Samantha Long
Manhattan-based soprano Samantha Long enjoys a growing career on the opera stage, with a wide range of repertoire from the baroque to the contemporary. Samantha is a frequent performer with the Bronx Opera, most recently performing the roles of Elettra in Idomeneo and Fiordilgi in Cosi fan tutte. Before that, she starred as the titular witch in Operativo’s production of Handel’s Alcina in Houston, TX. A lover of contemporary American opera, she has performed the role of Rose in Jake Heggie’s At the Statue of Venus and Jo March in Little Women with the Vanderbilt Opera Theater, as well as Customer/Queer Kid/Congregant in Kamala Sankaram's Taking Up Serpents at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Other career highlights include the title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah (Rice University), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Miami Music Festival), to the title role in Iolanta (Russian Opera Workshop), and Contessa Almaviva in the Prague Summer Nights production of Le nozze di Figaro; in its review of the production, OperaWire.com reported, “as Countess Almaviva, Samantha Long’s portrayal elicited the tears to accompany the laughter of the evening.”
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Ms. Long obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, and her Master of Music Degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen King. In her free time, she loves painting, exploring local wine bars, and belting show tunes at her beloved dog, Bumi.