Biography

Deepa Johnny is making her company debut as Angelina in HGO’s Family Day Presents Cinderella. Other engagements this season include Rosina in The Barber of Seville at Opéra de Lille and Dorabella in Così fan tutte at Opéra de Lyon. She also performs in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Los Angeles Philharmonic and in a concert of Handel arias with Cleveland Orchestra. During the 2023-24 season, Johnny joined Opéra de Rouen Normandie for the title role of Carmen; performed roles in Der Zwerg and La traviata at LA Opera; debuted with Portland Opera as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro; and returned to Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. As part of the inaugural cast of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, Johnny performed at the 2023 editions of the Manchester International Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Bregenzer Festspiele, and was seen at the London premiere at the Southbank Centre in the 2023-24 season. She joined LA Opera’s prestigious Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program in the 2022-23 season, making her debut in the role of Owen’s daughter in Omar, a world premiere by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels. Other highlights include Meg Page in Falstaff at Aspen Music Festival and Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at Opera San José and LA Opera. Johnny received the Andre Bourbeau Best Canadian Artist Award and the ICI Musique People’s Choice Award at the 2022 Concours Musical International de Montreal competition and was the winner of the Western Canada District of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.