Tiffany Choe is an up-and-coming Korean-American soprano hailing from Southern California and a recent Sullivan Award winner in memory of Rose Bampton. She completed her second year as a Cafritz Young Artist with the Washington National Opera, where this season she portrayed Marzelline in the company’s new production of Fidelio, directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by Maestro Robert Spano. Her performance garnered wide acclaim; The Washington Post noted that “soprano Tiffany Choe was my favorite supporting singer, stealing Act 1 with a splendid ‘O war ich schon mit dir vereint’.” She also participated in this year's AOI 20 program, portraying the role of Poly 1 in Mud Girl. Last season at WNO, Tiffany performed as Juliet in the Young Artist production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet.
She was also part of Opera for Peace’s week-long international intensive, where she sang in masterclasses with Renée Fleming and Denyce Graves and received mentorship from Maestro Kamal Khan. Opera for Peace is a global initiative dedicated to empowering emerging artists through high-level training, mentorship, cultural exchange, and a mission of fostering diversity, diplomacy, and positive social impact through the universal language of opera.
During the 2022–23 season as a Pullin Studio Artist with Arizona Opera, she performed the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute, as well as Najad in Ariadne auf Naxos and Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music. She earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music, along with Performance Diplomas in Voice and Opera Performance, at Indiana University Bloomington under the mentorship of Kevin and Heidi Murphy. With Indiana University Opera Theater, she appeared in eleven productions, portraying roles such as Mimì in La Bohème, Magda in La Rondine, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, Rosalia in West Side Story, and Laoula in L’Étoile.
A devoted advocate of art song, Tiffany spent four summers as a Steans Music Institute Fellow at Ravinia, where she performed a wide range of song and concert repertoire. She returned to Ravinia in 2023 to appear as the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte. Her concert work also includes appearances as soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Phoenix Symphony and Poulenc’s Gloria with the IU Philharmonic.
Tiffany has received recognition from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, including Encouragement Awards in 2024, 2021, and 2019, as well as an Indianapolis District Win in 2020.