Imara Miles

Hailed for her expressiveness and lush sound, Imara Miles (She/They) is a mezzo-soprano from Washington, DC. With experience in both operatic and musical theater repertoire, Miss Miles has been a featured performer in shows such as Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta), The Drowsy Chaperone (Title Role), Gianni Schicchi (Zita), and Porgy & Bess (Lily) to name a few. As a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania (B.A.) and Indiana University (M.M.), Imara has been a young artist in programs such as The Glimmerglass Festival, Grant Park Music Festival, Pensacola Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and recently finished a tenure as a Resident Artist with Toledo Opera. Her past awards and recognitions include the Mollie Shapiro Award at Des Moines Metro Opera, a District award winner from the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, a finalist in the George Shirley Vocal Competition, and the 2022 Elizabeth Greenfield Award. Their recent credits include Mercédès in Carmen, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Sarah in Ragtime, and Monisha in Treemonisha with Opera Ebony. This past summer, Imara was a Gerdine Young Artist with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis covering the roles of Hippolyta in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Beulah in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s This House.