Louisiana-born soprano Cadie J. Bryan has quickly built a reputation as an entrancing performer who shines in a vast and diverse mix of repertoire. She recently made a star turn as Milada in Smetana’s Dalibor at Bard Summerscape, where critics praised her “radiant tone and nuanced singing” and “stage-commanding performance.”
Bryan’s 2026–2027 season includes her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Barena in Jenůfa, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with San Diego Opera, her role debut as Violetta in La traviata with Arizona Opera, Musetta in La bohème with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and a leading role with Cincinnati Opera.
The previous season included covering the leading role of Sarah Kavalier in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at The Metropolitan Opera; Annchen in Der Freischütz with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; a return to Des Moines Metro Opera as Curley's Wife in Of Mice and Men; New Orleans Opera, for highlights from Showboat; The Atlanta Opera as Susanna in a performance of Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Woglinde in Götterdämmerung; her role debut as Nedda in Pagliacci with Piedmont Opera; and Laurey in Oklahoma! with Pensacola Opera.
The soprano began the 2024-2025 season with a return to The Atlanta Opera, singing Musetta in the company site-specific production of La bohème. She bowed in the Santa Fe Symphony’s performances of Handel’s Messiah, joined Andrea Bocelli for performances in Napa Valley, and debuted with North Carolina Opera, returning to the central role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.
Previous operatic engagements for Cadie J. Bryan include her New Orleans Opera debut as Susanna in Chas Rader-Shieber’s new production of Le nozze di Figaro, Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore (also covering Zerlina in Don Giovanni) with Santa Fe Opera, Addie Mills in the west coast premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The House Without a Christmas Tree with Opera Las Vegas, Clarine in Rameau's Platée and Prilepa in Pique Dame with Des Moines Metro Opera, and Woglinde in Tomer Zvulun's new production of Das Rheingold with The Atlanta Opera.
A graduate of Arizona Opera’s Marion Roose Pullin Studio, she has sung many mainstage roles with the company, ranging from Mozart (Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro, Despina/Così fan tutte) and Puccini (Musetta in La bohème) to contemporary works (Maria/The Sound of Music, Bess/Riders of the Purple Sage, Lucy/Fellow Travelers, Chan Parker/Charlie Parker’s Yardbird).
Cadie is an alumna of Ravinia’s Steans Institute for singers where she studied and performed in a variety of art song and lieder recitals with world-renowned pianists and coaches. She has also appeared in concert with The Dallas Opera for the Hart Institute for Women Conductors. The soprano received a Master of Music and a Performance Diploma from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of soprano Heidi Grant Murphy and a Bachelor of Music from Louisiana State University with baritone Dennis Jesse.
Appearances at Lyric Opera
Musetta, La bohème (2026)
