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This summer, Olivia returned to the role of Josephine in HMS Pinafore with two exciting productions with Las Vegas Opera and the Pacific Opera Project. Reviewed by Stage and Cinema as having “…Gilbert and Sullivan in her bones. Her bright soprano was clear, I could understand every word, and she nailed, with sincerity, that bonkers exaggerated delivery that you need to enchant us into their earnestly silly world.”

This fall, Olivia returned to Stetson and directed In Pieces, a new musical by Joey Contreras, as a collaboration with Stetson Opera and Stetson Theatre. She also directed the outreach tour of Opera Orlando’s Hansel and Gretel that performed in various elementary schools in the Orlando area. This spring, she looks forward to directing Stetson Opera’s Hansel and Gretel on March 20 and 22.

This summer, Olivia will make her international debut directing A Secret Garden with the Tokyo Opera Studio.

Praised for singing with “gorgeous vulnerability” (The Richmond Times), Olivia Yokers is well regarded for her thrilling voice and versatility onstage. She has performed repertoire ranging from Mozart to Rodgers & Hammerstein to Philip Glass.

Company engagements include Opera Las Vegas, Pacific Opera Project, Dayton Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Painted Sky Opera, Virginia Opera, and Charlottesville Opera. Notable roles include Musetta in La Bohème, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Cinderella in Into the Woods, and Miss Honey in Matilda.

As an advocate for new music, Ms. Yokers has performed in the premieres of works such as Emily Clements’ Letters to Lily and the professional debut of Paul Fowler’s Behold the Man with Opera Las Vegas. In 2024, she was featured on composer Jennifer Bellor’s album Long These Days, performing the song cycle A Smile and a Sigh. The album is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and other major platforms.

She has also appeared as a soloist in concert and oratorio performances including Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, John Rutter’s Mass of the Children, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, and Handel’s Messiah.

Ms. Yokers’ awards include the title of Cincinnati Opera Idol, first prize in both the Dayton Opera Guild Competition and the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Collegiate Competition, and first place in the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Guild Voice Competition.

She currently serves as Director of Opera and Assistant Professor of Voice at Stetson University. When she’s not performing, teaching, or directing, she enjoys spending time with her two cats, her dog, and her husband, Andre.