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German American mezzo-soprano Siena Licht Miller is rapidly establishing herself in opera, concert, and recital.

In 25/26, she returns to the Opernhaus Zürich Ensemble for new productions of Hänsel und Gretel (Hänsel) and La clemenza di Tito (Annio), and for revivals of La scala di seta (Lucilla), Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), Carmen (Mercedes), and Così fan tutte (Dorabella).

In 24/25, she appeared in Ariadne auf Naxos (Dryade), Manon Lescaut (Un musico), Die tote Stadt (Lucienne), and Salome (Page of Herodias/Slave). She also made her Bozeman Symphony debut in Mozart’s Requiem. Additional Zürich performances have included La rondine (Suzy), Barkouf (Périzade), L’italiana in Algeri (Zulma), Das Rheingold (Floßhilde), Die Walküre (Roßweiße), and Götterdämmerung (Floßhilde). On the concert stage, she has appeared with the BBC Philharmonic in selections from Hänsel und Gretel under Sir Andrew Davis and performed Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with pianist Ann-Katrin Stöcker at the Baur au Lac.

In her first year as a Zürich Ensemble member, she sang Barkouf (Périzade), Salome (Page), Lakmé (Mallika), and the title role in Xerxes. She also performed La clemenza di Tito (Annio) in concert with Cecilia Bartoli (Sesto) and Les Musiciens du Prince–Monaco, and sang Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with the Grant Park Music Festival.

Previously a two-season member of Zürich’s International Opera Studio (IOS), she appeared in a new Salome (Page) directed by Andreas Homoki, the world premiere of Evers’ Die Odyssee (Penélope), L’italiana in Algeri (Zulma), Rigoletto (Giovanna), Maria Stuarda (Anna Kennedy), Simon Boccanegra (Amelia’s Maid), I puritani (Enrichetta di Francia), and Viva la Mamma (Luigia). She also debuted with the Dallas Symphony at Bravo! Vail and returned to the Oregon Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Career highlights include the world premiere of Venables’ Denis & Katya (Katya) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia) with Opera Philadelphia; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Oregon Symphony; Messiah with the Boise and Columbus Symphonies; and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Grant Park and Charlotte Symphonies. A dedicated recitalist, she has appeared with the Ravinia Steans Music Institute winter song tour, in residency at Caramoor with New York Festival of Song, and in recital for the Carnegie Hall Citywide Concert Series. She was a 2019 Gerda Lissner Grant Awardee.

Ms. Miller made her professional debut in 17/18 with Opera Philadelphia in Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame) and spent the summer of 2018 as a member of The Santa Fe Opera’s prestigious Apprentice Program, covering Doctor Atomic (Kitty Oppenheimer) and Madama Butterfly (Suzuki). She has sung the title role in L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Aspen Music Festival and appeared with Curtis Opera Theatre in the title roles of Dido and Aeneas and The Rape of Lucretia, as well as Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah), Doctor Atomic (Kitty Oppenheimer), and The Medium (Baba).

Ms. Miller is an alumna of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. She has participated in the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Chautauqua Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival.

2025-2026