PAIGE GADBOIS
Soprano
Biography
A versatile rising soprano, Paige is dazzling audiences with her fiery agility, sparkling high notes, and authenticity of expression. Paige graduated in 2020 from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance. There she performed the role of Le feu in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges. Under the mentorship of her voice teacher Rachael Gates, Paige excelled in NATS competitions placing First in Michigan (2021), Second in the Great Lakes Region (2021), and as a Quarterfinalist Nationally (2021). She won several local scholarship competitions, including the Betty Van Andel Scholarship in collaboration with Opera Grand Rapids in 2021. Paige went on to pursue her Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan to study with mezzo-soprano Freda Herseth. Paige sang Mary for the University of Michigan's production of Highway 1, U.S.A. by William Grant Still, Mrs. Gleaton in Susannah by Carlisle Floyd, and Patron 1 in a Contemporary Opera Eintänzer, by Aran O' Grady. In the summer of 2021, Paige performed the role of Sandrina (in its entirety) in La finta giardiniera with Opera Seme based in Arezzo, Italy.