JORDAN KNAPICK, soprano, is thrilled to be joining another production with PNO this season. Originally from Rockford, IL, Jordan is currently based in Seattle and specializes in both operatic and musical-theater style singing. She received her MM from Boston University and her BM from Oklahoma City University, where she studied voice under Lynn Eustis and Jeffrey Picón, respectively. A lover of crossover work, Jordan spent the past two summers as a Resident Young Artist at Ohio Light Opera, where she has sung Patience in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience, Carrie in R&H’s Carousel, Juliette in Lehár’s The Count of Luxembourg, and Elsa Schraeder in R&H’s The Sound of Music. Most notably, as Juliette, Jordan’s voice “radiated sunlight, graceful in every register, and physically she managed to convey her  character’s dual assets of sweetness and tenacity” (Cleveland Classical). This past spring, she had the pleasure of singing Gretel in Hansel and Gretel with Northwest Opera in Schools, Etc. and covering the 1st Woodsprite in Rusalka with PNO. Other notable credits include Noémie in Cendrillon, Soprano I in Hydrogen Jukebox, Oberto in Alcina, Lisette in La Rondine, Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music, and Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.