Daphne Buan

• Currently pursuing BM in vocal performance at Eastman School of Music
• UPCOMING Soprano Soloist in The Handel Messiah Sing at Eastman School of Music
• UPCOMING Nuria in Ainadamar at Eastman Opera Theatre
• OPERA ROLES: Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) at Queen Summer Vocal Instiute, Lilacs and Lilies (Aneta) at Vienna Summer Music Festival, Cosi Fan Tutte (Despina) at Vienna Summer Music Festival, Dido and Aeneas (Belinda) at Eastman Opera Theatre, We’ve Got Our Eye On You (Enyo cover) at Eastman Opera Theatre, Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) at Queens Summer Vocal Institute, Alcina (Morgana cover) at Eastman Opera Theatre, For Life (Katy) at Baldwin Wallace Vocal Performance
• CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Ancient Voices of Children (Boy Soprano) at Eastman School of Music, Opera Under the Stars (Giulietta in Barcarolle from Le Contes d’Hoffman) with Rochester Summer Operas
• PROGRAMS: Queens Summer Music Festival Opera Division 2024, Vienna Summer Music Festival Opera Division 2024, Queens Summer Vocal Institute College and Emerging Artist Division 2023, Si Parla, Si Canta 2023, Brevard Music Center High School Voice Intensive 2019, Apprentice at Madison Opera Youth Apprentice Program 2018 & 2019
• AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS: 1st Place in Second Year Treble Voice at NATS Finger Lakes Chapter Student Auditions 2022, 3rd Place in First Year Classical Treble Voice at NATS Wisconsin Chapter Student Auditions 2021

Daphne Buan, soprano, is a Wisconsin native at student of Kathryn Cowdrick. She currently studies at Eastman School of Music where her credits include; Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), We’ve Got Our Eye On You (Enyo Cover), and Alcina (Morgana Cover). Other operatic credits include Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) and Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) at Queens Summer Vocal Institute, Cosi Fan Tutte (Despina) and Lilacs and Lilies (Aneta) at Vienna Summer Music Festival, and For Life (Katy) with Baldwin Wallace Vocal Performance in collaboration with Cleveland Opera Theatre and Opera On Site. Buan has also had the please of performing a diverse concert repertoire including several opera scenes programs, George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and many times as soloist with Eastman’s Collegium Musicum. Later this year, Buan will perform as a soprano soloist The Handel Messiah Sing at Eastman School of Music and as Nuria in Eastman Opera Theatre’s production of Ainadamar.