Acclaimed for her "irresistible charisma and dark luscious sound…whose star is deservedly on the rise” (Opera News), Canadian mezzo-soprano Carolyn Sproule is engaged in the 2022-2023 season to debut with Pacific Opera Victoria as Carmen, return to The Metropolitan Opera singing Third Lady in The Magic Flute, return to the Canadian Opera Company as the Page in Salome as well as to sing a recital, sing Carmen in concert with the Reno Philharmonic, return to Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Pobehlice in Janacek’s From the House of the Dead, and debut in Finland at the Savonlinna Opera Festival as Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette.
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Last season, Ms. Sproule returned to Houston Grand Opera as Carmen in Rob Ashford's dynamic production, conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya shortly after debuting as Carmen with Opera Hong Kong. Ms. Sproule subsequently debuted at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Varvara in Kát’a Kabanová in a Richard Jones production, conducted by David Robertson; returned to The Metropolitan Opera for their production of Madama Butterfly; and debuted at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in Andrea Breth’s new production of Salome.
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Ms. Sproule debuted at The Metropolitan Opera in 2015 singing Sandman in the acclaimed Richard Jones production of Hansel and Gretel. She since returned to The Met singing Dorabella in Phelim McDermott's Coney Island production of Così fan Tutte conducted by Harry Bicket, as well as Ines (Trovatore), Page (Salome), and Third Lady (The Magic Flute). In addition, Ms. Sproule has been on the Met roster for their productions of Falstaff, Otello, Thais, Eugene Onegin, Le Nozze di Figaro, The Death of Klinghoffer, Manon, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pique Dame, and Madama Butterfly.

Past season highlights include a European debut as Erika in Samuel Barber's Vanessa at The Wexford Festival for which Ms. Sproule received unanimous critical acclaim and received an award from the festival as their favorite singer of the season. In her native Canada, Ms. Sproule has sung Maddalena in Rigoletto for her Canadian Opera Company debut in a Chris Alden production, and subsequently returned to COC for their productions of Otello, Forza del Destino (*canceled), and Salome; Opéra de Montréal (Rigoletto, Elektra, Eugene Onegin, Das Rheingold), Vancouver Opera (Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto) and Pacific Opera Victoria (Carmen). 

Ms. Sproule has worked with an illustrious array of conductors and directors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Patrick Summers, Sir Andrew Davis, Harry Bicket, Robert Spano, Marco Armiliato, Richard Jones, Andrea Breth, Sir David Pountney, Krzysztof Warlikowski, and Rob Ashford. 

While in residency at the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Ms. Sproule sang the roles of Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Countess Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Mercédès in Carmen, Zulma in L'Italiana in Algeri, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, and Vlasta in the US premiere of The Passenger which she reprised at The Lincoln Center Festival.

A native of Montréal, Canada, Carolyn Sproule is a graduate of The Juilliard School (BM 2010), and Rice University (MM 2012). She also participated in residencies at the Merola Opera Program, Wolf Trap Opera (Filene Young Artist), the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Aspen Opera Theater, and The Banff Centre. She is a winner of a 2019 George London award, the Marcello Giordani memorial prize in the 2019 Premiere Opera Foundation Competition, as well as a recipient of grants from the Jacqueline Desmarais foundation, HGO studio, Wolf Trap Opera, and Merola.