Hailing from Missoula, Montana, Italian-American soprano Madeline (Maddy) Braun is a young performer with dynamism across genres. She is equally comfortable performing in opera roles as she is in musical theater and straight theatre, with the energy and charm to have an eye-catching stage presence regardless of the role. Madeline is a first-year MM student at USC Thornton studying with Lynn Helding. She was a finalist in the 2025 Redlands Bowl Young Artists Vocal Competition, and she will be returning for a second summer as a member of the Vocal Company at the College Light Opera Company. Recent professional engagements have included two mainstage roles at the Oregon Contemporary Theatre and a staged premiere reading at Theatre 33 in Salem, Oregon. Madeline holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Oregon State University, where she studied with soprano Amy Hansen.

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