Lyric coloratura soprano Carolina Sullivan is a second year master’s student at Eastman; previously, she received her Bachelor of Music in Performance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

In April 2024 she made her debut with the Eastman Opera Theatre as Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites. This academic year she starred as G in Allen Shawn’s H & G, a great and terrible story, as well as in the ensemble for Paola Prestini’s atmospheric opera Silent Light. Her other notable roles include Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza, Mademoiselle Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Drawing Teacher in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case.

In the spring of 2024 Carolina was the winner of the Jessie Kneisel German Lieder Competition. She has been a finalist in the Friends of Eastman Opera competition twice, and in 2025 received an Honorable Mention. She is a top prize recipient of the Great Lakes Regional NATS competition, and has received high honors in several other local competitions in Cincinnati, Ohio, her hometown: Matinee Musicale, Three Arts, Schmidt Vocal Arts, Ohio NATS, the Gregory P. Hall Undergraduate Artist Competition, and Cincinnati Hillel’s Campus Superstar.

Carolina has sung under the baton of illustrious conductors such as Dr. William Weinert, Director of Choral Activities at Eastman; Matthew Swanson, Director of Choruses at the Cincinnati May Festival; Timothy Long, Artistic and Music director at Eastman and assistant conductor for the Metropolitan Opera; internationally acclaimed composer Z. Randall Stroope; Dr. Amanda Quist, Director of Choral Activities at Western Michigan University; and Howard Helvey, conductor of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble and highly accomplished composer.

Apart from opera, Carolina sings each week with Eastman’s Schola Cantorum under Stephen Kennedy and occasionally the community ensemble First Inversion under Dr. Lee Wright. She lives in downtown Rochester, NY with her partner and loves watching medical dramas and trying new recipes.