Janai Brugger

Janai Brugger’s 2024/25 season engagements include the role of Pip in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick at The Metropolitan Opera of New York, alongside international concert engagements including Aaron Zigman’s Émigré conducted by Long Yu with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and with Hong Kong Philharmonic. Recent highlights include Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah at Opera Theatre of St Louis; Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Pamina (The Magic Flute) at Ravinia Festival, a role she previously sang at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London and at the Metropolitan Opera of New York.

Brugger appeared at Dutch National Opera and at Los Angeles Opera as Ilia (Idomeneo). She won outstanding success as Mary Jane Bower in Houston Grand Opera’s world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence. Returning to The Met, she sang Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea, a role she took to Canadian Opera Company. She appeared as Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Los Angeles Opera, Liu (Turandot) at Lyric Opera of Chicago and she travelled to Poland to sing Mahler’s Second Symphony under the baton of Marin Alsop. She also made her Glyndebourne Festival debut and her BBC Proms debut as Michaela (Carmen).

Brugger is celebrated on international concert stages for her performances in Mahler and Mozart. Future engagements include two role debuts: as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) at The Met, and as Mimi (La Boheme) at Los Angeles Opera.