Kara Morgan

Kara Morgan is a singing actress seeking out and lending her artistry to projects that broaden minds and inspire others. Career highlights include mainstage credits with Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Pacific Opera Project and Salt Marsh Opera; apprenticeships with Merola Opera, Sarasota Opera and Santa Fe Opera; and recognition from the Schubert Club, D’Angelo Young Artist and Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competitions. Most recently, Kara was a member of the opera studio at Yale University where she was heard as Isolier (Le comte Ory), the titular role in The Rape of Lucretia, and Anna 1 (Kurt Weill’s 7 Deadly Sins). A winner of the schoolwide Woolsey Concerto Competition, Kara was a featured soloist with the Yale Philharmonia singing Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer.

Kara has been featured with local Minnesotan arts organizations Mixed Precipitation (Romeo & Juliet, 2023), An Opera Theatre (The Rape of Lucretia, 2022), and Lakes Area Music Festival (La belle Hélène, 2019). Other roles performed include Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), L’enfant (L’enfant et les sortilèges), Dido (Dido & Aeneas), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Mercédès (Carmen), and Ottone (Agrippina).

A student of two Minnesota Opera favorites, Adriana Zabala and Victoria Vargas, Kara is honored to continue their legacy while enjoying the rare privilege of singing at home. Being born and raised just north of the Twin Cities makes this season’s company and role debuts all the more meaningful. More details about current and future seasons can be found at kmorganmezzo.com.