Sophie Choate

Sophie can't wait to make her debut as a vocalist with Harvard College Opera, singing the role of Barbarina! Sophie works with many of her HCO castmates as a Choral Fellow and Junior Choir Secretary for the Harvard University Choir, where she studies voice with Frank Kelley. This May, she will sing the role of Dido in the Choral Fellows’ concert performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. During the pandemic, she performed in Utah Valley University’s productions of Lucia di Lammermoor and The Importance of Being Earnest as a chorus member, as well as various roles in the scenes show Opera-Con. Previously, Sophie was the principal violist of the HCO Orchestra for Die Zauberflöte 2020 and assistant principal for Cendrillon 2019. She has also served as a rotating principal violist of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for three years. In 2021, Sophie gave two solo viola recitals and performed with the brand-new Harvard New Music Ensemble. She currently studies with Mai Motobuchi of New England Conservatory. Sophie is a junior in Pforzheimer House studying Government and Music. She is also the self-appointed number-one fan of Honeycomb Creamery, and will definitely go there to celebrate performing this amazing music with such wonderful colleagues!