Haitian-American soprano Ardeen Pierre, from Houston, TX, recently performed the role of Annie Turnbo Malone in Del’Shawn Taylor’s and Samiya Bashir’s new opera, Cook Shack, with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. covered the role of Berta in Santa Fe Opera’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia and performed in Carmen and M. Butterfly as a Santa Fe Opera Apprentice. Other roles include Countess Ceprano Rigoletto, Mimì La bohème (Cover), and Maguelonne in Viardot’s Cendrillon. Ms. Pierre was a winner of the 2023 Duncan Williams Voice Competition Black and Latinx Song Presentation Award.