Award-Winning American Soprano Marissa Mischelle Moultrie is an active performer of opera, art song, concert works, and new compositions. This past season, Marissa was a Young Artist at The Eurasia Festival, where she was meant to return to the role of Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Marissa also made her professional New York City debut with New York Lyric Opera Theatre in the 2020 season, returning to the title role in Suor Angelica. Past full production engagements include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the Title Role in Rusalka, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, First Woodsprite in Rusalka, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Dido in Dido & Aeneas, the Title Role in Suor Angelica, and Minerva in Orpheus in the Underworld. Upcoming roles include Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte with Mannes Opera and a return to Countess Almaviva with International Summer Festival of Morelia in the Summer of 2021. An active participant in vocal competitions, Marissa has recently been named a Finalist in the 2021 Pasadena Vocal Competition and a Semi-Finalist in the 2020 James Toland Vocal Arts Competition. In 2019, Marissa was the winner of the First Annual Angela Meade Vocal Competition. Marissa has received three Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Marissa holds a Master of Music degree from Mannes School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Voice & Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Pacific Lutheran University.