Shannon Prickett

Shannon Prickett-Sofa holds a master’s degree in voice and is presently a member of the Minnesota Metropolitan Opera. Hailed by Greg Hettmansberger of Madison Magazine as a soprano with "a vocalism that is rich and unforced, equally capable of a sudden drop to a sustained whisper or being ratcheted up to a thrilling forte without a hint of strain," her resume of accomplishments is much too long to cover, but includes portraying the title role in Cherubini's Médée; Suzel in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz; the Lady-in-waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth; the soprano soloist in the UW Production of Verdi's Requiem; Mimì in La bohème and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni; various scenes from La Gioconda, Un ballo in maschera, Faust, La traviata and Don Giovanni; Nedda in Pagliacci; Alice Ford in Falstaff; the Foreign Woman in The Consul; Fortuneteller in Arabella; the Woman in Red in The Dream of Valentino; and the title role of Suor Angelica with the Opera Siena program in Italy. In addition to her numerous accolades in voice, she is also a successful painter and a cherished instructor at Corvid Academy.