Praised by The Herold Times for her “strength and great vocal flexibility,” award winning Mezzo-soprano Grace Skinner has received 1st place in competitions including Seattle Opera Guild Competition, Indianapolis Musicale Matinee Competition, and National Society of Arts and Letters Vocal Competition. She will be returning to Vashon Opera this season as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and Stephano in Roméo et Juliette. She will be making her role and house debut as Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann with Tacoma Opera. 

        Other Recent roles include The Composer in  Ariadne auf Naxos, Stephano in Roméo et Juliette, Little Buttercup in HMS Pinafore, Mercédès in Carmen, and Woman #2 in Frida. Additionally, she has worked with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater covering the title role of Carmen, as well as with The Atlanta Opera covering the title role of Giulio Cesare. Ms. Skinner has also performed the roles of Jo in Little Women, the title role in Giulio Cesare, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, La Principessa in Suor Angelica, and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. She premiered the role of Samantha in Mark Lanz Weiser’s opera The Place Where You Started.

         Ms. Skinner was the resident mezzo-soprano at Opera Naples in the 2022/2023 season. She has also been a vocal fellow at prestigious young artist programs Music Academy of the West, and Aspen Music Festival. She earned her MM from the Jacobs School of Music at IU where she was also an Associate Instructor of Voice. Ms. Skinner received her BM in voice at Portland State University. In addition to her career as a performer, Ms. Skinner teaches voice out of her studio in Vancouver, WA. She currently studies with celebrated soprano and vocal pedagogue Jane Dutton.