Grace Lauther is a mezzo-soprano from Naples, Florida.

Grace began her 2026-27 season returning to Salt Marsh Opera as the Third Wood Nymph in Rusalka. This November, Grace will be competing in the Florida District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Afterwards, Grace will be returning with Gulfshore Opera covering Suzuki and performing as Cugine/Ensemble in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

In the 2025-2026 season, Grace returned to her native Southwest Florida with multiple house debuts throughout the state and beyond. In September 2025, she began her association with Gulfshore Opera as an Emerging Artist, covering the role of Mercédès and performing as Manuelita/Ensemble in Carmen, on top of appearing as one of five Featured Artists in GO’s Professional Artist Workshop in April 2026. In January 2026, Grace made her debut at Vero Beach Opera as the Page in Rigoletto and covering Lola in Cavalleria rusticana. Grace also made her house debut collaborating with Opera Naples’ Resident Artists in their educational outreach tour to play the title role in John Davies’ Jack and the Beanstalk and performing in the chorus for the rest of the season. On the concert stage, Grace has collaborated with Naples Philharmonic singing in the chorus for Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under the baton of Alexander Shelley. Grace made her house and role debut with Salt Marsh Opera as Tisbe in La Cenerentola. Grace will closed her season joining the LAH-SOW Philadelphia Workshop singing Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel.

In May 2025, Grace graduated with her Masters in Voice Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music. Under the baton of Timothy Long, she performed the roles of Madame de Croissy in Dialogues des Carmélites and Federico García Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar with Eastman Opera Theatre. She was the Alto Soloist (cover) in Edward Elgar’s The Music Makers, Op. 69 with the Eastman Philharmonia and the Eastman-Rochester Chorus under the baton of William Weinert. She also appeared as a featured artist in a masterclass led by Barbara Hannigan. She received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Stetson University.

Past season highlights include Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, the title role in Dido and Aeneas, Cherubino and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lapák/Owl in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Cinderella’s Stepmother in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and Emma Jones (cover) in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene.

Past summer programs include Dramatic Voices Program Berlin, Songfest (Young Artist) at Pomona College in Claremont, CA, FIO-Italia in Urbania, Italy, Keystone Opera in York, PA, and Opera Naples’ Summer Youth Program.

When Grace is not singing, she likes running, hiking, graphic design, nature photography, and creative writing.