Julia LoRusso is a rising Canadian soprano known for her vocal agility and expressive performance. In 2025 she made her house debut with Vancouver Opera as Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto and will return in 2027 to sing Annina in their production of La Traviata. Her role experience includes Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Morgana in Handel’s Alcina, and Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring.

Julia made her New York debut at Merkin Hall in the Kaufman Music Center performing as a first place winner of the International Music Grand Prix in 2025. That same year she received the Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Indiana District). Julia was also a semifinalist in the Giulio Gari Foundation International Voice Competition and in 2024, won the Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition and performed with them in concert that spring.

An accomplished collaborator, Julia has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles and most recently was the soprano soloist in the Canadian premieres of Kati Agócs’s Hosanna of the Clouds and Dame Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D major with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra.

Julia is a current member of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. She holds a Master of Music degree from Western University in her hometown of London, Ontario.