Erika Straus is a soprano with experience performing leading and supporting roles in operas with VCU Opera from 2012 to 2015. She has won honors and scholarships for her singing. Her education includes a B.M. in Voice Performance from VCU in 2015 and participation in intensive opera programs in the U.S. and Italy.

1. ​Erika Straus
soprano
(804)300-7971
strausel@vcu.edu
Operatic Experience
Gianetta The Gondoliers VCU Opera 2015
Zerlina (scenes) Don Giovanni VCU Opera 2014
Jou-Jou The Merry Widow VCU Opera 2014
Female Chorus (scenes) The Rape of Lucretia VCU Opera 2013
Papagena (cover) Die Zauberflöte VCU Opera 2013
Susanna (scenes) Le Nozze di Figaro VCU Opera 2012
Chorus Amelia Goes to the Ball VCU Opera 2012
Susanna (scenes) Le Nozze di Figaro Operafest 2007
Suor Lucia Suor Angelica Operafest 2007
Oratorio
*Soprano Soloist Vivaldi’s Gloria Providence United Dec. 2015
Methodist Church
Honors and Awards
Full Tuition Scholarship Wintergreen Schubert Voice Intensive 2015
Honors Placement Maryland Regional NATS Competition 2015
Honors Placement Virginia State NATS Competition 2015
Education and Training
B.M. Voice Performance, Virginia Commonwealth University 2015
Wintergreen Schubert Voice Intensive, Wintergreen, VA 2015
OperaWorks Emerging Artist Program, Los Angeles, CA 2015
Operafestival Di Roma, Rome, Italy 2007
Teachers​: Michelle Gulick, Louisa Panou-Takahashi
Coaches​: Jim Smith, Melanie Kohn Day
Directors/Conductors​: Melanie Kohn Day, Kenneth Wood, Daniel Myssyk,
Dr, Erin Freeman
Special Skills​: ​ballet (10 years), headstands, ukulele