Kaitlyn Stavinoha made her HGO mainstage debut in Carousel (2016) and went on to sing The Trainbearer in Elektra (2018), Sister Catherine in Dialogues of the Carmelites (2022), and First Bridesmaid in The Marriage of Figaro (2023). She is an active performer with the HGO Chorus and in the Houston area, recently returning to sing with The Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society as Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore (2022). She has performed with Opera in the Heights, Operativo Houston, and in many capacities with HGO’s Community and Learning initiative, including three seasons with Opera to Go! and the Veteran’s Songbook Initiative. In 2019, she was a Studio Artist with Chautauqua Opera, where she sang Berta in The Barber of Seville and covered Rosina in The Ghosts of Versailles. Role highlights include Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Oscar in A Masked Ball, Pamina in The Magic Flute, and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro.