American and Italian coloratura soprano, Juliet Petrus, is recognized for her effortless coloratura and is steadily making her mark as a versatile and captivating performer in the world of opera, concert and recital. In 2018, she began a six-year solo tour of China, in addition to her numerous appearances on Chinese TV.
She spent the summers of 2011 and 2012 with the acclaimed I Sing Beijing program (now iSing International) working with famed Metropolitan-Opera bass, Hao Jiang Tian, and making her National Center for the Performing Arts debut in Beijing. This also led to her Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall debuts in 2013, and a tour of the US and Paris, France. In 2014, she made her Shanghai solo recital debut with a concert of Chinese repertoire with pianist, Fugen Wei. She also revisits the Queen of the Night at the Hamburger Kammeroper. Ms Petrus recently performed the role of Gilda in concert in Shanghai, China, at the M Glam Performance space, as well as Carmina Burana with the Alabama Symphony and Maestro Carlos Izcaray.
She has sung with Austin Lyric Opera in Texas (Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute), Glimmerglass Opera (Eurydice, Orpheus in the Underworld, and La Musica, L’Orfeo, directed by Christopher Alden; Young American Artist 2007 and 2008), Michigan Opera Theatre (Mrs. Nordstrom, A Little Night Music, Giannetta, L’elisir d’amore), Union Avenue Opera, St. Louis (Galatea, Acis and Galatea). Other recent performances include appearances with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Symphony, Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, New Millennium Orchestra, and Fulcrum Point New Music in Chicago.
Since 2008 , she served on faculty at Harold Washington College in Chicago, USA . Juliet is also an accomplished violist, pianist and former musical-theater choreographer. Juliet graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music and the Northwestern University School of Music. She is fluent in Italian, German, Chinese, French, and English.