BIO & RESUME

Haley Rayfield is a soprano from the Chicago area in her final year earning a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Music Education at Ithaca College in upstate New York, where she studies with Patrice Pastore. Most recently, Rayfield played the role of Léontine in Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ L’amant anonyme at Ithaca College. Additional operatic credits include singing Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus in Northwestern University’s Vocal Intensive Seminar, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites and Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito in Ithaca College’s Opera Studio Program, as well as singing in the chorus of Viardot’s Le Dernier Sorcier while covering La Reine and playing a Daughter/Edith Cover in Pirates of Penzance, both at Ithaca College. Rayfield has completed three years as a fellow with the Opera Festival of Chicago, assisting with the production and management of each of their summer opera festival seasons.