Soprano Erica Strauss, an alumna of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists (now known as the Ryan Opera Center) made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in 2004 as the Priestess in Aida under the baton

This season, Erica Strauss made her debut as the Metropolitan Opera as Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier and made her Weill Hall debut in a concert presented under the auspices of the Gerda Lissner

Erica Strauss RECORDINGS / discography REPERTOIRE Bizet Carmen Micaela  Britten The Turn of the Screw Miss Jessel    The Rape of Lucretia Female Chorus    Midsummer Night's