Samantha Goette is a soprano from the rural mountain community of Summersville, West Virginia. She is completing her Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of Kentucky and received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from West Virginia University in 2023. Samantha’s recent competition highlights include being a semifinalist in the NATS National Student Auditions, first-place finalist in the NATS Mid-South Regionals, and a 2023 All-Tech Scholarship finalist. Her performance highlights include opera roles as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre (2024), a featured soloist in “It’s A Grand Night for Singing!” with UKOT (2024), covering as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with UKOT (2024), as well as her performance as La Princesse and Nightingale in L’enfant et le Sortilèges at West Virginia University Opera (2022). Samantha was a featured soloist in the WVU Chamber Singers main stage production of Considering Matthew Shepard and as the featured soloist in “Aspen Jubilee” with the WVU Wind Symphony. Samantha’s main career goal is to perform opera internationally. After having a successful performance career, she hopes to indulge in her love for teaching by being a professor of voice.
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