Joanie Brittingham

Joanie Brittingham is a soprano, writer, and the editor of Classical Singer Magazine. Praised for “dramatic versatility” (Opera News), “meltingly beautiful” interpretations (Forbes), “lovely soprano” and “lucid diction” (New York Times), “captivating stage presence” (New York Classical Review), and “full-bodied voice” (Tulsa World), all while demonstrating “strength and resistance” (Opera Wire) throughout “outstanding solo work” (New York Concert Review), Brittingham has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space and with Riverside Theatre, the New Ohio Theatre, Fresh Squeezed Opera, New Amsterdam Opera, Chelsea Opera, the New Works Festival with OPERA America, American Lyric Theatre, and VHRP Live, among others. Brittingham is the author of Practicing for Singers and has contributed to many classical music textbooks. Brittingham’s libretto for the opera Serial Killers and the City has been performed with Experiments in Opera and New Wave Opera. Published in Black Cat Tales and Eternal Haunted Summer, as well as the book Practicing for Singers.  joaniebrittingham.com

Fun Fact

I really love baking and hiking!