Praised as a “vibrant lyric soprano” (Opera Wire) with “a beautiful, expressive voice” (Opera Gene), American soprano Viviana Aurelia Goodwin is making her mark on the operatic stage.

 

In the 2026/2027 season, Miss Goodwin made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the world premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo, an operatic adaptation of George Saunders’s novel, with a score by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Vavrek. As noted by The New York Classical Review, “one was impressed by the sweetness and carry of Goodwin’s voice.”

 

Miss Goodwin will soon return to the Washington National Opera as a soloist in the special We the People concert, alongside Renée Fleming, Jonathan Tetelman, Thomas Hampson, and Amber Monroe. She also will appear as Circe in The Odyssey (Moore/Rourke); as Abigail in the world premiere of Lambs (Marlor/Bierman); and as Ilia in Idomeneo (Mozart).

 

As a Cafritz Young Artist with Washington National Opera, Miss Goodwin has had the pleasure of performing a range of roles, including the title role in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, adapted by Damien Sneed and Kyle Bass and directed by Denyce Graves; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro; and Clara in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

 

Her season will continue with a solo recital with pianist Tongyao Li at the Academy Art Museum; soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Fredericksburg Symphony; and a solo appearance in the Fort Worth Symphony’s annual Home for the Holidays concert.

 

Most recently, Goodwin was a Resident Artist at The Glimmerglass Festival, performing Virginia and covering Laurey Williams in Oklahoma, as well as covering Despina in a new adaptation of Così fan tutte. She previously appeared as Frieda in the festival’s production of Sunday in the Park with George, which received the 2025 Musical Theatre Award at the International Opera Awards.

 

She has also had the pleasure of notable concert performances with diverse roles and scenes including La bohème (Musetta), Les contes d’Hoffmann (Giulietta), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), L’amico Fritz (Suzel), Wicked (Glinda), Ragtime (Sarah), and Carousel (Carrie Pipperidge). In the 2025-26 season, she enjoyed appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and ROCO Houston Chamber Orchestra.

 

Miss Goodwin has participated in summer festivals with The Glimmerglass Festival (2026 & 2025), Merola Opera Program (2024), and Des Moines Metro Opera (2022 & 2023). She studied at Rice University with renowned soprano Nova Thomas and Oklahoma City University with Emmy-award winning tenor Jeffrey Picon. She currently studies with Betsy Bishop and Heidi Grant Murphy.

 

Viviana is a proud native of Tulsa, Oklahoma.