Bride - Indiana University

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

Rosalinda - Die Fledermaus - Merola, Western Opera Theatre Tour

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Soprano Soloist - German Requiem - Masterworks Chorale, IN

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Micaela - Carmen - Opera Memphis

Frasquita - Carmen - New York City Opera

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

Youcka - L'Etoile - Glimmerglass Opera

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Dew Fairy - Hansel and Gretel - New York City Opera

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Kate – Madama Butterfly - New York City Opera

Lisette - La Rondine - Dallas Opera

Musetta - La Bohème - Connecticut Grand Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera, Opera Idaho

Nella - Gianni Schicchi - New York City Opera (cover), Indiana University

Soprano Lover - Il Tabarro - New York City Opera (cover)

Suor Genivieve - Suor Angelica - New York City Opera (cover)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Soprano Soloist - Symphony IV - Louisville, KY

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Mélisande - Pelléas et Mélisande - Pittsburgh Opera Center

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Countess Madeleine - Capriccio - New York City Opera (cover)

Daphne - Daphne - New York City Opera (cover)

Franz Lehar (1870-1948)

Hanna, The Merry Widow - Lyric Opera of Chicago (cover), Opera Memphis, Muncie Civic Theatre

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Anne Trulove - The Rake’s Progress - Teatro Massimo Bellini, Sicily, Pittsburgh Opera Center

Soprano Soloist - Les Noces - Indiana University

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Constance - Dialogues of the Carmelites - Kentucky Opera

Elle - La Voix humaine - Maison Française, NY

Sister Felicity - Dialogues of the Carmelites - Glimmerglass Opera

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Soprano Soloist - Knoxville; Summer of 1915 - Wintergreen Festival, Virginia

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Governess - The Turn of the Screw - Madison Opera, Waldron Arts Center, IN

Helena - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Princeton Festival

Robert Kurka (1921-1957)

Katy/Mueller/Kakonyi - The Good Soldier Schweik - Glimmerglass Opera - AMERICAN PREMIERE

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Emma - The Childhood Miracle - Magic Circle Opera

Carlisle Floyd (b. 1926)

Curley’s Wife – Of Mice and Men - New York City Opera (cover), Kansas City Lyric Opera

Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)

Mrs. Anderson - A Little Night Music - New York City Opera (cover)

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Soprano Soloist - "L'abbé Agathon" - Guggenheim Museum (new english version) WORLD PREMIERE

Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Jenny - The Mines of Sulphur -  Glimmerglass Opera - Grammy nomination for Best Opera CD - Live Chandos Recording AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL PREMIERE, New York City Opera, Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland) WINNER BEST OPERA OF IRELAND

Phillip Glass (b. 1937)

Euridice - Orphée - Glimmerglass Opera

Mrs. Naidoo - Satyagraha - The Metropolitan Opera (cover)

Edwin Penhorwood (b. 1939)

Just Jeanette - Too Many Sopranos -  Indiana University WORLD PREMIERE (with piano) Cedar Rapids Opera - WORLD PREMIERE (with orchestra)

Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)  

Myra (cover), Miss Rose - Seance on a Wet Afternoon  - Opera Santa Barbara  WORLD PREMIERE

Stephen Hartke (b. 1952)

Boule de Suif - The Greater Good - Glimmerglass Opera - New York times/Opera News pick for Top Classical CD of the year - Live Naxos Recording WORLD PREMIERE

Paul Moravec (b. 1957)

Soprano Soloist - Blizzard Voices - Opera Omaha WORLD PREMIERE

Mark Adamo (b. 1962)

Amy - Little Women - Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera

Tarik O'Regan (b. 1978)

Soprano Soloist - "The Woven Child" - Guggenheim Museum WORLD PREMIERE

Conrad Cummings (b. 1948)

Liz - The Golden Gate -  American Opera Projects Brooklyn (and Manhattan) WORLD PREMIERE (Workshop Performance)

Lance Horne (b. )

The Girl I Left Behind Me - Three Lost Chords - The Zipper in Manhattan, NY WORLD PREMIERE

Clint Borzoni (b. )

"Oh You Whom I Often and Silently Come" - American Opera Projects WORLD PREMIERE, recorded  New York City, Wintergreen Festival, VA

A LIST of CAROLINE's Opera Companies/Performance Venues

American Opera Projects (Brooklyn)

Boston Lyric Opera

Carnegie Hall (Weill)

Cedar Rapids Opera

Chatanooga Opera

Columbia, Missouri

Connecticut Grand Opera

Dallas Opera

Glimmerglass Opera

Gotham Chamber Opera

Guggenheim Museum

Indiana University

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

Kansas City Lyric Opera

Kentucky Opera

Long Beach Opera

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Louisville, KY

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Madison Opera

Magic Circle Opera

Maison Française, NY

Masterworks Chorale, IN

Merola Opera Program

The Metropolitan Opera

Muncie Civic Theatre

New York City Opera

Opera Memphis

Opera Idaho

Opera Omaha

Opera Santa Barbara

Pittsburgh Opera

Pittsburgh Opera Center

The Princeton Festival

Quad Cities Mozart Festival

San Francisco Opera Center

Teatro Massimo Bellini, Sicily

The University of Missouri

Waldron Arts Center, IN

Western Opera Theatre Tour

Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland)

Wintergreen Festival, Virginia

The Zipper (Manhattan, NY)