Profile

Olivia Currier

Waco,TX,USA
Young Artist/Emerging Pro, 2026
Classical, Mezzo-Soprano

Highlights & Awards

  • Student of the Year for Theatre - La Cueva High School - 2018
  • Choir Service Award - La Cueva High School - 2018
  • Robins Vocal Scholarship – 2018-2022
  • Margaret Bell Scholarship- 2022
  • Finalist – Texoma NATS - 2020
  • Semifinalist - Camerata Bardi International Vocal Competition - 2021
  • 1st Place - 3rd Year Classical Treble Voice- Dallas-Fort Worth NATS – 2021
  • 3rd Place – Charleston International Baroque Music Competition – 2021
  • 3rd Place – Rocky Mountain Spring Voice Competition – 2021
  • 1st Place – Charleston International European Music Competition – 2021
  • Grand Prize – 21st Century Talents Voice Competition – 2021
  • 1st Prize - IMKA Internet Music Competition - 2021
  • 3rd Prize - Medici International Music Competition - 2021
  • 2nd Place - American Classical Young Musician Award - 2021
  • 2nd Prize - Marker and Pioneer International Music Competition - 2021
  • Semifinalist - Texoma NATS - 2021
  • 1st Prize - Nouvelles Etoiles Online Music Competition - 2023
  • Winner - Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital Competition - 2023
  • 2nd Place - American Music Talent Competition - 2023
  • 2nd Prize - Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Musicisti Città di Massa - 2023
  • Recipient - Anna Sosenko Assist Trust - 2023
  • 5th Place - Advanced Classical Treble Voice - Texoma NATS - 2024
  • 1st Place - Central Texas songSLAM Competition - Lone Star Songs - 2025
  • Finalist - Las Vegas Vocal Competition - International Opera Institute - 2025
  • Best Graduate Performance - Baylor Opera Theatre - 2025
  • 3rd Place - Piero Boni International Opera Competition - Federazione Musicale Internazionale - 2025
  • Winner - Baylor Aria Competition - 2025
  • Honorable Mention - NATS Artist Awards - Texoma Region - 2025
  • 3ème Prix à l’unanimité - La Marianne Music Competition - 2025

Bio

Described by critics as “hilarious and endearing” on stage (Opera Today) and the “comical center of the production” (OperaGene), Olivia Currier is a mezzo-soprano from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She recently completed a season as an Apprentice Artist with the Sarasota Opera. Her principal credits include the role of Prinz Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Opera Magnifico, Beppe in L’amico Fritz with Amici Opera Company, and Béatrice in Béatrice et Bénédict with Shakespeare Opera Theatre. As a versatile artist that embraces recital, concert, and choral repertoire, she performed a selection from Mikel Rouse’s Failing Kansas in Marshall Opera’s Oral History Concert at the Lincoln Center and presented a recital at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland, as a winner of their Classical Recital Competition. She was previously a Frank Nemhauser Vocal Apprentice with Berkshire Choral International, a Choral Scholar with Quintessence: A Community of Singers, and was the alto soloist in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb with the Lubbock Chorale. She has been awarded 1st Place at the Central Texas songSLAM Competition, a Semifinalist in the Camerata Bardi International Vocal Competition, a Finalist at the International Opera Institute’s Las Vegas Vocal Competition, and was a recipient of the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust. Ms. Currier holds a degree from Texas Tech University and resides in Waco, Texas. She is currently in her graduate studies at Baylor University under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Best.


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