Veronica Samiec (she/her) is a soprano from Philadelphia, PA. She has just completed her first year of her Master’s degree at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and she received her Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans. Some previous work she has sung is Suor Osmina in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Chorus in Jonathan Dove’s Tobias and the Angel and Krysia (cover) in Jake Heggie’s Two Remain with the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and the Second Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Prima Sorella Cercatrice in Suor Angelica with Loyola University New Orleans. She is very excited to be a Young Artist with the Opera Festival of Chicago this summer and is looking forward to more performing and learning opportunities within the city.