American soprano Talise Trevigne made her Company debut last season as Micaëla in Carmen. She created the role of Pip for the world premiere of Moby-Dick at The Dallas Opera. Notable recent performances include the title role of Manon Lescaut at Knoxville Opera, Violetta in La traviata with Birmingham Opera Company and Gilda in Rigoletto with Tulsa Opera. She made her Australian debut as The Beloved in the world premiere of The Navigator, a role she reprised at Moscow’s Chekov International Arts Festival and L’Opéra Bastille. She created the role of June Gibbons in The Silent Twins for London’s Almedia Opera. Other recent performances include her Dallas Symphony debut in Carmina Burana, Gilda for Knoxville Opera, Mimì in La bohème for Opera Omaha and Violetta in The Barber of Seville and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet for San Jose Opera. Other roles in her repertoire are Nerea in Deidamia, Norina in Don Pasquale, Constance in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Miranda in The Tempest and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. Equally at home on the concert stage she recently opened the Emerging Stars Concert Series at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre.