Rachael Long

Hailed for her “spirited” and “truly charming” performances by the press, soprano Rachael Long has captivated a wide range of audiences from intimate coffee shops to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. She has recently made her role debut as Micaela in Carmen with Boheme Opera New Jersey, and had the honor of being chosen as a semi-finalist for MIOpera's International Vocal Competition. Other roles include Susanna (Il segreto di Susanna), Nedda (Pagliacci), Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) Corinna and Delia (Il Viaggio a Reims), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and La dame in Poulenc’s La dame de Monte Carlo. She has had the distinct honor of premiering the role of Narrator in Francis Lynch’s For Those In Peril. Long was a founding member of Forte Chicago, Chicago's premier Opera Improv grou