Chasey Briggs is a Kansas City based soprano where she completed her master’s degree (2026). While attending UMKC, Chasey has performed as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Frasquita in Carmen, and in both the Conservatory Concert Choir and Conservatory Singers.

Originally, Chasey had planned to go down the route of musical theatre, having performed in all the musical productions through her high school. Yet, once she graduated and moved into her undergraduate at Wingate University she was introduced to the wonderful world of opera. Having had no prior background in classical singing or formal lesson/training, Chasey started her singing career entirely from scratch. While at Wingate, Chasey got her first opera role (ever!) as Usher in Trial by Jury her freshman year. She decided to “take a break” from opera and opted out of her sophomore year production, but fate had other plans as she was asked to jump in and perform Agent G in Urban Legend, an opera composed by one of the faculty Dr. David Brooks. The honor of being asked personally to fill in a role extinguished any breaks (and doubts) preventing Chasey from fully committing to what she loves: singing! She followed up with roles Rezia in Oberon, which was unfortunately postponed and shifted to a concert opera due to Covid, and Adrianna in Behold the man created by Paul Fowler and Andrew Flack.

Since then, Chasey has been the finalists in the Birmingham Opera Competition (2025), Venice Opera Competition (2026), Corsica Lirica Competition (2026), and semi finalist in the Opera at Florham Competition (2026). She has performed in the United States from Wichita to New York City, Chile, Austria, and this summer France and Idaho. Her roles include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Despina in Cosi fan tutte (a favorite), covered Musetta in La Boheme, Frasquita in Carmen, and new operas like Mercury in PLUTO by Dr. Michael Polo. Chasey has also performed in chamber works such as Bach’s Maginificat, Mass in B minor and Weinacht’s Oratorium, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, and Handel’s Messiah.